Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!
It’s one thing just having CCTV cameras, but another thing when your face, regularity of visits, etc become part of a massive database. Too often we’ve seen such databases also been sold for profit. At […]
I can’t believe I last did a proper post about Jami as far back as 2019 last. I mention it a lot, and it was included run a debate today on my Friendica site, but […]
Push notifications are used to provide a wide variety of alerts to app users. A friendly ding or text alert on the home screen notifies users about new text messages, emails, social media comments, news […]
Well, this is interesting! The move by France in this direction is not new at all as in 2018 they announced they were moving towards using Matrix and Riot to replace WhatsApp and Telegram, and […]
“Rather than focusing on big ticket items, we compiled a list of requests from Proton community members on how Proton Mail can make your life easier. This involved aggregating statistics from Reddit, Twitter, and UserVoice, […]
It sounds like a simple thing to do, but SimpleX is not a cloud based hosting, nor does it even have a common profile that anyone can just follow or connect to. Every friend being […]
This is probably worth noting, for anyone who still uses Facebook, and thinks posting “anonymously” in a group, is actually anonymous. This is especially true for small friend or family groups, and could cause major […]
Here’s what the student doesn’t know: Although she surfed the internet in the privacy of her home, Facebook saw much of what she did. Every single site she visited used the Meta Pixel, a tracking […]
“By being honest about these costs ourselves, we believe that helps provide a view of the engine of the tech industry, the surveillance business model, that is not always apparent to people,” Whittaker tells WIRED. […]
One of the world’s largest mobile data brokers, Kochava, has lost its battle to stop the Federal Trade Commission from revealing what the FTC has alleged is a disturbing, widespread pattern of unfair use and […]