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Should The Government Set Up A "Do-Not-Track" List?

One of the most popular sentiments expressed by readers on our blog is "be a smart consumer." Now two privacy advocacy organizations are calling for the creation of a "do-not-track" list that would protect registered users from online data collection. They argue that a list is needed because too many consumers won't or can't understand the methods behind online tracking. To illustrate, one of the organizations "pointed to a 2005 University of Pennsylvania survey in which only 25 percent of respondents knew that a Web site having a privacy policy doesn't guarantee that the site refrains from sharing customers' information with companies." But a do-not-track list is overkill, and a fearful reaction against emerging technologies. More »

11:32 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Chris Walters
1,592 views, 37 comments

Latest by baristabrawl: @Mr. Gunn: See, now this is silly to me, because I don't get it. If you don't want your shit tracked by/on facebook, then don't give them the information. I have Facebook, but it's completely benign. The only more »

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NY Governor On The Mortgage Meltdown: "The Bush Administration Will Not Be Judged Favorably"

Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York and that state's former Attorney General, has written an Op-Ed for the Washington Post in which he claims that the Bush Administration used the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to prevent states from stopping the predatory lending practices that lead to the current financial crisis:
What did the Bush administration do in response? Did it reverse course and decide to take action to halt this burgeoning scourge? As Americans are now painfully aware, with hundreds of thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure and our markets reeling, the answer is a resounding no.
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1:54 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Meg Marco
2,682 views, 72 comments

Latest by Spooty: I agree. On a lesser note, Eliot Spitzer will not be judged favorably either. more »

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"Black Friday Is Obscene And Needs To Die"

SF Gate columnist Mark Morford hates Black Friday, and he's written an over-the-top Network-style screed against it, backing it up with some cringe-inducing YouTube clips of giddy, running Americans swarming into retail outlets last Friday morning.
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2:27 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Chris Walters
4,159 views, 65 comments