The Internet Patrol (Kindle Edition)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The Internet Patrol is maintained by the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy, and patrols the Internet for you, reporting on Internet safety, Internet security, Internet privacy, Internet scams, Internet hoaxes, and Internet fraud, and looking for Internet news, cool stories, services, and Internet shopping bargains, all for you. The Internet Patrol is written by attorney, law professor and CEO Anne P. Mitchell. Kindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you're not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• Publisher: ISIPP
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• ASIN: B001AS5KF6
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #234,302 in Kindle Store (See Bestsellers in Kindle Store)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mostly advertising, October 3, 2008

By	Turalia "Turalia" (Oregon) - See all my reviews

Although they occasionally come up with articles of general interest to Internet users, and rarely warn of new dangers on the net, the bulk of their "stories" seem to be advertising for products they think are cool. One has to wonder if they're getting these products for free to promote them on Net Patrol. I find Scambusters more useful and less product oriented.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything About the Internet, September 30, 2008

By	Cathy Stucker "IdeaLady.com" (Sugar Land, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Internet Patrol will tell you everything you need to know to be a smarter, better, safer 'Netizen.

You will find posts exposing scams and spams, reviews of great gadgets from iPods to smart phones, how-tos on technical and non-technical issues, legal and security information and much, much more.

The best part is that you do not need to be a techie to understand The Internet Patrol. Anne Mitchell is great at explaining even complex issues in easy to understand language. And she knows everything (and everyone) on the Internet. (Or at least it seems that way.)

Check out The Internet Patrol now. You will be smarter in minutes. Really.

1.0 out of 5 stars Yesterday's News, February 3, 2009

By	David Edmiston "Dave" (So Cal) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've checked out many of the blogs available as Kindle subscriptions. Based on the description and one of the reviews for this blog, I figured I'd subscribe to the 14 day trial. I'm canceling the subscription today before the trial even runs out.

There's just not much substance to this blog. It's hard to be enthusiastic over a blog that consists of an article or two every few days. A good blog should have multiple articles per day, not multiple days per article. What's worse is that none of the articles have been especially original; I've already heard about or read every single one of these news topics somewhere else (and usually a few days earlier).

Another frustration is the length of the articles. The topics in the Kindle download are just a few lines long. You have to follow a link to read the body of the article. Following links like that isn't practical on the Kindle. The browser is too slow and the formatting too funky for every day use. That's not the fault of the authors of this blog, but they shouldn't force the reader to swap out to their browser just to read the blog posts.

Even though this subscription is $.99/month (compared to most blogs' $1.99 prices), it still seems like too much to pay for information I've already read in a format that isn't easily readable.

My Scores:

Timeliness = 1 star
Quantity = 1 star
Readability = 1 star
Value = 2 stars

Sorry guys.