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Google is back in the news. This time it’s because it shut down several anti-Obama blogs on its Blogger service, labeling them “splogs†or spam blogs. The bloggers involved, all ardent supporters of Hillary Clinton, received emails that said their blogs had been shut down.
Normally, I don’t spend time reading blogs. If I read all those that I’d find useful, I’d never get anything done. Nevertheless, there’s some good stuff out there.
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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