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Yay for Kim Komando!

Rebecca — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:05:49 +0000

Kim Komando, one of my early mentors into computer geekdom, is now making videos. And I am really pleased to see her address the problems of unConstitutional violations of our rights by the government. In this video, she discusses that the government can and will search and seize any of our electronic data when we [...]

Facebook Stinks

Rebecca — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:04:38 +0000

What is it with the Facebook craze? I just don’t understand. Everybody is rushing out to keep Facebook accounts… except me, that is. I think Facebook stinks. For one, I’ve been out of junior high school for 30 years… and I have no desire to return. For two, Facebook wants to sell users’ information, and [...]

UK Government to Monitor Citizen Communications

Rebecca — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:47:39 +0000

The United States has a lot of problems, but hey, at least we have that wonderful thing called the Fourth Amendment. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported [...]

More About the Anti-Blogger FTC Bill

Rebecca — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:11:52 +0000

Earlier, I ranted about the FTC Bill (coming up for passage this summer). I posted this on my other blog, but I wanted to write a little about it again here, too. Firstly, the 86-page bill is here (it’s a pdf file). The bill makes a big deal about the reliability and needed oversight of [...]

They Know What’s Best For Us

Rebecca — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:13:21 +0000

I saw Aaron Russo’s “America: Freedom to Fascism” again last night. He has this short video in the film. Watch this video– it’s hilarious! And very provoking. I thought it was perfect timing especially after reading that Google is starting a new program within Gmail to “help” us. Google has adapted its free email service [...]