Lava.net will never store customer data

Posted on January 26, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Lava.net Customers -

My name is Aryn Nakaoka – I am the current President of Lava.net and would like to assure all our customers that Lava.net will never store customer data.

Lava.net does know what customer used a specific IPAddress during a specific time (all of our customers are assigned static IPs). This is some of the confusion with HB2288 – customer source or your IP address is what the United States Justice Departments wants to be archived. Which can be done since it is a log of what an ISP assigns to a customer for a set time. You’re mobile internet , cell phone or residential internet can change  IP’s several times over time (minutes or days), keeping a log of what IP you used at what time of day is possible. It would give law enforcement an idea of what physical address (close to it) you were browsing the internet from, intent and actions while browsing would not be included.

However, where you go and what sites you visit on the internet is your business and we would never invade your privacy as such.

I have submitted testimony opposing HB2288 because it is a violation of all users privacy. (testimony)

Updated CNET Story:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57367226-281/hawaiian-politician-backs-away-from-web-dossier-law/

Since there is no “Bar Association” for IT Professionals like there is for lawyers, Lava.net believes in a code of ethics.

Thank you for your support,

Aryn Nakaoka

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Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Bill to Make ISP’s to Track Subscriber Browsing Data

Posted on January 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Would you want the state knowing everywhere you went on the internet? Well, if H .B. NO. 2288 passes, your ISP’s may be required to track and store your internet browsing history for “no less than two years.”

What will they do with all of that data, and will the ISP’s be responsible for holding and securing that data? Will warrants be needed to access that data? There are a lot of questions that seem left unanswered by this bill.

If this Bill concerns you, you may want to contact your State Representative to voice your concerns about this bill.

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Presentations Fresh Start in Docs

Posted on January 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

From http://googledocs.blogspot.com/

In Docs, a lot of attention gets paid to the word processing and spreadsheet applications, but you don’t see as much attention paid to drawings and presentations; the patches for these two applications tend to get overlooked.

Improvements to the existing presentation software in docs first rolled out in October 2011, adding new features to enhance your presentation by including

  • Transitions to move between slides with simple fades or spicier 3D effects
  • Animations to add emphasis or to make your slides more playful
  • New themes to create beautiful presentations with distinct visual styles
  • Drawings to build new designs, layouts, and flowcharts within a presentation
  • Rich tables with merged cells and more options for adding style to your data
To use these features, click on the gear icon in your document list, and select Document settings. Then, from the editing tab, check the box to “Create new presentations using the latest version of the presentation editor.”
Doc’s presentations are useful and easy to use.  You can set up a simple presentation in a few minutes using the templates provided. Slides templates as well as design themes will help create a professional look to your presentation. Controls make it easy to enhance your presentation with media. You can learn more about getting started with the new presentation editor over at our Help Center.
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Blackout – SOPA – PIPA Protests

Posted on January 18, 2012 by | Leave a comment

You’ve likely already noticed that Wikipedia and Google have launched a protest against the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and the “Protect IP Act” (PIPA). Google has modified its logo on their search engine home page and Wikipedia has effectively shut down in protest to both SOPA and PIPA. And its not just Wikipedia and Google, but number of other internet heavy weights have tossed their names into the blackout protest hat including the Mozilla Corporation, Facebook, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Yahoo!, eBay, American Express, reddit, Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, Uncyclopedia and many more personal and small business websites.

Think this protest is going unheeded by our Legislators? Think again. The Blackout is affecting decision makers on Capitol Hill as Jim Puzzanghera reports in the LA Times that,

“Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) withdrew as a co-sponsor of the Protect IP Act in the Senate, while Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) said they were pulling their names from the companion House bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act.”

Curious to see how your Senator’s and Representatives are weighing-in on these bills? Take a look at Propublica.org or for a more visual representation, try takeing a look at their SOPA Opera page and for a timeline of commentary by our Legislators, you can follow along here.

SOPA Resistance Day!

Image by ~C4Chaos via Flickr

Do you want to participate in the Blackout or protest? You can find a number of resources online that can show you how to “blackout” your site.

WordPress has created a plugin for WordPress based websites to easily participate in the blackout, and dozens of sites across the web have links urging viewers to contact their legislators and oppose the SOPA/PIPA bills.

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Removing the “New Look” in Webmail

Posted on January 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment

You may have noticed that you Web-mail accounts look a little different thanks to the New Look.  There have been some mixed reviews on it, some people like the simplified design, other people are having a difficult time navigating through the interface.

If you find that you are having a difficult time using your web-mail account because of the new look, you can revert your account back to the old look by clicking on the gear icon and selecting “Revert to the old look temporarily.”

Image from http://www.techmistry.com/

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