Privacy

Was talking to a very smart friend recently about the latest expensive solution looking for a problem, the Apple Watch.  He convinced me that there actually is a problem, it’s just not *your* problem.  It’s every company’s problem. The real market for the $400-$17,000 watch is the industrial market. Human [Keep reading]

It’s great that more folks are backing up their files using cloud-based services like DropBox.  While hacker and virus writers get all the headlines, I think hardware failure is really the biggest risk most consumers face.Cloud services have become such a part of the way we live, however, that we’ve [Keep reading]

I’ve described the many flaws in Ubernomics before, and you’ve about sexual assault allegations.  Here’s a new Uber problem that users should understand.  A Colorado man has been arrested and accused of returning to a passenger’s home after dropping her off at the airport to burglarize the home, seemingly because [Keep reading]

I spent a year studying English Common law in college, and here’s the only thing I really remember: Law exists to prevent mob rule. It only survives when it’s considered effective by the masses. If it’s not, people start taking the law into their own hands.  This is the precipice [Keep reading]

The Internet can be pretty weird, but “digital kidnapping” is about as weird as it gets. Internet “kidnappers” pilfer photos of other peoples’ kids, then share them acting as if the kidnappers are the parents. It’s called babyrp, short for baby roleplay.  It can range from bizarre and arguably harmless [Keep reading]