http://archives.weru.org Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org) Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:32:20 +0000 en hourly 1 Copyright © WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives 2010 archives@weru.org (WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives) archives@weru.org (WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives) posts 1440 http://archives.weru.org/wp-content/smallerimage.gif http://archives.weru.org 144 144 Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org) WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-9210 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-9210#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:30:17 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=6452 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-9210/feed 0 8:23 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell It's back to school time again so here are some back to school aids foryoung (and not so young) scholars:www.worldpress.org - links to ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell It's back to school time again so here are some back to school aids foryoung (and not so young) scholars:www.worldpress.org - links to newspapers and magazines in countries all overthe world www.50states.com/news - listings of almost all newspapers in the U.S. www.lexicool.com - links to 7500 dictionaries in many dozens of languages. In addition to the normal questions those going back to school face as a newyear begins, parents in Maine are facing another question, one with lifelongimplications for their children: should they supply their children's socialsecurity numbers to schools? It's a very big question: here's why. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-82610 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-82610#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:30:38 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=6444 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-82610/feed 0 7:07 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell If bad uses of technology upset you, maybe you'd better pass this edition by. But if you use an ATM machine or a ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell If bad uses of technology upset you, maybe you'd better pass this edition by. But if you use an ATM machine or a cell phone or GPS, you may find some of this information not only disturbing but useful as well. And as for the credit and debit card number skimmers that crooks have taken to using of late, check this site out for some pix. Can you tell the difference betweena skimmer and your favorite real ATM?  We can't.  http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/02/atm-skimmers-part-ii Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-61010 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-61010#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:30:40 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=6174 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-61010/feed 0 7:47 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell The first of a new generation of satellites that will provide more accurate GPS location services has just been a launched. When all ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell The first of a new generation of satellites that will provide more accurate GPS location services has just been a launched. When all 12 of these satellites are in place, GPS accuracy should include from today's approximately 20 foot accuracy to about 2-3 foot accuracy. This will have big implications for everyday life - some obvious, some not so obvious.Let's take a look. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-6310 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-6310#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:30:38 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=6164 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-6310/feed 0 7:17 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell So Facebook has simplified the way in which users can select their privacy settings. What has the reaction been from Facebook privacy critics? ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell So Facebook has simplified the way in which users can select their privacy settings. What has the reaction been from Facebook privacy critics? Kudos all around - for a good first step but, say critics, much more needs to be done. Here's the story. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-42910 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-42910#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:30:41 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=6037 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-42910/feed 0 7:08 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Location based services - neat things that happen when service providers like Yahoo or Google or Foursquare know where you are at any ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Location based services - neat things that happen when service providers like Yahoo or Google or Foursquare know where you are at any given moment - can be very cool and convenient. But as a new web site called "Please Rob Me" (http://pleaserobme.com) points out, they can also tell very undesirable characters that you're not home. This is only one example of how privacy is changing in our digital world, a good topic of conversation during the first national  Choose Privacy Week (www.privacyrevolution.org) sponsored by the American Library Association. It's happening May 2-8, and may be happening at your local library. If privacy, or its demise, concerns you, join in the conversation. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-11410 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-11410#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:30:23 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=5518 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-11410/feed 0 7:26 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Goggle recently announced that it is now "personalizing" the search results it delivers to users. Is this a good idea? Could it follow ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Goggle recently announced that it is now "personalizing" the search results it delivers to users. Is this a good idea? Could it follow in the footsteps of cable and the Internet and simply contribute to the fragmentation of our culture? See what you think. And, on another note, are the full body scanners about to be deployed in airports incapable of storing the nude images they generate of passengers as former Homeland Security Secretary asserted in a recent op-ed piece? Apparently not. Ooops. For more information on Google personalization: http://searchengineland.com/googles-personalized-results-the-new-normal-3129 0 http://searchengineland.com/google-now-personalizes-everyones-search-results -31195 