Strap in, kids, because this one is going to be a doozy: This week’s What Does The Internet Know About Me? is all about Facebook and its subsidiary, Instagram. Since Zuck pretty much invented the “free” service in exchange for all of your personal info…
It’s unlikely that you’ve read the privacy policy of every single app or website or online service that you use. In fact, it would be surprising if you’d read even one — most people haven’t. But as we all become increasingly aware of how much data is c…
Even if you weren’t super into takeout before the pandemic, chances are you’ve upped your delivery in the past year. I get it! Cooking gets tedious and boring and we’ve all needed to — literally — spice up our lives while homebound. I know that in my h…
Online grooming of children by sexual predators is a topic that people hate to think — much less talk — about. For a parent, the idea of an invisible predator lurking in the places their children are supposed to be safe can feel terrifying to the point…
Millennials are the first “digital natives,” people born into a world of digital tools. Every generation that follows will also grow up with touch screens, apps, and internet-connected devices as regular parts of life, but Millennials were the first t…
Millennials are the first “digital natives,” people born into a world of digital tools. Every generation that follows will also grow up with touch screens, apps, and internet-connected devices as regular parts of life, but Millennials were the first t…
As more of the world looks toward a post-pandemic life, it’s important for small and medium business leaders to think about what they want their businesses to look like and how they operate moving forward.
When we talk about “surveillance culture” or the “surveillance economy” in the tech world, we’re usually talking about digital surveillance. Tracking on social media. Cookies across the web. Data brokers creating “shadow profiles.” But this week on Wha…
Amazon is releasing a new service called Sidewalk, which allows people to share their wireless network with their neighbors over a low-power Bluetooth mesh network. If you want to read more, Amazon has published details on Sidewalk here. The main…
On Monday, June 7, at 12 PM Eastern US time, I’ll be giving a presentation to the National Council on Aging’s Age+Action conference titled “Protect Yourself and Others from Tech Support Scams.”