PI Perspective: Facebook Location Tracking and Serious Privacy Concerns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF1sUMW35PY&feature=autoshare

UK Court Rules that LinkedIn Contacts Can be Company Property

UK Court Rules that LinkedIn Contacts Can be Company Property

This is a fascinating read about social media and proprietary information as it relates to client lists. The assertion was made that an ex-employee's LinkedIn contacts, which the company initially advocated, constituted confidential property and that upon termination of his employment he could not maintain those contacts.

My question is, "How is a LinkedIn connection confidential when once the connection is made all previous connections, and future ones, then become known to each user?"

Here is a short snippet from the article:

"The High Court (in the UK) has confirmed that LinkedIn contacts can constitute confidential information belonging to an employer to which it has granted injunctive relief.

The problems for an organization attempting to assert ownership of LinkedIn contacts are well known. LinkedIn's terms and conditions say that ownership of the account is personal to the account holder.  Many companies attempt to claim ownership of accounts that are opened by employees during the course of their employment."

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=42339bd8-b466-4b37-8a30-15308a8129bf 

#socialmedia   #law   #intellectualproperty   #tfl

Magic Stairwell?

Magic Stairwell?

My brain is completely scrambled having watched this... da fuq?

#opticalillusion  or #video   #treachery  ? #tfl  
http://www.maniacworld.com/magic-stairwell.html

187 of the most mind-blowing WTF Feats on YouTube

187 of the most mind-blowing WTF Feats on YouTube

Mere mortal human beings? I think not! This IS 4:53 of bad-assery that reminded me that life worth pursuing to the fullest. 

Get out there and GET SOME!

#bestofthebest   #tfl   #bestoftheweb  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDkrSD8fOBo

History of the Largest Data Breaches and Hacks

History of the Largest Data Breaches and Hacks

"The team at Information is Beautiful assembled a fascinating visualization of the world's biggest data breaches, highlighting some of the most high-profile attacks. It's eye-opening and frankly, rather terrifying." - Mashable 

Though I may be missing it - Where is LinkedIn's loss of 6.5 million passwords in 2012?

#bigdata   #hacked   #tfl  
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/

DO Worry and Be Happy?

DO Worry and Be Happy?

It turns out that activities that lead us to feel uncertainty, discomfort, and even a dash of guilt are associated with some of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences of people's lives. Happy people, it seems, engage in a wide range of counterintuitive habits that seem, well, downright unhappy.

#happy   #tl   #happiness  
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201306/what-happy-people-do-differently?tr=MostViewed

Feds Steal Farmers' Crops Every Year Under Marketing Ploy

Feds Steal Farmers' Crops Every Year Under Marketing Ploy

I've been engrossed in the Horne v. USDA matter all morning now. Wow! 

Essentially the USDA requires a holdback of up to 47% of a raisin producers' crop every year in order to artificially inflate pricing for which they have not provided compensation to the farmers since 2002.

The Hornes decided to pack and distribute their own raisins since they were not being paid for almost half of their crop. Legal railroading of the farmers ensues under the guise of Federal regulation until the Supreme Court gets involved (http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/horne-v-department-of-agriculture/) and decides that this a real Constitutional issue dealing with the 5th Amendment (protection against the abuse of government authority).

Wake up! This stuff is real.

#tfl   #raisins  and #farmers  held   #hostage  by the #USDA  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8S4S49TyDk