January 4, 2021 The Great SolarWinds Hack The Russian SVR has had backdoor access to hundreds if not thousands of government and corporate networks for nearly nine months. And if not…
September 21, 2020 Take Out the (Windows) Trash If you’re a Windows PC user, you know the term “bloatware”, or maybe “crapware”. Every consumer PC comes chock full of it. Free trials…
January 6, 2020 Time to Upgrade Windows It’s not too late! You can still snag a free upgrade to Windows 10 from Microsoft. If you’re still running Windows 7, it’s time…
September 23, 2019 Not Just a Face in the Crowd (Part 1) Use of facial recognition technology (FRT) is exploding around the globe. While touted as a convenience for checking in for a flight or crossing…
September 2, 2019 Choosing a VPN Provider Evaluating VPN providers on privacy is really, really hard. Even if you read all their privacy claims, how do you know if they’re telling…
August 5, 2019 The Great Hack In today’s show, I’ll discuss the Capitol One hack that affected over 100 million card users and applicants. I’ll also cover the latest in…
May 12, 2019 Time to Break Up Facebook Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes makes a heartfelt and cogent argument for breaking up the world’s dominant social media company, Facebook. The litmus test for…
April 28, 2019 Further Facebook Fiascos Facebook has once again gone too far and, when caught, asked for forgiveness and promised to change. First it was revealed that Facebook has…
October 1, 2018 Big Companies Behaving Badly: The Facebook Breach Explained Between 50 and 90 million Facebook users’ accounts were exposed, appearing to give hackers full access as if they were logged in as you….
August 27, 2018 🎧 Facebook’s Virtual Private Network is Not Private Facebook’s “Protect” Virtual Private Network is anything but “private”. Facebook has been using this VPN to monitor all of your web surfing, adding even…
