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I agreed to what? Beware the EULA, part 2

Last week’s article discussed the plight of computer users who don’t bother to read the End User License Agreement (EULA) contracts that they sign. That box full of legal mumbo-jumbo that pops up when you use or install a computer program for the first time, to which...

I agreed to what? Beware the EULA

Back in the 1980s and early 90s I watched many episodes of the first widely popular American “judge” TV show, The People’s Court. In a courtroom setting limited to handling small claims cases, folks would bring their legal complaints before the always firm-but-fair...

Phone companies, NSA continue illegal spying

Those who remember their Shakespeare may recall the sleepwalking Lady Macbeth, hallucinating the blood stains of a murdered Scottish King Duncan on her hands, and crying, “Out, damn’d spot! Out, I say!” Similarly, in trying to cover up their attempts to murder the...

Where have all the “missing” computers gone?

According to FBI estimates, the most common computer crime is identity theft. The second most common crime: laptop computer theft, with around 2 million laptop computers reported stolen every year. 97% of these laptops are never recovered. The value of the information...