February 27, 2023 Unmasking Shortened Links Web links are great, when you’re on the web. But if you need to read off or write down a web address, or URL,…
January 30, 2023 Data Privacy Week 2023 Every January, we celebrate privacy with Data Privacy Week. It has rightly expanded from Data Privacy Day. And of course every day should be…
November 21, 2022 Best & Worst Gifts for 2022 Black Friday is just around the corner, which marks the unofficial launch of the holiday shopping season. As you’re considering what gifts to give…
November 7, 2022 Redirect Ransom QR codes are not inherently dangerous. They’re effectively links we can click in the real world using the camera app on our phone. Like…
October 24, 2022 Your TV is Watching You This is going to sound bonkers, even though you’re used to so many things tracking you… web pages, emails, and apps… but I’m here…
September 26, 2022 iOS 16 Security & Privacy Features Apple just released a major update to its iPhone operating system, iOS 16. This release has some really important security and privacy features, including…
May 30, 2022 Emergency Mode Modern smartphones have a potentially life-saving feature called “SOS” or “Emergency” mode that can give first responders critical medical information and automatically dial your…
February 21, 2022 De-Google Your Life (Part 2) One of my big goals for 2022 was to minimize my Google footprint. In the last news show, I covered Google Search, Chrome and…
February 7, 2022 De-Google Your Life One of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2022 is to minimize my Google footprint. In reality, it’s very difficulty to completely avoid Google products,…
December 20, 2021 The Log4Shell Debacle The internet is on fire this week. The worst cybersecurity vulnerability of the last ten years (and perhaps more) has kicked the internet ant…
