Ben Goldacre: How I stalked my girlfriend. I am usually quite ambivalent about security issues with technology (there are people who would probably throw up their arms and shriek about the security implications if paper and pencils were invented yesterday) — but this is really scary.
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Edinburgh University steps up security as crime soars. It was an ominous start to the year: somebody has already been glassed, during Freshers Week.
Booted up my PC this morning to find this little Google Desktop Search widget floating on my screen…
I think this means that Google accessed the internet to get new instructions or to download upgraded software; I think that to have done so without my express permission is pretty intrusive.
I have to say I found Google Desktop Search pretty creepy right from the start. I downloaded it. Then when I saw what sorts of crazy stuff it was finding I immediately uninstalled it. It might be impressively powerful, but because of this it renders such things as, say, password-protected Word documents, absolutely useless.
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