Keeping Santa Secret We’ve all heard about “Secret Santa” where you give a gift to a co-worker anonymously. It is a tradition in many businesses. But it is important to keep Santa secret by anonymizing your holiday shopping. Why Anonymity Matters During the Holidays • High-value targets – Retail sites see a spike in […]
The year of guerrilla privacy When I first started writing about personal security, I quickly realized that talking about privacy is easy — doing it is a whole different ballgame. That’s why 2026 will be the first year I not only share ideas but actually live them in front of you, two weeks at […]
Thanksgiving Data Stuffing Recipe Every Thanksgiving the house fills with laughter, the aroma of roasted turkey, and — unfortunately— a swarm of unfamiliar devices. Smartphones, tablets, laptops, smart-watches, and even Bluetooth-enabled wearables all plug into the guest Wi-Fi, broadcast their presence, and begin chatting with the world outside. In today’s data-driven economy those signals […]
Compartmentalization for Privacy and Security In today’s hyper‑connected world, a single breach can cascade into a full‑blown privacy nightmare, and that’s exactly why I’m a big fan of compartmentalization. By deliberately separating different aspects of my digital and physical life—email, social media, banking, work tools, and even personal hobbies — I create “walls” that […]
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Browser Anti‑Fingerprinting How to Blind Trackers and Feed Them False Data When I first started digging into browser‑level anti‑fingerprinting, I quickly realized that the problem isn’t just “someone can see my user‑agent string.” It’s an entire ecosystem of tiny data points—canvas hashes, timing quirks, font lists, hardware concurrency, even the way my mouse wiggles across […]
I was recently asked by a friend that was concerned with the level of discourse on Social media and He wanted to know if there was something that could be done. While I can’t solve the problems that we are experiencing on social media as a whole, there is one positive direction that you […]
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Emergency‑Response Plan for Personal Hardware Introduction When a determined adversary stands at your front door, ready to snatch your computer or launch a sophisticated cyber‑attack, the outcome hinges on whether you have a pre‑written emergency‑response plan. A well‑crafted “kill‑switch” that instantly isolates the device, rotates all cryptographic material, and dumps fresh secrets to an encrypted […]
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Why I’m Saying “No” to Mandatory Government‑ID Checks Online I’ve started noticing a worrying trend: everywhere I go online — whether I’m signing up for a new bank account, joining a cloud‑storage service, or just trying to comment on a social‑media post — I’m asked to scan or photograph my government‑issued ID. At first, […]
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Privacy and Security when Blind For anyone who relies on technology to see the world, privacy isn’t a luxury—it’s a lifeline. Blind users depend on screen‑readers, OCR apps, and voice assistants to turn visual information into audible or tactile form. Each of those tools creates a hidden data trail that can be captured, stored, or […]
Using MITRE D3FEND to strengthen you home network D3FEND is a knowledge base of cybersecurity countermeasure techniques. In the simplest sense, it is a catalog of defensive cybersecurity techniques and their relationships to offensive/adversary techniques. It is designed for “Blue Team” Cybersecurity defenders to have a methodology to make their networks more secure. I […]
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