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9/18/2007


Evening Reading: 9/18/07

Now that all our computers are full of USB 2 ports, here comes USB 3.

Here's the thing.  Mint may be the coolest thing since the wheel, but anyone who thinks the average American is going to put his or her financial data (or the names and passwords that allow access thereto) into some online Web 2.whatever application is completely out of touch with mainstream America.  I want someone, anyone, who believes differently to debate me on this topic on one of our podcasts.  Please, I'm begging you.  Paul Stamatiou has a review that discusses Mint's security measures.

I wonder if these cats know tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day?

Good new music: The Spider Bags.  HearYa has some MP3s.

Can you think of anything more boring than social networking for lawyers?

Beware of Dog:  Pluto goes on the attack.

I don't use Internet Explorer much, but those of you who do should check out IE7 Pro.  Dwight has the details.

Earl shares my boredom with the traditional tech-centric blogosphere.  At least TechCrunch 40 is over.  That might help a little.  Or maybe not.

My friend Mike Huffington had a frustrating iPhone experience.  It really irritates me when companies demand to collect more personal information than they reasonably need. 

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You're not the only one concerned about the privacy issue of services like Mint. Almost immediately after reading this post, I read this post:

Who owns your financial data?

One counterargument (that I don't necessarily believe) is that the normal use will get more security and better data backups than storing the information on their home PC that who knows what viruses and spyware are hanging around on or when the unbacked up hard drive is going to crash.

By Anonymous Mike, at 9/19/2007 8:06 AM  
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