What a day! New technology everywhere.

Yesterday was quite a day, first we had the announcement that Apples OS X/Safari had been hacked in a matter of seconds (Microsoft Windows 7, followed a few hours later) at this year's Pwn2Own, then Google Streetview launched in the UK, then we had the full launch of Internet Explorer 8!

So what does it all mean?

Certainly that technology advancements raise all sorts of security and privacy concerns amongst users. while IE8 has been launched with security upgrade a major feature (as well as speed), it seems that in contrast Apple needs to buck up its ideas and start thinking more like Microsoft when it comes to browser security, while Firefox and IE8 both were eventually hacked at Pwn2Own, a matter of seconds to hack Apples OS X/Safari seems like not enough effort from Apple to me and certainly a reason not to be using Safari for the time being?

Google Streetview in contrast has widely featured in newspapers and news items, mainly focussed on privacy issues, especially where Google's blurring software has failed in disguising faces and number plates. I did find it easy to find both faces and number plates (including my own) very easy. I'm sure as people report more un-blurred, it will improve, but will it already be too late? Google is aware that it is open to being sued by individuals who suffer due to the images on Streetview, although it is widely considered that this is unlikely in practice.

Let's see what Spring brings us for Internet security and user privacy...