This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 26 JAN 2025 - 1 FEB 2025. Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes. Note: You may see some traditional "security" content mixed-in here
Old accounts are often unmaintained and forgotten - which can be problematic when you want to "clean up" some of your digital footprint by deleting them or go back to secure them with stronger passwords/MFA. How do you find these old accoun…
Update/Revision of this post originally published on 1 DEC 2021. Most people have a smartphone and the odds are this smartphone is either an iPhone (iOS) or some flavor of Google Android. Unfortunately, in a myriad of ways, neither are exac…
This post was originally published on 18 MAY 2022; it has since been updated and revised. You may hear a lot that you should block ads and trackers, but you may also have a lot of questions, such as (but not limited to): This guide aims to
In the title of this post, keep in mind the keyword is may; as a forewarning, this is not a post that definitively says you must use a VPN regardless of the circumstances… because that is simply not true. From a privacy lens, VPNs are niche…
DNS enables the easy navigation from website to website as you currently know it. However, the system wasn’t exactly designed with your privacy and security in mind. Many DNS resolvers - such as your internet service provider's (ISP) - do n…
Welcome to the world of online/digital privacy! Like its sister guide for cybersecurity, this privacy guide was written for complete privacy novices in mind. It is designed to be a starting point for anyone new to the world of online privac…
This post was originally published on 1 SEP 2022; it has since been updated and revised. One of the biggest sticking points commonly brought up in the privacy community is the price of privacy. As it generally goes, especially on the intern…
Password management is essential to the security of your passwords and thus the security of your online accounts. You probably know not to reuse passwords or to use weak passwords. You also probably know that you should use a password manag…
This post was originally published on 2 APR 2021; it has since been updated and revised. Unfortunately, it's difficult - if not impossible - to delete Safari on a regular iPhone. However, with iOS 14 and later, users are free to change the
The content of your messages and the metadata associated with them should be secure and private. Unfortunately many messengers out there fail to do this. In an ideal world, you'd avoid non-privacy-friendly messengers such as Facebook Messen…
The biggest takeaway is: MFA can prevent account takeovers where credentials are compromised. That's it. Different forms of MFA exist, but in most cases enabling MFA is better than not enabling MFA - especially on important/crucial accounts…