To disable Google personalization: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=54048 For more information on full body scanner image storage capabilities: http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/ Goggle recently announced that it is now "personalizing" the search results it delivers to users. Is this a good idea? Could it follow in the footsteps of cable and the Internet and simply contribute to the fragmentation of our culture? See what you think. And, on another note, are the full body scanners about to be deployed in airports incapable of storing the nude images they generate of passengers as former Homeland Security Secretary asserted in a recent op-ed piece?Apparently not. Ooops. For more information on Google personalization: http://searchengineland.com/googles-personalized-results-the-new-normal-31290http://searchengineland.com/google-now-personalizes-everyones-search-results-31195 To disable Google personalization:http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=54048 For more information on full body scanner image storage capabilities:http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/ Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-52809 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-52809#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 11:30:24 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4485 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-52809/feed 0 7:34 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell According to Hitlist, 98% of web users use just four search engines: Google, Yahoo, MSNLive, and ask.com. What about those other 2% of ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell According to Hitlist, 98% of web users use just four search engines: Google, Yahoo, MSNLive, and ask.com. What about those other 2% of search engines available on the web? Today, we look at a few that might be just the ticket for some kinds of searches. Take a look at: ixQuick - www.ixQuick.com - if privacy is important to you Hakia - www.hakia.com - which promises not only accurate but reliable results Indeed - www.indeed.com - focused only on job openings JobsInMaine - www.jobsinme.com - listing Maine job openings Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-51409 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-51409#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 11:30:59 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4428 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-51409/feed 0 6:10 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell A little spring catch-up today: a court case that may change your relationship with web site owners you patronize, and the unsurprising news ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell A little spring catch-up today: a court case that may change your relationship with web site owners you patronize, and the unsurprising news that the supposedly secure cordless phone you've been using is not so secure after all. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-32609 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-32609#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:30:54 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4253 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-32609/feed 0 8:23 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Having our electronic gadgets able to bring us location-based information can be a great convenience but it's important for us to know just ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Having our electronic gadgets able to bring us location-based information can be a great convenience but it's important for us to know just how those gadgets manage that trick, and what implications they have for our personal privacy. This is WERU's 20th anniversary year so every once in a while, we go back to see how the information in old Electronic Cottage editions has stood the test of time. This edition was first broadcast in 2002, and it's just as appropriate today - or even more so - as it was back then. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-31909 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-31909#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:30:07 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4214 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-31909/feed 0 6:38 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Just some odds and ends today that might be of interest. Here are the web addresses mentioned in the program: www.freezeframe.ac.uk - 20,000+ images ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Just some odds and ends today that might be of interest. Here are the web addresses mentioned in the program: www.freezeframe.ac.uk - 20,000+ images from the Scott Polar Research Institute, some dating from 1845 www.ipy.org - site of the 2007 International Polar Year https://ssd.eff.org - the Self-Defense Surveillance site. Info on what you can do to keep your information secure in this age of ubiquitous surveillance www.freeebase.com - "an open database of the world's information" www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps - a great site for determining what kind of digital television reception you are likely to get over the air at your house. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-30509 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-30509#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:30:44 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4126 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-30509/feed 0 8:22 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Airline travel is often not a pleasant experience these days with reduced schedules, fuel surcharges and the like. What may be even more ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Airline travel is often not a pleasant experience these days with reduced schedules, fuel surcharges and the like. What may be even more unpleasant is the information airlines and other travel services amass about you, your work, your lifestyle, and even your religion. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-21209 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-21209#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:30:23 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4073 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-21209/feed 0 8:26 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Looking for some good news about personal privacy in cyberspace? Well, finally, there is some. On Data Privacy Day 2009, the Dutch metasearch ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Looking for some good news about personal privacy in cyberspace? Well, finally, there is some. On Data Privacy Day 2009, the Dutch metasearch engine www.ixquick.com announced that the search engine would no longer record users' IP addresses. This is a big deal: here's why. