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Email Security: What You Should and Shouldn't Be Doing
Your email is a critical chokepoint for sensitive communications—commonly used to reset account passwords, to document purchases y...
Privacy for Subdomains: Here's What You Should Be Focusing On
I analyzed several solutions and decided to use wildcard certificates, which don't leak subdomain information, while continuing to...
Resisting Digital Currency
Digital currency represents centralized control over money, threatening financial freedom and privacy. Unlike cash or cryptocurren...
You Should Be Faking Your Security Answers
One way to guarantee they won’t know the answers to these questions is if you make them up and save them in your password manager...
Don't Be Overwhelmed by Digital Privacy - Easiy Digestible Tips to Stay Safe
Nearly 70 percent of Americans felt overwhelmed solely by the number of passwords they have to track, according to a 2023 Pew Rese...
Want to Stay Safe Online? Lie About Your Birthday
Your birth date, like your phone number, is personal information that scammers can use to steal your identity or target you for fr...
The Day I Learned My NAS Was Traceable Through TLS Logs
I recently learned about a new way to leak your privacy, and it's a scary one.
Research Round Up: On Anonymization -Creating Data That Enables Generalization W...
Anonymization is what lets us take the most sensitive information and transform it into a safe, usable substrate for machine learn...
Want to Know How to Handle the Growing Flood of Leaked Data? Here's How
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Micah Lee, an investigative data journalist, digital privacy expert and now a newly-minted...
You Can Use Screen Time To Protect Your iPhone From Thieves: Here's How
For this to work properly, make sure your iCloud account password is not saved in the Password’s keychain—otherwise, someone could...
ChatGPT: Best Pal or Police Informant?
ChatGPT is an AI tool many use in business, school, or simply just to vent to. OpenAI says it can record conversations if they rai...
Here's Why You Should Use Privacy Mode When You Browse the Web
Private mode prevents some tracking because it doesn’t store cookies or any browsing history from one online session to the next.