August 1, 2022 No Place Left to Hide Cameras are everywhere. Every person you pass on the street has a camera on their phone and security cameras are everywhere. They’re so cheap…
June 13, 2022 Peppering Your Passwords I preach about using password managers constantly – because they really are a fantastic tool for increasing your security. Humans suck at creating memorable…
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…
September 14, 2020 It’s a Trap! Enterprising scammers have found some very clever ways to trick you into believing your computer needs fixing, when in reality it’s just fine. Using…
June 15, 2020 From Mailbox to Ballot Box With the US general election just over 20 weeks away and no vaccine in sight for the coronavirus, it’s time to think very seriously…
March 2, 2020 Hacked: A Clearer View of Clearview A few weeks ago, the New York Times published a bombshell article about a small startup called Clearview AI who was using a massive…
January 20, 2020 Clearview Knows Who You Are A small company has amassed over 3 billion online photos from social media and other public sources, creating perhaps the largest facial database in…
September 30, 2019 Not Just a Face in the Crowd (Part 2) So what happens when your face print (or any biometric info) is stolen from a server? You can’t change your face like you can…
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…
May 19, 2019 Google Knows What You Buy It shouldn’t surprise you to learn that Google can read your Gmail. You may even realize that Google is scanning your emails for things…
