The article highlights the significant risks of passive surveillance through smartphones, emphasizing how personal data is harvested and exploited by data brokers. It outlines the severe implications for privacy, including stalking and identity theft. To enhance privacy, individuals are urged to reset advertising IDs, restrict app permissions, and advocate for legislative reforms.
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The Changing Media Landscape: Why Privacy, Security, and Encryption Matter More Than Ever The media and technology landscape is poised
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Take control of your online privacy with one simple change: use TOR. Protect your personal data, reduce your attack surface, and clean up your digital footprint. Not ready for TOR? Try privacy-focused browsers like Safari or Brave and browse in Private Mode by default. Your data is your power—protect it.
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This is an exercise. I’m not a social media expert, but I was here before social media. I view everything
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Something finally hit me like a ton of bricks. We’ve been here before. How many of you remember what the
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I’m a sucker for a good breakout game. If you’re unfamiliar with the genre, it involves a paddle, a ball
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So you just picked up one of the best consumer devices in recent years, the Oculus Go (see my review
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It’s been several days now with the Oculus Go. I find that I’m spending time in it… many hours per
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This simple idea applies to literally everyone with a driver’s license. The keyword here is “license.” And yes, it involves
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In 2004, Tom Preston Werner created something huge. His idea was cemented in history as Matt Mullenweg and Automattic acquired
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Before we get to Social VR, let’s recap. It’s 2017, almost 2018, and Virtual Reality systems are selling better than
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Virtual Reality (VR) is improving the way humans interact. It’s creating human scale relationships, new forms of work, and opportunity.
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I’ve been an unabashed Apple fanboy since 1987, when I met my first Macintosh SE. Black and white, with a
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It’s time to come clean: You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been scaling way back on commitments for the past 6
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It may come as a bit of a surprise to hear that North Texas’ number one startup community evangelist is
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I have a few friends that simply don’t understand the changes Heather and I are exploring. The more we learn,
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An idea surfaced while having coffee this morning with my friend Antonia. We were discussing “accountability,” and the fact that
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Heather and I are fascinated with the idea of living off the grid in a much simpler, much less “distracting”
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Recently I spent some time reading, researching, and watching the state of the art in several areas of interest, notably
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I’m thinking about forcing a potentially life changing event, and I need your help to make the decision. But not
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Absolutely yes. And here’s what you need to know about the hardware. For as long as we can all remember,
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This is an email I sent to the Mayor of Dallas this morning, in its entirety. — Good Sunday to
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Recent discussions on my Facebook wall regarding college, its value, and its potentially adverse financial impact on a young life,
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