GoDaddy Helps Break the Internet by Hard Adopting CloudFlare CDN
Today Dec 5, 2024: Goodbye GoDaddy. Moved this site, newsi8.com to another host, one that does not partner with CloudFlare. As a bonus, this site...
Cameras in Payment Systems: A Growing Menace to Privacy
Traveling recently through several US states, I encountered many different payment system cameras. In one case, there were two cameras built in to the same...
Web Owners: Do Not Let GoDaddy Sneak CloudFlare onto Your Web Site
GoDaddy has reportedly started using Cloudflare for some users’ websites without explicit notification. This has caused issues for some website owners, including difficulty accessing their...
Will Freedom of Speech be Ended by the Few Big Phone Companies?
Verizon had that nationwide outage a few days ago with people in California getting “No SIM” and “Invalid SIM” errors because, Verizon says, of...
In Eye Outward Looking Nano Cameras
“We knew that being connected had a price – our data. But we didn’t care. Then it turned out that Google’s main clients included the...
The Free Privacy Search Engine, “Metager,” Shutdown
Users who visited the privacy supporting search engine metager.org were in for a rude surprise today. For some, this is a huge new blow against...
Four or More Satellites Can See Every Earth Location!
At present, every location on Earth has sight contact to at least four satellites at all times At present, every location on Earth has sight...
What Are People Really Doing With Artificial Intelligence Chat Bots?
AI Chatbot Usage in 2024 In the news, researchers have examined how people are using Artificial Intelligence chatbots, revealing surprising trends. Here’s an expanded...
Inside the EU’s New Vaccination Card: A Digital Revolution or Privacy Concern?
The European Union (EU) is set to trial a new digital vaccination card in five countries, marking a significant step towards a unified digital identity...
Lawsuit: Meta to pay $1.4 billion to Texas Over Biometric Data Misuse
For this story I asked A.I. to do an impersonation of Steven Wright while telling me about Meta’s mega face-napping fine slapping. Here’s what it...