
It’s My Data, Not Yours Best Friend
I love my friends, I really, really, really do, but sometimes I just want to do the “Leroy Jethro Gibbs” head slap against their tiny little brains for doing the things they do on the Internets (yes I know it’s misspelled) and even begin to include me in their “mistakes” of…

Discounts Drive US Consumers to Disregard Privacy Concerns
I said it once and I will say it again, we are a “buy-one-get-one-free nation”. We will give away any piece of our Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to get even a minor discount at our favorite clothing or shoes stores. This includes even the wife of my won youth. –…

Sen. Franken: Does Your Apple Privacy Letter Remind You Of This?
Apparently, Sen. Franken has deep privacy concerns about Apple’s new Touch ID mechanism built into their latest iPhones. Read the full Verge story here. After reading, I tried to recall where I had seen Sen. Franken express prior concerns about appendages? Ah yes–during his classic interview of my all time…