I work in the digital advertising world, but I am also a big advocate of online privacy. Life if full of contradictions, right? Actually I believe these ideas can co-exist, but most people don’t know the options they have around online behavioral tracking. Here’s how to keep your online surfing behavior private if that’s what you want.
Opt out? Did you ever opt in?
Before we go into how you can update your browser to help protect your privacy,... + read on
Gmail has supported secure connections for a long time. The old but cumbersome way to get a secure connection was to type in https://gmail.com instead of http://gmail.com.
The problem with that was that most of the time users don’t actually type in the part of the URL that comes before gmail.com. This left Gmail transmitting the contents of all email in the clear across the Internet. (The log in process, including your Google name and... + read on
The Washington Post recently reported on the further erosion of the privacy of your laptop’s data when crossing the border in an article titled Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border. This is a new policy as of July 16, 2008.
Unfortunately, the privacy measures mentioned in the previous SugerGeekery post, Traveling Through US Customs? Your Data Is Not Safe, are being proven less effective than previously reported according to recent... + read on