I've been thinking a lot about the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook controversy lately. In light of the revelations about how Facebook has used our data and allowed others to use our data,…
I've been reading a lot about the controversy surrounding the court order compelling Apple to help the FBI break into the phone used by one of the San Bernardino killers,…
Quite a lot of people hate "Obamacare" which is otherwise known as the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act. And there are indeed things to hate about the law. For example,…
I don't think anyone would accuse me of being a Luddite. I began to learn to program in the late 1970's when I was in high school, majored in computer…
A student from my Creating Games class came to my office today to talk about the keynote speech from a conference he had recently attended. The speaker was lamenting the…
Robin pointed out an article about Facebook security today that made me think about some things that everyone who browses the web should know about but which the article unfortunately neglects to…
I just finished watching the five episodes of the BBC miniseries The Last Enemy. Ann had recommended it because it is about computers and privacy and also because Benedict Cumberbatch (of recent…
A story about Google and privacy on NPR last week caught my attention because it seemed so strange. And now that I know what the real story is, it still seems really…
Here's the status update of one of my friends on Facebook today (August 29): "IMPORTANT!!! Facebook launched Facebook Places yesterday. Anyone can find out where you are when you are…
Toyota has been much in the news lately because of questions about the performance of a variety of their cars. In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that…
Google has received lots of criticism from human rights activists since it started to do business in China in 2006. The criticism is focused on Google's willingness to comply with Chinese official…
By now, you've probably heard about the thwarted terror attack on a flight bound for Detroit. If you haven't heard details, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to light his underwear on…
I've written about the theater of airport security before. Now here is an excellent piece written by an ex-cop about why airport screening fails to keep us safe and is…
Unless you have been on an island somewhere lately, you probably know that Eunice Kennedy Shriver has been hospitalized for the past few days and died this morning at age…
I was talking to my dad tonight about the Kindle. He's a fan and wants one, but feels as though he doesn't read enough to justify the expense. I've written about…
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled in a case from Alaska that the state does not have to provide physical evidence (which the state still has) to a man who has been in…
If you're anything like me, you probably have a couple of old, unused computers lying around your house gathering dust. In my house, we had six computers until recently, two…