Next level web spying? Or technological serendipity?

You know, the current gov’ment spy level is unsettling as it is. It’s bad enough when you log into YouTube or Facebook and are suddenly greeted with a sidebar or interjected ads about that thing you were just Googling yesterday. It’s like the evil “delete browser history” workaround – which we all think we’re so smart when we do, until your matriarch wife hops on your laptop for some research.. Read More

Resetting the net? Or reeling in the rest with a net?

So apparently, yesterday was “reset the net” day. The idea, I suppose, is to bring attention to the fact that we’re all living in modern Orwellian society. (Thanks!) And I guess we’re meant to download this thing online in order to block ‘em out like M.Knight.Shamalamadingdong’s tinfoil “Signs” hats. But as one internet commenter aptly put it, it might just be a trick – to get us to download more.. Read More