Mar 31, 2019 | Facebook, Google, Internet, news, Politics
We believe in freedom of speech in the US, except when people actually exercise it. Then we discover there are lots of people who should be seen but not heard – and a fair number that we wish we couldn’t see, either. Governments, regulators and large tech companies...
Mar 27, 2019 | Chrome, Google, Internet, security
Uh oh! Bruceb News is “not secure”! Alert readers have probably noticed the “not secure” warning on a few other websites, too. Well, actually more than half of the top one million most popular websites were “not secure” last summer. It’s gotten better since then but...
Mar 17, 2019 | Amazon, Apple, business, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Politics, Privacy
A series of articles about privacy and trust in the era of tech overlords. • Part 1: Data about you is being gathered by the big tech companies (as well as many other companies) in startling ways. Their ability to analyze that data and predict your behavior is...
Mar 11, 2019 | Android, Apple, Facebook, Google, Politics, Privacy, security, WeChat
A series of articles about privacy and trust in the era of tech overlords. • Part 1: Data about you is being gathered by the big tech companies (as well as many other companies) in startling ways. Their ability to analyze that data and predict your behavior is...
Mar 3, 2019 | Amazon, business, Google, Microsoft, Politics, Privacy, security
A series of articles about privacy and trust in the era of tech overlords. • Part 1: Data about you is being gathered by the big tech companies (as well as many other companies) in startling ways. Their ability to analyze that data and predict your behavior is...
Feb 25, 2019 | Amazon, Apple, Azure, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Privacy, security
A series of articles about privacy and trust in the era of tech overlords. • Part 1: Data about you is being gathered by the big tech companies (as well as many other companies) in startling ways. Their ability to analyze that data and predict your behavior is...
