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Security quotes of the week
7. We are right now looking at you through your webcam. Do you always move your lips like that when you read? We also recorded what you were doing last week and are sending the video to (you know who). If the prior statements are not true, it's because in addition to everything else, we reserve the right to lie to you, and you agree to believe us and hold us harmless for any and all such lies. Furthermore, if we are not recording everything you're doing through your webcam, it's either because we haven't figured out how, you're just not that interesting, or both.
-- Parts of the Skipity privacy policy
8. We are serious about all of the above. So don't go trying to sue us later with some nonsense like "I thought that was all satire." All your privacy are belong to us. We mean it.
The aim of our sponsorship is simple: we have a big learning opportunity when we receive full end-to-end exploits. Not only can we fix the bugs, but by studying the vulnerability and exploit techniques we can enhance our mitigations, automated testing, and sandboxing. This enables us to better protect our users.
-- Google
ponies up for Chrome browser exploits
While we’re proud of Chrome’s leading track record in past competitions, the fact is that not receiving exploits means that it’s harder to learn and improve. To maximize our chances of receiving exploits this year, we’ve upped the ante. We will directly sponsor up to $1 million worth of rewards [...]
It doesn't take more than a few minutes of thought to see the utterly disastrous ramifications of the "right to be forgotten" approach, and the cascading damage to free speech that could easily spread malignantly across the global Internet as a result.
-- Lauren WeinsteinThe crux of the matter is simple enough. Even if search engine results are selectively expunged on demand, the "upsetting" material in question will still likely exist on the Internet itself, still subject to being located by other means, including via sites that merely discuss related topics, situations, companies, or individuals. (Log in to post comments)
Security quotes of the week Posted Mar 1, 2012 14:40 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] You didn't quote the best part of the Skipity privacy policy:4. By using any of our services, you grant us permission to surgically implant a tracking microchip of our choosing in your body and sell all collected information to the highest bidder . . . and to all other bidders. You also agree to regular updates and reinstalls of said device entirely at our discretion for up to 50 years after the end of your natural life.So not only can they implant a chip into you, they can dig up your skeleton after you die to replace that chip. It cannot be said that this policy makes no bones about privacy. :)
Security quotes of the week Posted Mar 1, 2012 18:55 UTC (Thu) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]
Actually, they are targeting organ transplant.
Security quotes of the week Posted Mar 1, 2012 20:55 UTC (Thu) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link]
You mean they could put a chip in a dead body which is used for transplant and someone else *who didn't agree with skipity or even know about them* could be spied upon?
That's just wrong. Ya gotta draw the line somewhere.
Security quotes of the week Posted Mar 2, 2012 5:46 UTC (Fri) by geuder (subscriber, #62854) [Link]
Google rewards are Win7 only. So I can't participate because I don't have any. (Although in the highest category exploits are probably cross platform, so those not interested in low hanging fruits might still have a chance when investigating on Linux...)
Security quotes of the week Posted Mar 2, 2012 15:03 UTC (Fri) by Kwi (subscriber, #59584) [Link] I've seen the term "right to be forgotten" thrown around a lot lately, and applied in some rather outrageous situations. It should be clear, though, that the original intent was for the term to apply to the right for non-public individuals to have their personal information deleted by service providers (such as Facebook) and that is the (nominal, at least) focus of the current debate in the EU. Of course, as always, we must be wary of abuse. (And requiring Google to delete search results would be a good example of such.)
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