Let’s face it. The internet isn’t going away. It’s here to stay, for better and worse. This article does a fair job of describing both the benefits to kids and teens of using social media and the internet in general, as well as the risks. They both exist, let’s not kid ourselves. Don’t hide your…
Once, there was a casino with an awesome fish tank, that required a lot of monitoring to keep it operating efficiently for the fish. Enter, the Internet of Things… The fish tank had sensors connected to a PC that regulated the temperature, food and cleanliness of the tank. OK, that’s kind of cool. We can…
The DHS is expanding the program based on a 2004 biometric tracking law that was aimed at foreigners. Assessing privacy concerns, the agency said the “only way for an individual to ensure he or she is not subject to collection of biometric information when traveling internationally is to refrain from traveling.” Can we fast forward…
“ProtonMail, the encrypted email created by CERN and MIT scientists, has released a new product in response to the administration’s roll back of Obama-era internet privacy rules. Starting today, you can try out the company’s VPN service, which was in beta testing by 10,000 initial users for a year, by getting it from the official…
I love technology, but the day I walk out to my car and it demands bitcoin ransom before it will even start, might be the day that living off the grid starts to sound like a plan. Not a plan for me necessarily, but a plan. Seriously though, this is why the whole IoT security…
On one hand, good for Google for recognizing the blight that internet advertising has become. On the other, can we trust a company who’s main source of income is web-based advertising to be the same one that decides which ads get shown and which ones don’t? I’m a little uneasy with that. “Google will introduce…