May 17, 2021 Protecting Intellectual Freedom (Part 2) What is Tor, exactly? How and why would I use it? And what the heck is a Tor node? In part 2 of my…
May 10, 2021 Protecting Intellectual Freedom (Part 1) Want to read a book without your reading history being tracked? Do you need to surf the web with complete anonymity? If so, then…
May 3, 2021 App Tracking Transparency After what seemed like forever, Apple has finally released its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature which requires apps to get your permission to track…
April 26, 2021 Hunting for Stingrays (Part 2) While law enforcement touts the benefits of cell site simulators, today we will talk about the negative impacts, as well. While the actual impacts…
April 19, 2021 Hunting for Stingrays (Part 1) The single easiest way to track someone today is using their cell phone. We have them with us at all times and in order…
April 12, 2021 Trust No One Lots of news to cover today… and to me the common thread seems to be a lack of proper security and privacy. So the…
April 5, 2021 Social Media is Ruining Society There are many business models and businesses that we curtail because they can be dangerous to people or democracy or society. Even rights enshrined…
March 29, 2021 Stop Using SMS for 2FA Passwords suck and humans aren’t good at using them. Password managers can help a lot, but to truly improve your account security these days,…
March 22, 2021 Computers Interviewing Humans (Part 2) Given that we’re using computer algorithms to evaluate humans, can these systems be gamed or fooled? And is it possible that computers are less…
March 15, 2021 Computers Interviewing Humans (Part 1) Convincing a human to hire you is hard enough. Can you imagine trying to convince a computer? Artificial intelligence is now being used to…
