The Portable Consultant

ECM infrastructure architecture… and unrelated matters.

Archive for July, 2009

With Amazon your ebooks are rented

by @ Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009. Filed under Copyfight, Emerging, Grumbles, New Media, New Paradigms, Security & Privacy

The Portable Consultant was both dismayed and amused to read that Amazon does not actually “sell” the books you “buy” for your Kindle. Let’s be clear: if your property can be altered, recalled, or reclaimed by the seller without your permission and knowledge you never really owned that property. Home foreclosure and car repossession are [...]

Facebook breaches Canadian privacy law

by @ Friday, July 17th, 2009. Filed under Grumbles, New Paradigms, Security & Privacy

Facebook needs to get its act together, but we also need to understand how important our personal info is …and take care not to sign it away without due diligence.

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