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• Krypton Radio Gets a Clean Bill of Health February 20, 2012

  Early Sunday morning, the Krypton Radio web site was identified by Google as containing malicious scripts and may have represented a threat to visitors. These scripts were inserted by an automated internet program known as a ‘worm’, which burrows into web servers and propagates itself by rewriting the pages visitors load when they read a web site.  The script attempted to gather FTP passwords – if you visited our site any time yesterday and used FTP the same day, you should change your FTP password. (If you don’t know what this is, you don’t need to worry).

  After about fourteen total hours of cyber-surgery, we finally extracted every last piece of the malicious scripting everywhere on our server, from every page and every subdomain. The Securi SiteCheck web site now gives us a clean bill of health!  The warning pages from Chrome, Firefox and Google itself have now all been cleared, and our traffic is starting to come back up to former levels.

  On behalf of myself and the entire staff, thank you for your patience. Your safety and privacy are important to us.

  Oh, yes – keep it tuned to Krypton Radio. The best is yet to come!
  
  - Gene Turnbow, Krypton Radio Station Manager

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• SteelWar Online Enters First Alpha Test February 16, 2012

  Krypton Radio Newswire

  

  Steelwar Online, now in alpha testing

  Free-to-play is the phrase of the day – a new robot-themed simulation MMO goes online for alpha testing, and it’s  PopPace’s SteelWar Online. The game has officially entered its first alpha test on Facebook.  For the alpha phase, anyone participating in the game’s testing will have their in-game cash shopping points leveled back up to 60,000 every two hours.  You can shop till you drop.

  Steelwar Online is  strategy simulation title with a solidly anime feel – you battle in high-tech mechs for dominion over a an interplanetary battleground.  You can upgrade and customize your mechs as well.  Players can battle side by side with their friends, or call them out and challenge them on the field of honor.  Like most Facebook games, it’s aimed at the casual gamer, so you can put it away and pick up where you left off in an idle moment.

  You can learn more about the game or sign up for the   alpha test by visiting the game’s official Facebook page.  You’ll need to a Facebook account to play it.

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• STOLEN DROIDS Comes to Krypton Radio! February 13, 2012
  

  Stolen Droids

  If it’s fandom – of pretty much anything – Stolen Droids is all over it.  Tune in every Tuesday at 4PM as Zuke, Schmidty, Zohner, and Stark pry the lid off a can of pure fan geekitude and show you what the world of scifi fandom looks like from their unique perspective.  A new show every week!

  Stolen Droids can be heard on Krypton Radio on Tuesdays at 4PM,  PST

  You can also download the shows as podcasts right from their  web site from the Stolen Droids web site,  or hear them on Stitcher.com.  Join them on Facebook too!

  Guys, welcome to the family – we’re proud to have you with us!  And the rest of you lot, tune in.  You’re gonna love this!

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• Krypton Radio Now on iTunes! February 12, 2012

  We heard the news that we were going to be listed early last week, but we didn’t want to jinx it by announcing early – but this morning we checked, and sure enough, there we are!

  To find us in iTunes, open the list of radio stations and go to the Ecclectic grouping.  We’re there, about half way down.

  We’re proud of this moment, and we hope this will help many more listeners find us.

  As our news anchor Tony “Vagabond” Carter would say, “Look to the skies – and enjoy the tunes!”

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  P.S.  On an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you can use an app called ‘TuneIn’ , find us in search, and Krypton Radio will be there for you any time you want!  The same app is available on Android – but on Android you can also use WinAmp and look us up in Shoutcast.  There are lots of ways to stream Krypton Radio goodness on portable devices now, so everyone can tune in!

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• Google Privacy Change Sparks Lawsuit February 12, 2012

  Federal Trade Commission Sued Over Failure to Enforce Law on Google

  Krypton Radio Newswire

   

  Those of us who use one of Google’s many services have more than likely noticed the constant stream of popup messages from the internet giant stating that they’re changing their privacy terms once again, and this has sparked a lawsuit from The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Google had decided to take the Privacy Polices from all of its services and combine them into one large master Privacy Policy. The way they chose to do so has raised questions from EPIC as to if Google is up to its old alleged tricks again, as Google had been previously been cited for violating consumer privacy over the sharing of private user information without proper prior consent via its failed Google Buzz social network.

  In a slightly unusual turn of events, EPIC didn’t sue Google but instead the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over what it felt was a failure to keep Google in line and enforce the federal order that the FTC had imposed on Google over sharing of consumer information with third parties. EPIC issued the following statement:

  The Google privacy compliance report, made public today, raises new questions about the company’s failure to comply with an FTC Consent Order. The Order required Google to answer detailed questions about how it protects the personal information of Google users. But Google chose not to answer many of the questions. Most significantly, the company did not explain to the Commission the impact on user privacy of the proposed changes that will take place on March 1. EPIC has filed a lawsuit to force the Federal Trade Commission to require Google to comply with the Consent Order to protect the privacy interests of Google users. For more information, see EPIC v. FTC (Google Consent Order).

   

  Google’s new one size fits all Privacy Policy goes into effect March 1st, and in regards to sharing information with 3rd party users or companies, Google states in the new policy:

  Information sharing

  Google only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Google in the following limited circumstances:

  • We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
  • We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
  • We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

  If Google becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will ensure the confidentiality of any personal information involved in such transactions and provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

  and

  Changes to this Privacy Policy

  Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Privacy Policy changes). We will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.

   

  Links:

  • Courthouse News Service
  • Google’s Privacy Policy Effective March 1st
  • Electronic Privacy Information Center

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