On shadows
That is a lie.
PSA: How to protect yourself from your ISP
On my last post I suggested we should be legitimately suspicious of our ISPs. One of my friends[1] asked, “Any thoughts on which VPN service to use?” If you’re not technical, VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network.” In brief, a VPN service encrypts all your traffic, including your domain name lookups[2]. Your encrypted request goes…
The House that Spied on me
The Republican Party is suing Google for discrimination against conservative white men.
According to the headlines, Google is being sued. “Memo man Damore is back – with lawyers,” “James Damore Sues Google,” even “James Damore’s Lawsuit is Designed to Embarrass Google.” No, no, no. Damore isn’t suing Google. Harmeet Dhillon is suing Google. His lawyer is “an American lawyer and Republican party official. She is the former…
Important: your phone really is eavesdropping on you
I’ve seen a lot of conspiracy theories that Facebook or Google are eavesdropping on our conversations. And there’s been a lot of mockery over the privacy concerns about people putting the Amazon Echo into their living room. But at the same time people seem totally fine with carrying a camera and microphone around with them…
On populism
From a Venezuelan who learned a fair amount suffering under Hugo Chavez: “Normal politicians collapse in the face of scandal because the scandals show them dozing on the job or falling back on their promises. To get elected, they offer a bargain: “Vote for me: I will make you richer/fight for your rights/assure your progress.”…