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Comment on Top Private Investigator Blog List by Rick Curtis

Rick Curtis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:45:13 +0000

Congratulations! Well-deserved.

Comment on Securing Firefox – General Privacy Settings by Richard McEachin

Richard McEachin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:19 +0000

For a description of how to manage cookies go to http://kb.iu.edu/data/ajfi.html

This is not ideal, but it works.

Comment on Securing Firefox – General Privacy Settings by Craig

Craig — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:10 +0000

I used to be able to accept cookies as they happened. This I think was in the Firefox 2.x range. I don’t see how to do that. Is it possible?

Comment on Security & Privacy Add-ons for Firefox by DC

DC — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:35:55 +0000

I also like RefControl for controlling my HTTP referrals to sites: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/

Comment on Fake Bank Record Scam by Private Investigators Allegedly Obtained Offshore Bank Records Illegally

Private Investigators Allegedly Obtained Offshore Bank Records Illegally — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:48:43 +0000

[...] We have seen several instances of investigators—including Bocra and Gilbeau, who were paid $14,000 for the bank records, and this Toronto private investigator who was paid $60,000— faking evidence of bank records. In both these cases, the investigators were alleged to have “secret” sources able to obtain the desired information. Secret sources create problems. As Richard McCheachin so eloquently points out: [...]

Comment on The Cost of Investigative Internet Research by Rick Curtis

Rick Curtis — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:23:27 +0000

Thanks for sharing. Great insights. I would love to see an example of the deliverable that you are talking about here…with fake content, of course.

Comment on Security & Privacy Add-ons for Firefox by Dmitriy

Dmitriy — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:10:29 +0000

I can advise – WOT (web of trust), McAfee SiteAdvisor

Comment on The Next Browser by McCoy Pauley

McCoy Pauley — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:31:14 +0000

Google started out as a useful search engine. Google is now great if you want to be given hopelessly crapped-up “results” aimed at maximizing their ad revenue.

Chrome started out as a useful browser. And as soon as they can kill off Firefox, they’ll turn Chrome into an ad-splooging tool, too.

Also, this space is supposed to be for commenters, not astroturfing corporate lackeys.

Comment on The Next Browser by Brian Willingahm

Brian Willingahm — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:09:58 +0000

I have been using chrome for a couple of years now and found it to be quicker and better for my usage habits than Firefox. It’s unfortunate that may disappear, but I think Chrome is a outstanding alternative.

Comment on Google Search Syntax has Changed by wle

wle — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:24:36 +0000

horrible
why drop that?

people used it

surely all their stats and data gathering could tell them that it would inconvenience millions of people

why?
what is the point?

annoying!
wle