May 29, 2023 Vehicle Privacy Report Modern cars are more like smartphones on wheels. Like our cell phones, they are chock full of sensors, computer chips and software, and they’re…
February 13, 2023 Where & Why to Plant Your Flag As a general rule, I would normally advise people to minimize the number of online accounts they have, including avoiding creating unnecessary accounts and…
February 6, 2023 Combatting Surveillance Capitalism The business of data mining and behavioral advertising has never been stronger or more ubiquitous. And yet, cracks are beginning to appear in the…
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…
July 25, 2022 Hacking Your Honda The “rolling code” technology used to remotely open and lock your car is supposed to prevent hacking. Unfortunately, Honda has a pretty serious vulnerability…
May 16, 2022 Global Privacy Control When we surf the web today – on our computers or smartphones – we are mercilessly tracked. Marketing firms and data brokers are hoovering…
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,…
January 31, 2022 Searching for Privacy We tell our search engines a lot of very personal things. They arguably know more about us than our best friends and significant others…
January 24, 2022 Building a Privacy-Respecting World Personal data privacy isn’t going to just happen on its own. We have to somehow collectively construct it. But how? Will it require regulation…
January 17, 2022 Data Privacy Week 2022 Of course, every week should be “data privacy week”, but we do set aside a specific time each year to focus on privacy –…
