http://vincentarnold.com/blog Information Security, Technology and General Musings Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:18:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Privacy Concerns and Google? You Don't Say! Here is a link to an interesting post from Preston Gralla over at ComputerWorld regarding privacy concerns he sees with the new Google Voice service and I wholeheartedly agree. The service allows you to have one Google supplied phone number that can be ... http://vincentarnold.com/blog/google-voice-press-1-to-invade-your-privacy/ http://vincentarnold.com/blog/order-restored-thank-you-tarheels/ http://vincentarnold.com/blog/nice-chokejob-uconn/ I would consider this a must read by anyone concerned with their information privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has created a site specifically targeting information privacy for ordinary citizens. It gives an excellent overview of privacy and security of online information and promises to be an ongoing effort. This is ... http://vincentarnold.com/blog/surveillance-self-defense-beta/ The guys over at the Boy Genius Report have a great article on the shortcomings of the iPhone. They pretty much nailed it. Everything that they describe is available in Windows Mobile and most of the features were available in the early releases almost 10 years ago! It is unbelievable that ... http://vincentarnold.com/blog/the-top-10-things-we-hate-about-the-iphone/ The Pittsburgh Steelers win the AFC Championship game with a 23-14 win over the Baltimore Ravens to advance to Super Bowl XLIII against the Arizona Cardinals. I am extremely pleased. http://vincentarnold.com/blog/pittsburgh-steelers-beat-arch-nemesis-baltimore-ravens-for-afc-championship/ Wishing everyone a safe and properous 2009! http://vincentarnold.com/blog/happy-new-year/ Took some time but I was finally able to get my iPhone to work with my blog for mobile posting. It's nice to be able to post from anywhere now! http://vincentarnold.com/blog/blog-posting-on-the-fly/ Spam Drops After Internet Providers Disconnect  a California Hosting Firm By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Wednesday, November 12, 2008; 7:16 PM The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide dropped drastically today after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations allegedy engaged in spam ... http://vincentarnold.com/blog/host-of-internet-spam-groups-is-cut-off/ Growing financial pressures, unforeseen threats, and a volatile and rapidly changing business landscape — apt descriptions for both the world economy and this years Worldwide Infrastructure Security Survey. Arbor Networks once again has completed a survey of the largest ISPs and content providers around the world. Some 70 lead security engineers ... http://vincentarnold.com/blog/2008-worldwide-infrastructure-security-report/