All posts tagged "privacy"
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CyberSecurity
The Independent Op-Ed: Australia’s social media ban won’t protect kids – it’ll put them more at risk
December 21, 2024Australia recently enacted legislation to ban children under 16 from using social media – a policy...
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CyberSecurity
The Hidden Dangers of Rideshare Apps: A Decade Later, Lobbying and Inaction Continue to Threaten Our Safety
November 12, 2024When, back in 2012, I first wrote in Forbes about smartphone taxi and e-hail apps,...
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CyberSecurity
Online Businesses Often Steal And Exploit Customer Data Collected During Canceled Transactions
January 18, 2024Over the past year I have experimented to see how various retailers handle personal information that...
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CyberSecurity
Encryption: One Of The Most Powerful Ways To Keep Data Private – But Governments Want To Outlaw It
October 21, 2022Today, October 21, marks the first ever organized Global Encryption Day, dedicated to spreading awareness of...
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CyberSecurity
Which Types Of Encryption Will Remain Secure As Quantum Computing Develops – And Which Popular Ones Will Not
February 2, 2022As I discussed last month, unless we take actions soon, a tremendous amount of data that...
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Cool Tech
Hushme: A Headset That Lets You Make Private Phone Calls In A Non-Private Environment
June 7, 2021Every so often, I encounter an unusual technology device that so well solves a problem that...
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CyberSecurity
COVID-19 Vaccination Management Problems Have Created a Privacy Nightmare For Americans – Even Without Vaccine Passports
April 20, 2021Poorly-designed processes and shoddy information-systems, coupled with a prevailing atmosphere of general mismanagement, have created a...
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CyberSecurity
Five Interesting Israeli CyberSecurity Companies
April 7, 2021Back in 2015 and 2017, I ran articles in Inc. about various innovative Israeli startups, in...
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Cool Tech
Even Without Seeing You, People Can Read Your Lips, Identify You, and Read Your Writing – Thanks To Wi-Fi
November 23, 2020Did you know that by analyzing Wi-Fi signals governments and others can spy on you physically,...
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CyberSecurity
Stop Saying You Don’t Need To Worry About Privacy and CyberSecurity Because You Don’t Have Anything To Hide. You Have Plenty.
November 17, 2020Frequently, I hear people who fail to practice even basic cybersecurity hygiene justify their actions with...