https://www.circleid.com/blogs/ Postings from on CircleID en Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted. 2026-04-30T19:14:00+00:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090116_perpetual_peril_open_platforms https://circleid.com/posts20090116_perpetual_peril_open_platforms great post a few weeks back on a theme I've written about before: peoples' tendency to underestimate the robustness of open platforms. "Once people have a taste for what that openness allows, stuffing it back into a box is very difficult. Yes, it's important to remain vigilant, and yes, people will always attempt to shut off that openness, citing all sorts of "dangers" and "bad things" that the openness allows..." More...]]> 2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20090105_yahoo_more_privacy_bit_by_bit https://circleid.com/posts20090105_yahoo_more_privacy_bit_by_bit LA Times puts it) "purge user data after 90 days." My eagle-eyed friend Julian Sanchez noticed that the "purge" was less complete than privacy advocates might have hoped. More...]]> 2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00 https://circleid.com/posts20081125_does_your_house_need_a_tail https://circleid.com/posts20081125_does_your_house_need_a_tail More...]]> 2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00