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Hooked on the Internet

Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) began as a joke back in 1995...

Feb 22, 2023 •

July 2022

The Leaky Forms Dilemma

Trackers are collecting email addresses from login, registration and newsletter subscription forms before users click Submit or give their consent.

Jul 9, 2022 •

June 2022

Who Broke the Internet?

Some of the very people who helped create it!

Jun 12, 2022 •

January 2022

AirTags... Beware!

Stalking is now a whole lot easier thanks to an inexpensive Apple device and a network of almost a billion trackers.

Jan 2, 2022 •

August 2021

Apple and the Four Horsemen

How will internet anonymity and privacy be attacked? Ask Apple!

Aug 26, 2021 •

December 2020

Microsoft is (still) watching YOU!

Big Brother has nothing on Microsoft. A year ago I wrote about how the world’s most popular operating system was the “spyingest” Windows ever with its…

Dec 12, 2020 •

January 2020

Update Windows NOW!

If you’re running Windows 10 ... well, you have my sympathy. But that aside, you need to patch your system NOW. Last week’s Patch Tuesday contained a…

Jan 21, 2020 •

October 2019

Browsing with a Badger

How to avoid invisible web trackers

Oct 7, 2019 •

September 2019

The Dark Side of Facebook

“The biggest surveillance-based enterprise in the history of mankind.”

Sep 30, 2019 •

Smartphones: The Abuser in Your Pocket

Love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship

Sep 23, 2019 •

The Spyingest Windows Ever

Windows 10 is without doubt the "spyingest" Windows ever.

Sep 15, 2019 •

How to check out who is secretly checking you out

Sep 9, 2019 •

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