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Privacy & Google Analytics

An essay on how I resolved potential privacy issues with Google Analytics by talking to Google tech support, and my initial impressions of the web-based application.

Intercepting Email is Wiretapping

I was pleased to see that the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its earlier decision that email messages intercepted by procmail (an Unix program for filtering and sorting email) are not covered under 18 USC 2510, colloquially known as the "Wiretap Act." The case which started this issue is US v. Councilman. The [...]

Update SWAT 4 & Get Ads

SWAT 4 is the 4th iteration of a computer game where you play the leader of a SWAT team. The game is a member of the "tactical first person shooter" (FPS) genre; unlike normal FPS games like Doom or Quake, tactical FPSs encourage the player to move slowly and carefully, as being shot by one [...]