Seemed like I stirred up some trouble in my last blog entry on IT security professionals. Guess some folks are offended that I referred to them as big fat idiots who are doing a disservice to the industry by blogging…

Following up from my previous post, I thought I’d pass along some other links to ChoicePoint coverage. I found Michael Zimmer’s Thinking About Technology to be a great jumping off point for all sorts of information and commentary on the

Google is running an ad when you search on Choicepoint: “ChoicePoint letter says your identity stolen? Learn your rights. http://www.jameshoyer.com” On clicking through, its just a form, asking someone to contact you. Renaissancemen has a good roundup, inclu…

Data mining. That’s what they call it.

Collecting all manner of information about people, typically without the slightest scintilla of awareness of the part of the person being treated like a mother lode.

ChoicePoint, one such company (called “…

This story illustrates how easy it is for our closely guarded financial information to fall into the wrong hands, even through no fault of our own. ChoicePoint, a so-called data warehouser based in Georgia, somehow allowed criminals access to its dat…

Michelle Malkin has a round-up of links about the ChoicePoint scandal.

This story is one that heavily effects my livelihood. You can find my previous posts on the matter here and here.

Privacy is an important issue but before we get carried away…

Big Brother comtinues his march. It turns out this company is one that the Homeland Security Dept. uses in its anti-terrorism operations. You would think they would be a bit more in the due dilligence area.