June 5, 2023 Blocking .zip Domains Two weeks ago, I told you about the availability of two new top-level domains that also happen to be popular file name extensions: .zip…
December 26, 2022 Building a Better Private Network All our devices and apps use the internet these days. But what are they doing on the internet, exactly? Who are they talking to?…
October 31, 2022 Building Trust with Privacy It’s easy to tell people to use this or that privacy tool, but this always assumes that you trust the service that is providing…
April 18, 2022 Demystifying VPNs When people don’t understand how something works, it can be easy to be afraid of the consequences of that thing not working right. And…
December 20, 2021 The Log4Shell Debacle The internet is on fire this week. The worst cybersecurity vulnerability of the last ten years (and perhaps more) has kicked the internet ant…
October 18, 2021 Rough Week for Facebook Facebook had a horrible, no-good, very bad week. Not only did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp go completely offline for about six hours, a whistleblower…
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 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…
June 4, 2018 🎧 How NOT to Hide Your Digital Footprints When is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) not really private? Answer: When your VPN provider tracks where you go and sells that information to…
June 21, 2017 🎧 If You Use Public WiFi At The Hotel, Airport, Coffee Shop…. If you use public WiFi of any sort at the hotel, airport, or coffee shop (AND WHO DOESN'T), then you need to pay attention….
