geoff.mollyandgeoff.com » geoff http://geoff.mollyandgeoff.com/blog Geoff's random ramblings Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:57:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Your smartphone is a tracking device http://geoff.mollyandgeoff.com/blog/2011/04/21/your-smartphone-is-a-tracking-device/ http://geoff.mollyandgeoff.com/blog/2011/04/21/your-smartphone-is-a-tracking-device/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:57:33 +0000 geoff http://geoff.mollyandgeoff.com/blog/?p=184 Anyone who gets hold of it can see where you’ve been. Here’s a tool to dump the info from your android handset and here’s one that will snoop through your backups and dump plot your travels on a map for iPhone.

These logs are much more interesting for snoops than for law enforcement. The government can compel your phone company to surrender this data for any phone given sufficient cause. The definition of “sufficient cause” varies by government, naturally.

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]]> http://geoff.mollyandgeoff.com/blog/2010/11/24/wtf-tsa/feed/ 0 Plus ça change… http://geoff.mollyandgeoff.com/blog/2010/05/27/plus-ca-change/ http://geoff.mollyandgeoff.com/blog/2010/05/27/plus-ca-change/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 23:24:06 +0000 geoff http://geoff.mollyandgeoff.com/blog/?p=178 Rachel Maddow covers it well:

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Go into the advanced settings for your account and change the location for deleted items. Also select the “Never” remove option.

Change the mailbox for deleted items to “All Mail”.

This makes the delete button from your iPhone work just like the “Archive” button on gmail.

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  • Gorilla Espresso A Go-Go
  • Gimme – both Deep Disco and Leftist Espresso blends sound good
  • Various blends from Klatch Roasting look good
  • Blend developed from an HB contest.

    • And I still haven’t tried all the ones from my last list. I am glad I got through a couple of bags of Lifesaver before Ritual discontinued it.

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