Fear and Outrage For the Win!
Earlier this week, I had some thoughts on how all of that supposedly anonymous data could be put together to find out who you really are and track you, mostly in the name of advertising to you, but also for … Continued
How Anonymous is Anonymous Data?
Turns out, it probably isn’t too difficult to put together some pieces of your identity using the “anonymous” data that is tracked by various companies. Lots of interesting things in this post by Chris Dale about various sources of data and … Continued
Linked – The Rise and Fall of Working From Home
It’s an interesting story, but I’m going to go ahead and instead of just taking the employer’s word for what happened and why remote working doesn’t work, look at it a different way. You hired people for remote work. You … Continued
Linked – How’d They Do That? Part 2 – You Stole My Credit Card Number!
One of my former coworkers wrote up a really good description of how credit card fraud happens. I recommend reading the entire thing if you want to learn about the details, but you definitely want to pay attention to Grayson’s … Continued
Linked – ProtonMail makes its free VPN service available to everyone
“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 … Continued
We Really Aren’t Good at this Work Life Balance
I mean when surveys show that Americans, who have always been kind of lame about taking vacations, are getting even worse, it’s pretty clear the idea of work-life balance is just not getting any traction. According to Generali Global Assistance’s annual … Continued
Linked – Report: Ban on laptops in planes may expand to Europe
“The CBS report cites unnamed sources close to the DHS, who say the ban on larger devices could be expanded to flights departing for the US from Europe and perhaps the UK. Government officials “have been meeting with US airlines … Continued