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Online Safety

Locked Out for Good: Could You Get Back Into Your Most Important Account?

There’s a lesson to heed from the National Security Agency’s recent success in using Claude’s Mythos model to surface vulnerabilities in its own systems in hours. The lesson isn’t that you should bury gold bars in your backyard as a hedge against an AI attack which topples the Federal Reserve Read more

By Dan, 1 monthJune 28, 2026 ago
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Privacy

Your TV Sold Your Super Bowl Watch Party to Strangers

A whole lot of us are about to watch hours upon hours of live television. And none of us will be alone when we do it. From the Super Bowl to the Winter Olympics plus everything else we stream, audio and video, it all generates profile data which our services Read more

By Dan, 6 monthsFebruary 8, 2026 ago
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Privacy

Your Email Address Is a Tracking Device. Here’s How to Break Free

If you’ve read some of my past articles—like this or this—you won’t be surprised to hear I sometimes poke fun at myself by telling folks I’m wearing my tinfoil hat. Twice in the last couple weeks, people did not know what I meant by that term;“tinfoil hat.” That gave me Read more

By Dan, 6 monthsJanuary 25, 2026 ago
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Online Safety

Don’t Get Caught: Stop Sophisticated Scams Before They Start

Picture this: It’s Sunday afternoon. You’re in the kitchen meal planning for the week and thinking about dinner. The phone rings. It’s your bank calling about a problem with your account. A Fraud Prevention team member asks if you authorized a transfer to a foreign account? No, of course not. Read more

By Dan, 10 monthsOctober 12, 2025 ago
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Online Safety

I Nearly Got Hit by a Wrong-Way Driver. Your Passwords Are Just as Vulnerable.

I recently drove to Cleveland for a content creator expo. It’s an easy five hour drive. A simple trip. Usually. Outside of Pittsburgh, approaching an exit, I did a double take. I couldn’t believe what I saw. A small black two-door sedan was heading TOWARDS ME. In the passing lane. Read more

By Dan, 11 monthsAugust 25, 2025 ago
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Online Safety

Don’t Clown Around With Your Data: Take Control in Six Minutes

I met a friend for coffee a few months ago. They mentioned some of my earlier posts about online safety, then said something which has stuck with me like a poppyseed lodged in my gums: I don’t worry about my data. I just assume the bad guys have all my Read more

By Dan, 1 yearMay 18, 2025 ago
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