One of the other sessions I was able to drop in on was conducted by Patrick DiDomenico from the LawyerKM blog. Patrick’s session was all about new tech gadgets, and it was pretty interesting. One thing that I had not heard of prior to the session, was the Intel Compute Stick. Basically, it a computer…
“One might conclude that Google is the Internet law maker after “Google said that starting in November it would begin penalizing sites that show these “please install our app” ads.” The New York Times article on September 2, 2015 entitled “Competitors Accuse Google of Using Search to Diminish Apps” included these blog post comments from…
Darn, now they’re going to expect me to answer emails on the plane too. There goes my one chance for being unplugged! 😉 In all seriousness, with the price they charge for GoGo wireless now, it’s shameful that it is so terribly slow. Ignore the bandwidth issues around everyone streaming video on the plane at…
The exposure to being hacked raises a lot of questions about the so-called Internet of Things. If everything is connected to the Net, then everything is tracking you, like my Fitbit. That information is valuable in and of itself to hackers looking to embarrass or blackmail people. But, as bad as that is, what is…
If you’re concerned about how much tracking is being done as you click around on the internet, and you probably should be, one easy thing you can do is grab Privacy Badger from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Install it in your browser to enable it to do some automatic detecting and blocking of tracking cookies.
This seems scary. If you don’t think cyber security concerns you, you should probably be aware of how many things currently, or shortly will be, connected to the internet. Yes, it’s cool to be able to control your house from your smartphone, or start your car from inside using it on a cold day, but…