Google says people can't expect privacy when sending to Gmail

Many people have feared that privacy was not as crystal clear as some would hope. And these fears are being realized all the time, as we move forward. As in life, there are many blurred lines when dealing with tough issues. Should large internet firms provide governments and law enforcement agencies with information that some say should be totally private? What if it helps against "evil-doers?" But then, at what point -- and who -- decides how far this can go?

In any case, the article continues:

If you care about privacy, it's time to drop Google.

That's what Consumer Watchdog is recommending following Google's admission that people shouldn't expect privacy when they send messages to a Gmail account, any more than people would were they to send a business letter that could be opened by an assistant.

Scientists Freeze Light for More than a Minute!

In what could prove to be a major breakthrough in quantum memory storage and information processing, German researchers have frozen the fastest thing in the universe: light. And they did so for a record-breaking one minute.

It sounds weird and it is. The reason for wanting to hold light in its place (aside from the sheer awesomeness of it) is to ensure that it retains its quantum coherence properties (i.e. its information state), thus making it possible to build light-based quantum memory. And the longer that light can be held, the better as far as computation is concerned. Accordingly, it could allow for more secure quantum communications over longer distances.

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Privacy Issues: Google, Gmail & Internet Privacy

Google says people can't expect privacy when sending to Gmail

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Scientists Freeze Light for More than a Minute!