Apple on Thursday apologized to its customers for slowing down performance of older iPhone models and said it would discount replacement batteries for some of its handsets. The move by Apple responded to an uproar from iPhone users — and a series of lawsuits — after news of the battery problems stoked concerns the company was… Read the rest of this entry »
By Joshua A.T. Fairfield, Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University. Is this our relationship to tech companies now? Queen Mary Master Internet-enabled devices are so common, and so vulnerable, that hackers recently broke into a casino through its fish tank. The tank had internet-connected sensors measuring its temperature and cleanliness. The hackers got into the… Read the rest of this entry »
Trying to get the date to show up on your Snapchat photos but you aren’t sure how the filter works? Check out our simple tutorial for adding the date to your snaps, here. Snapchat is currently one of the most exciting image-based social media and messaging platforms around, largely because of the many hidden features you… Read the rest of this entry »
The FBI wants to search through your electronic life. You may think it’s a given that the government is in the business of collecting everyone’s personal data—Big Brother run amok in defiance of the Constitution. But under the limits of the Fourth Amendment, nothing it finds can be used to prosecute its targets. Now the FBI… Read the rest of this entry »
The tech industry constantly unleashes thrilling ideas that race through the population like pink eye in a preschool. Some of them, like e-commerce and the Long Tail, have staying power. Others look silly in the rearview mirror—burning millions of dollars to gain “eyeballs” did not continue to be an admirable business strategy after the dot-com bubble… Read the rest of this entry »
LG Smart TV Caught Collecting Data On Files Stored On Connected USB Drives (via Techdirt)
The growing presence of “smart” devices, each one requiring a connection to the outside world, is a bit alarming (Samsung TV zero day exploit, anyone?). The territory still remains largely uncharted and device manufacturers are still pretty much free…
Is it unethical to clear the cookies on your computer in order to gain access to information on a website that limits free content?
Posted: June 30th, 2012 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: ethics, technology | Tags: content, cookies, ethics, pay site, technology, websites | 11 Comments »© Copyright 2024 | MoreMonmouthMusings | All Rights Reserved