Cybersecurity Powerful Yet Overlooked - DNS as a Security Solution Almost nothing you do online works without DNS. It is ubiquitous. But have you ever thought about DNS as part of your security program? Controlling how it is used can make a significant impact on your environment.
Cybersecurity The Internet of (Crap) Things Everything today from your furnace to your toilet can be Internet connected, but why do it? If you do connect them, how do you do so securely?
Personal To Sync Or Not To Sync... That is the question. Do you trade private data for convenience or not?
Personal Want Private, Secure Communications? Your Choices Are Limited Your email service reads your emails. Your test messages are plain-text. Your phone calls can be tapped. How do you communicate securely and privately?
Cybersecurity The Fallacy of a Safe Encryption Backdoor Governments the world over want mandatory backdoors into encrypted communications. But there's no such thing as a secure way to do this.
Personal Opt-In Vs Opt-Out, Consent In Privacy There is no privacy online without informed consent. But then there's also the opt-in, opt-out dilemma. And since opt-out favors the people who want your data, well...
Personal When Your Choice Impacts My Privacy Copilot+ Recall might be fine for you, but if I'm sharing any data with you your choice impacts my privacy. And that's just one example.
Linux This Is the Time To Leave Windows For Good Copilot Recall. Windows 11 won't support your older computer. Ads in the start menu. These are the signs telling you it is time to leave Microsoft's OS.
Cybersecurity Why Won't He Stop Talking About Linux? I warned you at the beginning I'd talk Linux. This first article on the subject hopefully explains why.
Personal What I Miss From Computing's Past Nostalgia is fun and all, but instead let's take a look at actual benefits from computing's past that we seem to have forgotten about in modern computing.
Personal The Social Media Dichotomy - Public Privacy Elon Musk has begun his tear-down of Twitter. TikTok is a punching back for politicians who want to appear tough on privacy. There are options.
