TiVo^® Service Announcement
Dear TiVo Customer,

Today we were informed by our email service provider that your email address was exposed due to unauthorized access of their system. Our email service provider deploys emails on our behalf to customers who have opted into email-based communications from us.

We were advised by our email service provider that the information that was obtained was limited to first name and/or email addresses only. Your service and any other personally identifiable information were not at risk and remain secure.

Please note, it is possible you may receive spam email messages as a result. We want to urge you to be cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown third parties.

We regret this has taken place and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.

If you have unsubscribed in the past, there is no need to unsubscribe again. Your preferences will remain in place.

Sincerely,
The TiVo Team

Old news from April.. file it in the "Can ANYONE Keep Our Data Safe" department. It was just our e-mail addrs, but we *really* need to pay closer attention to our personal security. And those that are trusted with our information had better get their acts together.

Dropbox (http://dropbox.com) has been a savior for sync'ing my multiple machines and acting has my storage in the cloud. However, you have to trust your cloud service and Dropbox has "dropped" the ball in a big way at least once. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20072755-281/dropbox-confirms-security-glit...

There are a number of competing cloud storage services out there and YouSendIt is the latest offering. Their unlimited storage is appealing, but they lack Mac sync software to make it compelling to me yet.

YouSendIt on security: http://www.yousendit.com/security-overview
Dropbox on security: https://www.dropbox.com/help/27 (You know, except for when they are sending code to their servers that make passwords optional.. and you know, when their employees have the ability to decrypt all your stuff...)

Verizon Wireless: If you don?t opt out, we get to share your CPNI call data

The company says that customers who do not want their CPNI data shared need to call 1-800-333-9956 to "opt-out." Failure to opt out will be interpreted by Verizon Wireless as "consent" for sharing your call records with certain other parties.

By Ken Fisher | Last updated October 14, 2007 11:38 PM CT

You can also got to http://verizonwireless.com, go to "My Profile" and under the "Phone Controls" section, you can "View/Edit Privacy (CPNI) Settings".