Tracking, Privacy, and Frauds: How The Peer Economy Makes Fakery Pointless
There’s a pervasive scam going on in IT. You mention in an email to a friend how you wish you were on a tropical island vacation, only to be inundated with...
How Big is Big Brother?
Few books in history are as insightful as George Orwell’s magnum opus 1984. And quite frankly, in this era of big government and executive overreach--not just a slight at number 44--few...
UK Data Protection Shake Up Coming
Most everyone has had an embarrassing dream - being in an exam unprepared, or going to school without one’s pants on - and most everyone has had an embarrassing moment in...
Apple Stops Others from Reading Over Your Shoulder
Privacy screens may be the wave of the future, and Apple is riding the wave with a recent patent. We’ve all been there - on the subway or at a coffee...
Police Tracking Your Phone? Judiciary Intervenes
A normal boring day, when dull-eyed customers come to the bank for their financial transactions they are shaken by the piercing sounds of a gunshot. An armed robbery heist is on....
Restaurant App Zomato Gets Hacked, 17 Million Users’ Data Stolen
When is the last time you’ve changed your password? For most of us, it’s been too long since we’ve changed them to keep our accounts safe, despite the common knowledge that...
Email Privacy: Google Closes Its Eyes
Privacy and security, more than almost anything else, has become the focal point of internet usage. Consumers do not want their private information used in any way, and especially, not by...
Net Neutrality: Not Available for Comment
Not available for comment. We’ve grown accustomed to hearing that from politicians, but not from the internet. The internet is the place we go to let politicians know exactly how we...
Stolen Ministry Data: Italy Falls Prey to Hackers
There’s been a glut of news lately regarding the potential for hacking and political movements. After the recent allegations against the Trump administration, as well as the notorious exposure of the...
Athena Malware: The CIA in Your PC
If you’ve seen a suspense/thriller movie lately, a lot of them have to do with government authorities taking control of different private sector systems, and usually with nefarious purposes. Until recently,...