Typically businesses love it when consumers use their services. Not so with Wells Fargo bank here in US. Apparently, things have gotten so financially bad for them with the purchase of toxic filth that is Wachovia, that they have taken to charging people for using their website. What was so excess about my usage? I transferred money online between accounts, but I made a mistake of transferring in the wrong direction. So I promptly fixed the error by transferring money in the right direction. Apparently that was enough to set off this fee.
Last week I was interviewed on the Data Security podcast. The host, Ira Victor, is obviously very knowledgeable about the security issues, but speaking to him off the record revealed that he is very passionate about it as well. The topic was my previous post about how Google Desktop sends your search keystrokes up to its servers and its implications thereof. Initially I was going to write an application in an effort to block Google Desktop from doing its dirty deed. Then I realized that Windows already this ability: via the hosts file. So here are the steps...