This story has been around for a little while but the question is still out on the impact of these types of decisions. Have you been aware of this pending legislation? Does it worry you? The long-term effects of these changes could be more than you would think initially.

The news is regularly peppered with stories of computers and networks being compromised and security being questioned. The new bill introduced as the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 will give the US Government extended reach in shutting down portions of the Internet as they deem necessary, as well as gaining control and access to data previously off limits to government review without due process and legal warrants.

Perhaps more interesting than the article itself is the amount of comments that have now been collected on the article. Read the article to get a better idea of the details of what’s being discussed, but read the comments to start getting colorful representation of how these proposed changes are expected to impact individuals and businesses.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation provides good overview of the impact to these proposed changes as well.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this legislation as it continues to be discussed.

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It wasn’t too long ago that I shared about a website that lets you look up information about a phone number that keeps calling you but won’t leave a message, that site’s name was WhoCallsMe.

Finding another website that shares some of the same and different information was pretty helpful when maybe you can’t find information about one number on just one of the websites.

The WhoCalled.us website provides additional information and feedback about phone numbers when you’re searching for more details on a phone number.

Now if I could just figure out a way to get my phone to at least grab the area code information and tell me what state and perhaps what major city a call is coming from, now that would be a great software feature on my phone. But, that’s a whole different request.

Uncover who called you at WhoCalled.us

I’ve been enjoying the new layout and design of the Facebook website.

If you’re not a Facebook user you can see the new Facebook layout homepage in the screen grab above from my profile. Compared to the old-style below there’s quite a difference in layout and simplicity on the page.

With all the changes in aesthetics, are the previous concerns and questions about Facebook’s privacy issues with Beacon and everything else all in the past now?

Do you feel more or less at ease with how Facebook handles personal information? Does it matter to you at all? Do you feel better or worse about Facebook’s privacy issues compared to other sites you use?