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I’ll buy that for a dollar.Filed Under: Annoyances

According to this post over at the DomainTools blog, NSI appears to be stealing domain name ideas.

This is what looks to be going on:

1. You search (and find) an available domain.
2. You don’t buy it right away.
3. You go try to buy the domain later, and it’s been snatched up by NSI (who are willing to sell it to you — of course).

Sounds like a way for NSI to make a few extra bucks. Used car salesman style.

Private? Yeah, sort of.Filed Under: Annoyances, Security

I’m not a Facebook user. To be honest, I’ve got better things to do with my time. If I was a member though, I would expect my private profile to be just that: private. Well think again. According to the Valley Wag, a member’s private profile was made available to his employer.

The poster had pictures of himself with his firearms — which, though legal and taken on the employee’s own time, the company was concerned about.

Now I don’t have any problem with law enforcement requests to see this type of information, but your boss? Come on. That’s ridiculous.

Tags: Security