Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchReplacing Your Plastic Driver’s License
Several US states are trialing programs to replace the venerable plastic driver’s license card with a new smartphone app. Unlike the “dumb” physical …
7 years ago
Ads Are Tracking You in the Real World, Too
It’s bad enough that online ads are watching us, but now billboards and other real world ads are watching us, too. Using video cameras and signals fr…
7 years, 1 month ago
Marriott’s Massive Data Breach
Marriott reports this week that it has exposed up to 500 million Starwood guests’ data going back as far as 2014. Affected hotels include Sheraton, W…
7 years, 1 month ago
Lock Down Your Privacy on Your Mobile Devices
Our mobile phones today are chock full of private information and are constantly tattling about our whereabouts and activities. Most phones today hav…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Best & Worst Gifts for 2018
The gift-giving season is once again upon us! “Smart” devices make great presents, but you want to make sure that you’re not also giving a gift to th…
7 years, 2 months ago
Phone Scammers Are Spoofing Your Caller ID
Just because the caller ID says it’s the IRS or the Social Security Administration, don’t believe it. It’s almost surely a scammer trying to get your…
7 years, 2 months ago
Why You Should Care About the Future of Computing
Your physical world is governed by many laws and regulations that protect your freedom and privacy. Why should the digital world be any different? To…
7 years, 2 months ago
Marketers Are Tracking You On and Off the Web
We all know how marketers are tracking our every move on the world wide web. But now they’re starting to track you in the real world, too. Security c…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Fight for Net Neutrality is Far from Over
The reports of net neutrality’s death have been greatly exaggerated. We still have time for Congress to reinstate the federal rules that were struck …
7 years, 2 months ago
Did China Implant Spy Chips in Our Computers?
Bloomberg claims that Chinese manufacturers have implanted tiny spy chips into many of our computer systems. Apple, Amazon and others strenuously den…
7 years, 3 months ago