Nothing is safe… Truthfully, I’m putting this right up there with ATM skimmers though. I don’t care how many warnings you put out, people are not going to stop plugging in to power in public places. It’s simply not feasible for many people to always avoid it. Much like ATM skimmers haven’t stopped people from…
Simply “resetting” a phone does not completely wipe your data from it.
There are some good tips in this article about protecting your privacy online, some of which might seem a bit extreme. I do, though, have one quarrel with the article that I’ve mentioned before. If you are just now concerned about online snooping because of the change in President, you simply haven’t been paying attention….
I’ve often seen career advice about just updating your resume every quarter or so as you have new things you might want to include and the updated measurements. I think maybe it’s time we just set ourselves a quarterly reminder to go change all our web-based passwords as well. It’s probably safe to assume that…
Do I think it will reach this point? In some places, I think it will, yes. Will it get this bad in the US? I don’t know, but it will absolutely become much more common than it is. Have I ever been asked to unlock my phone and have my electronics searched when entering country?…
The lesson, as always, don’t use WordPress or any other web-facing technology if you aren’t going to keep up to date with it. “Earlier this month, users of the popular WordPress CMS were advised to upgrade to the latest version of the software to patch “an undisclosed critical vulnerability.” At the sound of that dogwhistle,…