Oct 27, 2021 | Android, Apple, Google, phone, Privacy, security
The more powerful your phone gets, the more privacy you have. Strange but true! Things have taken an unexpected turn when you weren’t looking. For years “the cloud” has been a magical phrase that means all the heavy lifting in our tech lives is happening online. Our...
Aug 25, 2021 | Apple, business, law, news, Politics, Privacy
If you were paying attention during the last lecture, then you know Apple announced two proposals to scan iPhones for photos involving sexual abuse and exploitation of children. First: before photos are uploaded to iCloud, they will be scanned on the phone to look for...
Aug 22, 2021 | Apple, iPad, law, phone, photos, Privacy
Two weeks ago Apple announced that iPhones would begin scanning for photos involving sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Sounds like a good thing that makes the world a better place, doesn’t it? I’m sure Apple execs expected a burst of good will. Instead it...
Jun 17, 2021 | law, news, Politics, Privacy, science, security
Most of the arguments against vaccine passports are just made-up crap. Like many of today’s social issues, much of the opposition to Covid vaccination certificates is not actually about things like medicine and public health (or, as I like to put it, “reality”). It is...
May 2, 2021 | business, Privacy, security
You know the big three credit bureaus, right? It’s always entertaining to watch the gyrations of the random number they assign to each of us called a “credit score.” It’s the credit bureaus that cause your blood pressure to spike when you find out how inaccurate their...
Apr 29, 2021 | Facebook, LinkedIn, Privacy, security
There was a bit of a fuss earlier this month when personal data turned up on the dark web for more than 500 million Facebook users, including name, phone number, gender, marital status, city/country, and occupation. The response was pretty muted. Security experts...
