A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you.

The ebook economy is so outrageous. I needed the most recent Norton Anthology of American Literature, but my library doesn't have it. So I bought it for $50. $50 gives you access for 180 days, and you can download 64 discrete "sections." Kate Chopin alone has dozens of sections.

Piazza is a course discussion platform used by many colleges and universities. Piazza requires students to provide the following information when signing up. From 2017-2019, Palantir Technologies paid Piazza $916,000 for access to this data. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

No method of age verification is both privacy-protective and entirely accurate. Introducing these laws is dangerous, and expanding them to things like skincare, dating apps, and diet pills has enormous unintended consequences for your personal data.

I had a great conversation with @daniel-solove.bsky.social about his new book! Check it out here: newbooksnetwork.com/on-privacy-a...

Congress is debating a bill that will lead to weaponized takedown requests of lawful speech with no real safeguards. Tell Congress to vote No on TAKE IT DOWN.

Are you (or someone you know) interested in working at the intersection of privacy and technology? If so, then I've got some great news!

Me, hiding under the bed: Armed robber: Me: Armed robber: Me: Armed robber: Interaction design, interface design... they sound very similar, aren't they basically the same thing? Me: ACTUALLY

Interaction's interactions.acm.org/archive/view... Inspired me to write the following silly short story jakec007.github.io/2025-01-12-t...

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

Here is a list of every app on your phone selling your location data to advertisers, interested unknown 3rd parties, and the US government. Thanks to 404 Media and @josephcox.bsky.social : docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I'm a cybersecurity professional. My greatest hits include: "You can't build an e2ee backdoor only good guys can use," "Your digital letters of marquee will not work out the way you think," and "I see you're trying to apply a technical solution to a social problem."

Instead of working I have been uploading (already public) photos to this delightful site theyseeyourphotos.com You should really try this out it is so much fun

Lorrie Cranor wrote up a neat piece in Communications about Notice and Choice It reminded me that you need to opt-in to Global Privacy Control on Firefox. Here is a catch-all resource on how to set that up: globalprivacycontrol.org#download Check your GPC status: global-privacy-control.glitch.me

Every academic right now

"How to make a good talk (and why are academics so bad at this)?" I wanted to give advice to an undergrad based on what I think is missing from (or wrong about) most advice out there on giving a talk. Would love to hear people's thoughts on this (especially academics hehe).

Dilemmas in Digital Abuse is published under my name; Cybercrime Scenarios is co-authored with Samuel Won. Both are open-access materials that you may use/assign/adapt for free under a @creativecommons.bsky.social license! Or buy paperbacks on Lulu: lulu.com/search?contr...

Spread the word! The California Privacy Protection Agency is seeking its next Executive Director. Apply by Dec. 6 for an exciting opportunity to lead a dynamic agency at the forefront of privacy protection and policy in California. calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...