Tag Archives: Privacy

A week ago I wrote about Arizona suing Google over data collection. Arizona’s complaint is that Google collects location information even if you turn it off. Since that data collection was for maps and weather, I was willing to give … Continue reading →

Over at Six Colors, Jason Snell tells us that congress wants to tinker with the COVID-19 tracking framework set up by Apple and Google. Why not? What could go wrong? The same people who brought you the Government Healthcare Website, … Continue reading →

As I said previously, if you care about privacy, you shouldn’t be using an Android phone. My point was that even if you believe Android phones are technically superior or equivalent to the iPhone, no reasonable person can doubt that … Continue reading →

Irreal has been railing against adtech and the malware that advertisers download onto our computers to facilitate their tracking for a long time. Despite pretty compelling evidence that it doesn’t work, its use continues unabated. There is, however, a modicum … Continue reading →

Speaking of the downsides of working from home, NPR and CNBC have horrifying stories about the anal micromanagers requiring workers to install spyware on their computer and even their phones so they can track their every movement, keystroke, and mouse … Continue reading →

Over at Kaspersky, Cory Doctorow has an interesting article that argues that far from being the new oil, data is actually the new toxic waste. He begins by noting that any data you collect will, sooner or later, leak and … Continue reading →

As regular Irreal readers know to their sorrow, one of my favorite hobby horses is the need to keep control of your data. Broadly that means keeping it in open formats and on computers that you manage. If you’re committing … Continue reading →