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111908 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111908#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:30:47 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=3695 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111908/feed 0 7:07 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell As you go about your daily business, do you find the merchants you deal with asking nonchalantly for your phone number or if ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell As you go about your daily business, do you find the merchants you deal with asking nonchalantly for your phone number or if you'd kindly sign on the electronic line in stead of a paper one? You don't have to provide more information about yourself than the law requires, and it's probably a good idea not to in this data mining digital age. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/voices/voices-111808 http://archives.weru.org/voices/voices-111808#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:00:42 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/voices/voices-111808 http://archives.weru.org/voices/voices-111808/feed 0 28:53 Producer/Host: Amy Browne Shenna Bellows, Executive Director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union joins us to talkabout the MCLU's plans to investigate Maine’s Fusion Center, which ... Producer/Host: Amy Browne Shenna Bellows, Executive Director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union joins us to talkabout the MCLU's plans to investigate Maine’s Fusion Center, which they describe as a “costly Bush-era surveillance system”. FMI: www.mclu.org or 207-774-5444 Voices & Weekend Voices archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111308 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111308#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:30:50 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1824 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111308/feed 0 8:41 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell On this program, we've often looked at technologies which have the potential to impinge on the liberty and privacy of individuals. To see ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell On this program, we've often looked at technologies which have the potential to impinge on the liberty and privacy of individuals. To see what a world might look like in which a combination of technologies, all of which are available today, are deployed by the state - in the name of combating terrorism, of course - check out "The Last Enemy," a program set in the London of the very near future. It depicts what it might be like to live in such a world in a way no science report ever could. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-80708 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-80708#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:30:59 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1613 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-80708/feed 0 10:10 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Do you like to travel outside the U.S. Do you carry a laptop or cell phone or iPod when you do? If so, ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Do you like to travel outside the U.S. Do you carry a laptop or cell phone or iPod when you do? If so, you might want to think about what's on your personal electronic device. Why? U.S. Customs and Border Protection has recently released a policy document called "Policy Regarding Border Search of Information" that makes it clear that border agents can "search, review, retain, and share" pretty much anything on your computer or cell phone without your permission and with absolutely no requirement of suspicion or probable cause of a crime. Take a listen. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-71008 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-71008#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:30:38 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1561 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-71008/feed 0 9:01 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Today we follow-up on some topics we've looked at recently because in both the digital world and the physical world with which it ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Today we follow-up on some topics we've looked at recently because in both the digital world and the physical world with which it interacts, things can change fast.   Let's look at some updates on the FISA Amendments Act of 2008,  ISP tracking of user click streams, and Maine's "no it isn't, but yes it is" dance around the Real ID Act. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-70308 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-70308#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:42 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1546 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-70308/feed 0 9:45 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Well, the Australians seem to have decided that a national ID card isn't for them.   In the U.S., not only are we moving ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Well, the Australians seem to have decided that a national ID card isn't for them.   In the U.S., not only are we moving toward a de facto national ID card, we're also spending a billion dollars of taxpayer money so the FBI can amass the largest biometric database in the world on U.S. Citizens - not just convicted felons or other criminals but hundreds of thousands or maybe millions of regular folks who need to apply for a job, whose parents think it's a swell idea to register their fingerprints or iris scans when they are children, or people who are arrested by federal authorities - even park rangers - even if they are never even charged with a crime. Feel safer? Feel like you live in the land of the free? Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-62608 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-62608#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:30:17 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1541 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-62608/feed 0 10:05 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Think your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a utility like your electric company or phone company? Think again. These days many ISPs are ... Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Think your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a utility like your electric company or phone company? Think again. These days many ISPs are looking to "monetize their assets" and guess what their assets are? That's right, you and me and where we go and what we do on the Internet. To monetize us, they need to track us and what we do on the Internet, and that's what at least some ISPs are doing right now. Notes From The Electronic Cottage archives@weru.org no no