Happy Monday friends.  Hopefully the weekend saw you getting outside and enjoying whatever semblance of Summer is left in your area.  Hopefully you really were outside and not inside on MySpace.  If you HAD to be on MySpace, and trust me I know a great deal of people that HAVE to be on it far too often, things might be getting a lot better for you, and you might just be able to combine the great outdoors and MySpace in one glorious union.

Yeah, enough chit chat, the bottom line is, Fox Interactive Media is launching free Mobile MySpace access.  Yikes.  According to the article I just read, “Accessing the Internet from a mobile phone will soon be as common as text messaging and voice calling, and it’s FIM’s goal to deliver these new free, ad-supported experiences as additional options for our users on top of our incredibly popular premium mobile services.”   Basically, that means you’re going to be able to do all this, BUT, you’re going to have to put up with a whole slew of ad’s.  It’s more TheirSpace than it is your space, but nevertheless, you’ll be able to check up on those all-important bulletins from wherever your cell phone may roam.

That last sentence, just made me extremely depressed.  I am sorry if it did the same to you.

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What do you get when you merge a ridiculously hot and popular wireless platform with a ridiculously hot and insanely NOW phenomenon like social networking?  Yeah, a pretty darn sweet merger, that’s what.

Basically what we’re talking about is taking the ease, comfort and convenience of personal data transfer in the social networking world (think how easy it is to flirt, open lines of communication, or even profess your undying love for someone on Facebook or MySpace, the fear of rejection is just not there!) and manifesting it in the actual physical world.  Say what?

That’s right, according to the article at TechCrunch:

“UK based First Move is a dating site where you create a private profile then buy black or pink credit-card sized cards that have your First Move user code on them, costing about £1 each. When you see someone that takes your fancy you hand over the card with your anonymised profile on it, they view your profile and contact you. “You Caught My Eye!” is printed on the back of each card.”

Wow, smooth.  The fact is, the idea is catching resistance from various sides, stating that if people have the courage to slide them the pink card, they’d have the courage to talk to them, but this is not always the case.  I guess time will tell…well, time, and the success rate of lonely computer guys across the planet.

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Attention everyone sitting inside a Starbucks/Library/Gas Station/Motel Lobby/Airport…If you’re on Wi-Fi, you’re taking a much bigger risk than before, and your data might not be as safe as you once believed.

You heard me right, but before you get all up in a panic, chill out and let me explain a few things first.   According to the article I just read, this new security risk was highlighted quite effectively at the Black Hat hacker conference.  Basically, the attacks use cookies, which are generally less protected, and that, in turn,  “gives attackers access to mail messages or the page someone maintains on sites such as MySpace or Facebook.  While this sounds terrible, which it is, there IS some good news.

The good news is, webmail clients like GMail let you, if you so desire, encrypt your data that is sent back and forth, thereby rendering a cookie theft (man that feels funny saying that) useless.   More good news is that really great hackers are onto this, and have now alerted makers of various computer software programs of the vulnerability.  Hopefully, with enough warning some major attack, or new style of data-theft can be successfully thwarted.

Cross your fingers, and keep those passwords fresh friends!

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