Sorry, judges, encrypted chat is not like a private thoughtEvery luddite wants to rule the world.By V. Blue, 04.07.2021
How it feels to survive Silicon Valley and a pandemicEven bad security practices have to shelter in place.By V. Blue, 07.24.2020
The Trojan Horse in Trump’s anti-Twitter executive orderThink outside the censorship box.By V. Blue, 06.05.2020
Yes, the Patriot Act amendment to track us online is realMore “bad touch” from the guys who brought us PRISMBy V. Blue, 05.22.2020
Contact tracing apps are coming whether we like it or notStill better than a hot bleach injection.By V. Blue, 04.24.2020
Zoom is now 'the Facebook of video apps'Yet another startup that takes our privacy. Seriously.By V. Blue, 04.10.2020
The surveillance profiteers of COVID-19 are here1: collect data; 2: track virus; 3: ??? -- 4: profit By V. Blue, 03.27.2020
It doesn’t matter if China hacked EquifaxHop on the cybersecurity hayride from hell.By V. Blue, 02.14.2020
Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’Especially when the Morality Police get acquired.By V. Blue, 01.17.2020
How home assistants ruined us, an explanationIt’s the rise -- and revenge -- of the machines.By V. Blue, 12.31.2019
How did Google get Pixel 4 face unlock this wrong?Close your eyes and you’ll get a big surprise.By V. Blue, 11.01.2019
How a trivial cell phone hack is ruining livesThis is a personal security red alert.By V. Blue, 06.28.2019
Sex, lies, and surveillance: Something's wrong with the war on sex traffickingTurns out, sex censorship is a lucrative growth market.By V. Blue, 05.31.2019
Hey Alexa: How can we escape surveillance capitalism?This is not what we signed up for, but at least it was on sale.By V. Blue, 04.30.2019
After Christchurch, we need more than digital-security theaterEven the TSA has more credibility than Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. By V. Blue, 03.29.2019
Russia is going to test an internet ‘kill switch,’ and its citizens will sufferIt’s cool -- all the creepy totalitarian countries are doing it.By V. Blue, 02.28.2019