Privacy with your computer in India? Forget it.

Saudi Arabia recently forced RIM to install servers there that allows the government to snoop on Blackberry communications. I think RIM is about to cave in India, and on top of that, the Indian government wants access to Google, Skype, and VPN data!

I wonder how much interest will grow in those countries for strong encryption and easy steganography.

Yet more countries go on to my Do Not Visit list.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/08/after-blackberry-india-now-wants-access-to-google-skype-vpn-data-/1

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/01/1334225/India-Now-Wants-Access-To-Google-and-Skype

A brand new flavor of patent troll!

It's against the law to create/sell a product that includes a patent number that is expired or non-existent. $500 fine per incident. And a person can act as a whistleblower and file a suit, splitting the award with the gov't.

Expect to see a LOT of product re-releases in the coming months.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467004575463843289453872.html