If you want to skip the intro and get right to the install/setup, jump to it! Many people have spent real, good money to buy a personal tracking device that we carry with us everywhere…

Mozilla has given a masterclass, yet again, in how to erode trust among people who have loved your work. The short version: Roll out a new terms of service and privacy policy that erode privacy…

This post is a companion piece to the longer, more detailed set of documentation on using a Raspberry Pi as a router using RaspAP. The full post has more details; this post is a high…

This post describes how to use RaspAP to build a router using a Raspberry Pi. Accessing the internet securely while traveling can be harder and less secure than it should be. From rickety hotel internet to potentially…

This is the second of two posts on getting up and running with GrapheneOS. The first post covers how install GrapheneOS on a phone; this post covers some configuration steps that allow you to start…

GrapheneOS is a privacy and security hardened phone OS built on Android. It pulls Google out of the OS so we can actually trust the device we carry with us everywhere we go. This post…

In the US, schools and districts continue to be targeted by cyberattacks. While these attacks are now being reported more frequently, the quality of the reporting leaves significant room for improvement. I have been thinking…

Update, 10 April 2025. Pointing to new location; updating Table of Contents. Back in 2016/2017 I co-wrote a guide to personal privacy and security. I’ve been meaning to update it for a while, and made…

Sometimes, Disney really does help make obvious things more obvious. I can’t count how many times people have told me that the language included in a vendor’s privacy policy really doesn’t matter all that much…

Over the last two weeks, two cybersecurity-related stories jumped out at me, and reminded me of a third incident that happened earlier this spring. Introduction On Friday, July 19, 2024, the Crowdstrike outage occurred —…