May 11, 2020 COVID19 Security & Privacy Tips (Part 2) In part two of my interview with Malwarebyte’s David Ruiz, he tells us how to avoid the scams we discussed last week. And then…
March 30, 2020 Privacy by Design Wouldn’t it be nice if privacy wasn’t an afterthought? What if user privacy was built in from the get go? What if the entire…
December 30, 2019 2020 New Year’s Resolutions 2019 has come and gone, and 2020 is upon us! You know what that means: New Years Resolutions! I’ve put together a Top Ten…
December 2, 2019 Best & Worst Gifts for 2019 It’s that time of year again – time to see which popular gifts make my privacy/security Naughty and Nice lists! You want to make…
November 11, 2019 The Rise of Browser Fingerprinting Marketing companies have come up with may clever ways to track our travels around the web, hoping to garner as much information about us…
October 28, 2019 Dropping Dropbox I’ve been a Dropbox user for many, many years. But recently, they’ve gotten really pushy – trying to get me to save all my…
October 7, 2019 Don’t Forget to Wipe Your Data What happens to all the files, photos, songs and other data on your devices when you resell them or throw them away? Well, if…
September 16, 2019 Google’s Not-So-Private Sandbox No doubt sensing the impending US privacy regulations, Google has released a plan to “enhance” user privacy… by finding different ways to track you….
September 9, 2019 Ring’s Orwellian Doorbell Today we speak with EFF’s Matthew Guariglia about the creepy new partnership between Amazon’s Ring Doorbell division and local law enforcement. Recent disclosures reveal…
July 8, 2019 Big Brother 2.0 The US government is once again looking to break or hobble encrypted communications in the name of national security and law enforcement. They claim…