April 21, 2025 Travel Insecurity Going through border security today – even just returning to your own country – is not at simple and stress-free as it should be….
March 17, 2025 All Things Secured Josh Summers lived in China for many years and learned a lot about privacy and security. Since he left, he’s made it his mission…
February 17, 2025 Security Planner Generic security advice is good, but tailored advice is much better. Everyone’s situation is a little different. What are you trying to protect? Who…
May 20, 2024 How to Choose a PIN Security experts talk at length about how to choose a good password – but we don’t often talk about how to choose a good…
March 25, 2024 Account Security is Broken Passwords, two-factor authentication and even passkeys don’t matter if you can access someone’s account by answering three simple account recovery questions. Also, just about…
February 5, 2024 Securing Your Mac Are Macs really safer than PCs? What should you do to make your Mac more secure? How do you know if your Mac has…
January 22, 2024 Rise of the Slaughterbots Drones are everywhere today. Cheap and tiny accelerometers, gyroscopes and processors have allowed us to create drones that anyone can afford and everyone can…
December 11, 2023 Restoring Trust in Elections We here in the US like to believe that we’re the gold standard for democracy. And yet, in recent years, much of the electorate…
December 4, 2023 Using Email Aliases Your online account credentials have two parts: a user name and a password. Today, most online providers force you to use your email address…
November 13, 2023 Smartphone Spyware Today there is a thriving market for legal, for-profit smartphone spyware (aka mercenary spyware). Companies like the NSO Group are free to create and…
