The Opportunity Cost of Lost Privacy is Lost Innovation
The opportunity cost of lost privacy is lost innovation, and by extension, a low-happiness society that lags not only in liberty, but in all amenities considered modern. Therefore, privacy is…
General Privacy News
It doesn’t matter why data is collected: it only matters that it is
A lot of procedures for collecting personal information go to great length to explain why the data is being collected and how it will be used. Sadly, it's all for…
Linux networking stack from the ground up, part 5
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 Overview This blog post picks up right where part 4 left off and begins by examining…
Understanding the new privacy (non-)deal between the US and EU
Yesterday, the US and EU announced that they had come to an agreement regarding US corporations' future use of EU personal data, after the European Court of Justice struck down…
Linux networking stack from the ground up, part 4
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 Overview This post will pick up where part 3 left off beginning by describing Receive Packet…
The Basics of Privacy
What is Privacy? >> Privacy is a basic human emotion like love, aspiration, empathy, and understanding. It’s what we feel when we lock the restroom door, it’s what we feel…
Five Ready-to-Use Privacy Tools
While one could preach going off the grid altogether to leave no traces at all, that's barely compatible with a modern lifestyle. You could argue that you should stop using…
Protecting Your Privacy: Understanding Traces You Leave For An Adversary
Whenever you're online, you're leaving small markers of identity, several different kinds and on several different levels. This is necessary for everyday communication on the Internet - for example, if…
Linux networking stack from the ground up, part 3
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 Overview This post will pick up where part 2 left off, beginning by describing a packet…
What is Privacy?
Privacy is a basic human emotion like love, aspiration, empathy, and understanding. It's what we feel when we lock the restroom door, it's what we feel when we lay back…