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Burton Speaks

Irony: i·ro·ny n The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

I'm Burton from Portland, Oregon, United States. I'm 33 and live in the Portland Metro Area. I work hard. I drive fast. I play often. I'm sarcastic, appreciate irony, and find humor in even the darkest of events. I'm non-traditional. I question authority. I'm a know-it-all and a planner. And most days, I wake up thinking the world is full of fundamentally good people... and have a lot of problems when I'm proven wrong. Any other questions?

The attention of The Man

Thursday, December 01, 2005

So that neat-o site usage information has already turned up one REALLY interesting tidbit of information. Someone visited my site with the IP address of 63.148.99.237. I didn't recognize the range - starting with a 24 or a 67 is usually Comcast, 71 is usually RoadRunner, 66 is Google AND Yahoo, etc. So I looked it up.

Check out Qwest Cyveillance.

That's right. They're scanning MY writings for things like:

Executive Threats

Corporate Brand Abuse

Information Leaks and Insider Threats

Online Credit Card Fraud

Activism

I'm getting the chills already. Now of course I'm harmless (I'm a dissident, not a criminal), but the idea of being WATCHED by either our corporate or govermental masters is creepy in an Orwellian 1984 sort of way.

Remember, kids: War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

2 Comments:

Laura said...: OBEY.; 6:45 PM, December 01, 2005
Anonymous said...: BIG BROTHER IS OUT TO GET YOU, MY FRIEND!!

hey burton, check out these two sites. one is an article about the good the company is doing. http://www.cyveillance.com/web/newsroom/press_rel/2004/2004-06-28.htm

and this other one is how to avoid the bot. http://cyveillance.linuxgod.net/

have fun you crazy activist :-); 8:22 PM, December 04, 2005

Burton Speaks

The attention of The Man

Thursday, December 01, 2005

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