#43: Train spotting
On the day that Andy was late because his daughter was in the shower after he got back from his run:
- News for 12 Year Olds – it takes readers to correct them
- Research detained at US border and questioned about wikileaks
- Hak5 podcast
- How is Nik Getting on with Flavors.me ?
- Are you a Ninja, a Guru or a Roadie?
Recorded at Horsham Station Caffe, Horsham, UK.
Enjoy the Podcast : Why not buy us some coffee ?
August 5th, 2010 at 7:06 am
If Nik is a roadie then I must be a brickies hod, a simple labourer 🙂
August 9th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Another interesting podcast. Totally agree with the furore over Facebook.
Two things:
a) people don’t seem to realise that what they post on the internet is generally available to the public to view – unless they’ve decided to make it private.
As Andy mentioned – if you work on the basis that whatever you post is going to be public then you’ll either be aware of that and only post what you’re happy to be seen/read or you’ll make sure it’s private.
b) It’s no different from phone numbers and addresses in the publicly available phone book and electoral roll.
Oh and … c) It’s no different from spammers and hackers using their tools to trawl through websites, forums and elsewhere to gather email addresses.
On the second topic – I’ve just finished reading the excellent “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest”. Much about whistle-blowing and abuses by the state and police. OK, in this case it’s fiction but we know it goes on – usually after the event or when things get leaked.