Charles Babcock writes: Google sees itself as a disruptive force, first in reorganizing the world’s information and second at delivering email and other services from the cloud. Its pride as a disrupter is getting in the way of convincing state and federal governments to accept its cloud services. Previously, Google complained to the press that…
Category: Business
Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Ringleader Digital of Hacking Cell Phones to Create ‘Zombie Databases’
Adam Klasfeld of Courthouse News reports: Ringleader Digital, an advertising company “hacked the mobile phones of millions of consumers” to create a database of customers’ demographic information for the benefit of major media networks such as Fox News and CNN, according to a federal class action. Delaware-based Ringleader “stamped” a “Unique Device Identifier” into customers’…
Going to the movies? Prepare to be watched while you watch
wconeybeer writes: Gaining entry to some movie theaters lately gives patrons an experience that is on par with going through a TSA security checkpoint at the airport. Then once you’ve gained access, there are cameras strategically positioned that record your every move. Unfortunately, the extent to which these companies monitor movie-goers is only going to…
AT&T: No, we won’t share records with auto insurance company
Last week, Miriam Cherry posted a blog entry on Concurring Opinions that got some of us thinking. Here is what she wrote about a conversation she had with an AT&T customer service representative: The customer service representative said that she had heard that AT&T was cooperating with several insurance companies. In order to reduce the…