Who’s buying Facebook data? Is it you?

Who is buying Facebook data

I installed an excellent plugin to my WordPress blog to track some basic, non-privacy invasive stats, and today I got the first report. I was surprised that most of my top keywords are still related to Facebook data that I was able to buy from a shady website ten years ago..  Who is buying (Facebook) … Read more

‘Tis the season for Privacy

Holiday decorations

Privacy is important! Thanksgiving and the opening of the season of Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday, and end-of-the-year holidays in almost any religion and region are near. It’s worth spending some bytes and processor cycles to encourage you to invest your money, vouchers, bonuses, and good thoughts in Privacy-related products.  The surveillance capitalist-supported industry … Read more

Github <> Fediverse (updated)

My twitter account with a few registration fields selected

have a favor to ask. I want to add my fediverse (a.k.a Mastodon) account to my GitHub profile, but I need help. Could you please give equal opportunities to everyone to share their “social” accounts with everyone? It’s unfair to offer just a Twitter account.

Sharing your birthday online can turn you into a victim of an attack.

Sharing your birthday publicly brings some risks for you, and you might become a victim of a birthday phishing attack. I am sure you are happy when you see the wall of congratulations on your Meta, Twitter, or Linkedin feeds. It brings joy and sometimes false happiness that you have so many friends who care … Read more