privacy
Fighting back against techno-capitalist-authoritarianism
Lately I feel like the world's slow burn has been set to broil. Things are not good. And often times, I feel kind of hopeless, like we are going to have no choice but to succumb to authoritarianism and our new tech overlords. Sometimes it feels utterly impossible to do anything to shift the tide of doom. And that's the point. The people in control want us to feel hopeless, they want us to feel a sense of existential nihilism so that we don't fight back because we think it's useless to do so. Com...
California's Age Assurance Lacuna
California's Digital Age Assurance Act presents new headaches and concerns for operating system maintainers and app developers. But is it the catastrophe some claim?
Data-Driven Deception
A story directly exposing how automakers were selling consumer driving data that ended up in the hands of insurers made a true ripple that drivers will benefit from in the years to come.
We Value Your Feedback
How the suggestion box, once a simple tool for giving feedback, played a role in the weirder and darker data-hungry present for many companies.
Surfing Upstream
In an era when hundreds of free web browsers exist, Orion Browser has a novel idea: It wants to charge money. Why’s that? Simple: It wants to fix the paradigm.
We Don’t Own Our Data, Do We?
Data is a topic I've been wanting to write about for quite some time. Do we own our data? What should we do about it?
Know Who’s Calling?
Over the past 35 years, our views on privacy and Caller ID technology have totally flipped. The concern used to be about the caller. Now, it’s the recipient.
When a Brand Ruins Your Faves
For the last couple of months, Facebook has leaned on The Muppets to help salvage its damaged reputation on privacy issues. Hey Facebook, could you please not?
The Digital Fine Print
The recent saga Evernote faced with its privacy policy proves the document's necessity. But did you know there's no single federal law mandating its use?