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This Week in Backspin: Ameritrade Leaks and More WiFi Theft

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Jun 4, 20071 min

In Backspin this week I discuss what looks like some very serious and under-reported leaks of customer data from Ameritrade and followup on our comments regarding last week’s Backspin on WiFi service “theft” and punishment for getting caught.

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Mark Gibbs is an author, journalist, and man of mystery. His writing for Network World is widely considered to be vastly underpaid. For more than 30 years, Gibbs has consulted, lectured, and authored numerous articles and books about networking, information technology, and the social and political issues surrounding them. His complete bio can be found at http://gibbs.com/mgbio

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