The NSA phone surveillance program was illegal and expensive: And it did not stop a single terrorist attack.

Mass surveillance costs millions of Dollars. Yet, it does not improve security. Source: The NSA phone surveillance program was illegal and expensive: And it did not stop a single terrorist attack.

54 Percent of Americans Want to Work Remote Regularly After Coronavirus Pandemic Ends, New Poll Shows

Researchers at Tufts University found America was ready to move to a remote work experience, but not ready enough. Source: 54 Percent of Americans Want to Work Remote Regularly After Coronavirus Pandemic Ends, New Poll Shows As someone, who has finally got my first taste of remote work – this seems a bit low to […]

New year, same doggie.

Gmail’s new ‘Confidential Mode’ won’t be completely private

This is good step in the right direction, even if only half baked. It would be better if their solution was E2E encrypted, like Protonmail provides. As already mentioned, ProtonMail (which Cambridge Analytica’s former CEO Alexander Nix claimed his company used to keep emails secret) offers self-destructing email complete with end-to-end encryption when emails are sent […]

Top Lightweight Blogging Platforms For Your Next Blog

I have used WordPress almost exclusively for years now. I have looked into Ghost in the past and it looks promising with the latest release. Source: Top Lightweight Blogging Platforms For Your Next Blog

We Were Warned About Flaws in the Mobile Data Backbone for Years. Now 2FA Is Screwed. – Motherboard

Financially-motivated hackers are using SS7 attacks to break into bank accounts. Source: We Were Warned About Flaws in the Mobile Data Backbone for Years. Now 2FA Is Screwed. – Motherboard

Included certificate? Yes please…

I had no idea that I had a certificate to use with my paid hosting… almost paid for one before checking to see!

Stand Up For Strong Security

We petition the Obama Administration to: Publicly affirm your support for strong encryption. Reject any law, policy, or mandate that would undermine our security. The government should not erode the security of our devices or applications, pressure companies to keep and allow government access to our data, mandate implementation of vulnerabilities or backdoors into products, […]

Zero for 40 at Predicting Attacks: Why Do Media Still Take FBI Terror Warnings Seriously?

A casual search reveals the FBI and DHS are a pitiful 0 for 40 warning of terror attacks—some of which were specifically about 4th of July threats, none of which materialized in any way. Source: Zero for 40 at Predicting Attacks: Why Do Media Still Take FBI Terror Warnings Seriously?

If you love freedom, if you think the human condition is dignified by privacy, by the right to be left alone, by the right to explore your weird ideas provided you don’t hurt others, then you have common cause with the kids whose web-browsers and cell phones are being used to lock them up and follow them around.

If you believe that the answer to bad speech is more speech – not censorship – then you have a dog in the fight.

If you believe in a society of laws, a land where our rulers have to tell us the rules, and have to follow them too, then you’re part of the same struggle that kids fight when they argue for the right to live under the same Bill of Rights that adults have.