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The Telecom Digest for May 12, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 115 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Re: Cellular data on NetZero (tlvp)
Neurosurgeon pulled off cruise after fake bioterrorism tweet (Monty Solomon)
Commentary: Apple policy has advertisers scrambling (Monty Solomon)
Re: Cellular data on NetZero (GlowingBlueMist)

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 01:54:51 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Cellular data on NetZero 
Message-ID: <1d7i8r6suy5pz.9v2j84h0or3c.dlg@40tude.net>

On Thu, 10 May 2012 19:52:57 -0400, Ron wrote:

> tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
>>An email ad has come my way offering cellular data service by NetZero.
> 
> --snip of questions --
> 
> An email ad...

Yes. An ad. Arriving by email. Just as ads from my ISP and from Dell and
Apple and HP and Lenovo and Microsoft and my University arrive by email.
Not all such items are spam.

> Aren't any questions about the service moot?

Nope.

> Would you actually buy something from a spammer?

>From a spammer, no. From a legitimate company, quite possibly. Thanks for
trying to protect me but I'd rather learn answers to the questions you so
... umm ... helpfully (?) ... snipped, please.

Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.




Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 23:48:43 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Neurosurgeon pulled off cruise after fake bioterrorism tweet
Message-ID: <p06240858cbd23c167c1e@[10.0.1.5]>

Neurosurgeon pulled off cruise after fake bioterrorism tweet

Posted by Erin Mulvaney
May 9, 2012

A Nashville neurosurgeon was  pulled off a Carnival cruise suspected
of planning to commit a bio-terrorist attack, after a tweet from an
impostor account claimed the doctor had a vial of harmful bacteria on
board.

...

http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/05/neurosurgeon-pulled-off-cruise-after-fake-bioterrorism-tweet/

-or-

http://goo.gl/iHcwY




Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 23:41:19 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Commentary: Apple policy has advertisers scrambling
Message-ID: <p06240857cbd23a922121@[10.0.1.5]>

Commentary: Apple policy has advertisers scrambling

By James Temple
Houston Chronicle
May 10, 2012

Mobile advertisers are working around a new Apple policy that makes 
it harder to track user activity on iPhones and iPads, in what some 
see as clear consumer privacy violations.

Last summer, Apple began phasing out developer access to unique 
device identifiers (UDID), numbers on devices that many companies 
used like tracking cookies in Internet browsers, enabling them to 
monitor activity from app to app and target ads accordingly.

The tech giant hasn't addressed its reason for the change and didn't 
respond to an inquiry. Some have wondered whether Apple was trying to 
create an uneven playing field by exclusively using these identifiers 
for its own ad network, iAd.

But most industry observers believe the company took the step in 
response to growing concerns over privacy. The change followed 
reports in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere highlighting how 
much information companies had access to via Apple devices, including 
consumers' location history, personal details and use of other apps.

In one hint Apple's change was driven by privacy concerns, its 
guidelines now state developers should create a unique ID specific to 
their own app, eliminating access to information beyond the 
boundaries of the company's product. Recent Apple app rejections have 
cited privacy violations.

...

http://www.chron.com/business/article/Commentary-Apple-policy-has-advertisers-3550217.php




Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 01:19:25 -0500
From: GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist@truly.invalid>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Cellular data on NetZero 
Message-ID: <4facaf72$0$2616$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.octanews.com>

On 5/10/2012 6:52 PM, Ron wrote:
> tlvp<mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>  wrote:
>> An email ad has come my way offering cellular data service by NetZero.
>
> --snip of questions --
>
> An email ad...
> Aren't any questions about the service moot?
> Would you actually buy something from a spammer?
>
The following long url appears to cover your questions quite nicely.

http://www.twice.com/article/482024-NetZero_Tries_Hand_At_Prepaid_Wireless_Data.php






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