Our Trip to Disney World

A lot of you think we run a Mickey Mouse operation, so you’re not surprised that we just returned from Disney World in Orlando, Florida. We had to stay in a hotel because no one invited us to stay in their homes with them while we visited Florida. You know I can’t blame them; EB kind of  monopolizes… Read More »

The Return of the Cassette

If you’re over 55 you probably remember buying music on cassette. Remember those old dual cassette recorders that let you copy your friend’s Beatles’ albums? Ah! Those were the days! Hang on — it looks like cassettes are coming back in a big way…read on, my friends: Sony able to fit 3,700 Blu-Rays worth of data onto single… Read More »

Living In a Fish Tank

The Internet of Things could encroach on personal privacy White House report on IoT describes electrical devices with unique signatures that can tell a lot A recent White House report on big data wonders aloud about the capability of sensors and smart meters to turn homes into fish tanks, completely transparent to marketers, police — and criminals. Smart… Read More »

Facebook’s New ‘Anonymous Login’ Not Anonymous At All

Inside Facebook’s brilliant plan to hog your data Facebook’s ‘Anonymous Login’ is about neither anonymity nor logging in. It’s about creating scarcity in the market for user data. Personal data is the new currency. Companies want to get information about people — their location, age, relationships, interests, preferences and much more — because when they have that information… Read More »

Yahoo Refuses to Honor ‘Do Not Track’ Requests

Watch out, Yahoo! EFF looses BADGER on sites that ignore Do Not Track In the wake of Yahoo!‘s decision to stop honoring browsers’ Do Not Track signals, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a new blacklisting tool that will automatically block tracking cookies from sites that refuse to support DNT. Dubbed Privacy Badger, the tool is available as a… Read More »