Daily Archives: March 6, 2003

Transcribing Audio Blogs

By | March 6, 2003

In brief: 27 Feb 2003 [dive into mark] While I’m going to try to add text transcription to PhoneBlogger, I don’t how successful it will be. In one of the items in his Feb 27 blog entry, Mark suggests that when you are audio/phone blogging, “any audio content needs to be supplemented with a simultaneous… Read More »

Credit Card Companies Not Protecting Consumers

By | March 6, 2003

Wired News: Credit Card Cos. Watch Own Backs This story in Wired refers to a Gartner report. The report notes that while credit card companies’ “zero-liability” policies protect card holders from paying for unauthorized or fraudulent charges, they do not protect consumers from identity theft and the credit report hell that can follow. I can… Read More »

SSN Theft at UT Austin

By | March 6, 2003

Data thieves nab 55,000 student records | CNET News.com My sister-in-law, a UT Austin law school grad like my brother, let me know that the affected SSNs were in the following ranges: 449-31-98xx – 450-91-24xx 451-12-32xx – 451-20-35xx 451-20-64xx – 452-20-40xx Fortunately, mine isn’t in one of those ranges, as I used to work as… Read More »