Ad-blocker Versus Facebook – the Fight for User’s Rights
Adblock Plus is obviously having an impact on Facebook’s revenues as Facebook recently changed the way they code ads on their site to make it hard for …
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The Connected Home & the Internet of Things: How Companies are Innovating
It’s no secret that technology is becoming more advanced every day. We already have a kettle that boils our tea when we hit a button on our phone. But …
Continue ReadingWhat Does Net Neutrality Mean to YOU? An Explanation of Net Neutrality & Why It's Important
Ask my family what Net Neutrality means to them and they’ll think we’re talking about a new summer blockbuster, not the promise of an open …
Continue ReadingWhat Happens to Your Social Media Accounts After You Die?
“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, …
Continue ReadingIs the NSA Snooping Your Phone Calls and Online Activity?
Edward Snowden recently leaked information that detailed two government programs that were operating in secret. One was the phone records of millions …
Continue ReadingThe Danger in "Friending" Strangers on Facebook & How to Protect Your Child
It is all too easy for children to “friend” people on Facebook that they, or you as the parent, have very little knowledge of. Now this …
Continue ReadingWhere do Your Facebook Photos End Up? Privacy & Security Issues
Facebook users upload and share billions of photos every day. Where do all those photos end up? And who can access them?
Continue ReadingWhen Anti-Government Protesters Don't Get Praise from the West - Causes of Personal Security and Privacy Breaches by Western Goverment
If you thought the fall-out from the recent London riots had blown over, think again - a whole new debate is raging about how the British Prime …
Continue ReadingWhat the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Means for our Privacy & Individual Rights to Information Available on the Internet
In the war against terrorism and media piracy the lines have been drawn - or have they? Highly visible is the conflict between the pipe owners and the …
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