All posts on markn.ca covering cloud, security, privacy, and technology.
Facebook was called to the carpet and showed well…because they weren’t asked the right questions
It’s often stated that you have to trade usability for security. I call
Streaming is increasing in popularity but how easy is it to go beyond the basics?
All the news and notes from the 2018 AWS Summit in San Francisco
Had enough of the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal yet? Yeah, me too. Thankfully, it’s rolling up to address the bigger issue of digital tracking in general.
We’re tracked everywhere online. Should we be? Is there an upside to this practice?
After the long weekend, this episode is a bit of a round up. Nothing big jumping out but a few minor issues to address.
There’s a lack of easy-to-use tools for “average” users to analyze their data. In today’s world, that means something.
You upload a ton of data to Facebook and in turn, Facebook generates a ton of data about you. I built a tool to take a look at Facebook’s view of you.
Accurate data for cybersecurity threats is hard to come by. That doesn’t mean you can just make it up…
As the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal continues to snowball, we take a look at the larger issues. How does privacy scale? Can it scale under the current social networks? What’s next?
Terms of Service agreements hide all manner of tricks and cede all of the power to the issuing corporation. Should they?