How to estimate items too early to be estimated?

As a Program Manager, I need to facilitate estimates for items too early to be estimated in almost every company I work with.  Why is needed? Let’s not kid ourselves; estimates are needed in the modern business world, especially when you release your first version of a complex product and hit the right product/market fit … Read more

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

A convenient guide to starting you on Threat Modeling – part one

Thread Modeling: Part of a session

Per Wikipedia, the core definition of threat modeling is “A process by which potential threats, such as structural vulnerabilities or the absence of appropriate safeguards, can be identified, enumerated, and mitigations can be prioritized.” Suppose we want to get practical and decode this into something everyone can understand. In that case, it’s answering four simple … Read more