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Tag Archives: Privacy
CFPB: Customers Own Their Bank Data
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ruled that, essentially, consumers own their banking data and banks must make it easy to retrieve that data and, if they wish, transfer it to another institution. That’s big news and another chapter … Continue reading
Apple Was Right
Irreal has been preaching for years about the dangers of giving the nannies a backdoor into our private communications. They scream, “Think of the children” at us and insist that they’re the good guys and be trusted to safeguard our … Continue reading
Commercial Surveillance: Out Of Control
It’s been a while since the minions and I indulged ourselves in a good privacy rant. You can consider that remedied with this post. The EFF is reporting the results of an FTC report on how companies abuse their users’ … Continue reading
🥩 Red Meat Friday: Getting Disappeared
Hello. It’s me again, shouting into the wind and yelling at clouds. I’ve told you—warned you—over and over again to get off Google but you won’t listen. I’ve long since adopted the hard stance that I don’t care about your … Continue reading
Apple and RCS
I don’t always agree with John Gruber but he’s dead on with his recent post about RCS. If you have even occasionally visited this galaxy, you will be aware of the ongoing battle between Google and Apple concerning the RCS … Continue reading
The FCC Hands Out Some Fines
Long term readers know that one of my hobbyhorses is corporate surveillance and privacy. I haven’t written much about it lately because there’s been no real news. Corporations have continued snooping into as many of our actions as they can … Continue reading
Holding NSA’s Feet To The Fire
Senator Ron Wyden is on a tear. It’s probably not fair to describe him as the only legislator fighting for the fourth amendment in the face of fierce opposition from various law enforcement agencies but he’s certainly the most prominent. … Continue reading
Chrome Incognito Mode
Why oh why won’t you listen to me? I keep preaching the gospel but you keep ignoring me. It’s not the end times, exactly, but there is an important point to be made. That point is: STOP USING GOOGLE CHROME … Continue reading
Why You Shouldn’t Be Using Chrome
Even if you’re a bit cynical about Google’s protestations of respecting your privacy, you’ll probably be shocked at the extent to which the Google Chrome browser is indistinguishable from malware. If I told you that some app captured all your … Continue reading
Border Authorities Seize and Store Phone Data for 15 Years
The US government has long maintained the fairy tale that the borders are somehow a civilrights-free zone and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents can do whatever they like without having to worry that pesky 4th Amendment or other … Continue reading