Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “privacy”

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet – OneZero

onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1

In his sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem, author Liu Cixin presents the dark forest theory of the universe. When we look out into space, the theory goes, we’re struck by its silence. It seems…

Trans-inclusive Design – A List Apart

alistapart.com/article/trans-inclusive-design/

Princeton IoT Inspector

iot-inspector.princeton.edu/

an open-source tool that helps you learn more about your IoT devices with one-click install

Facial recognition's 'dirty little secret': Millions of online photos scraped without consent

nbcnews.com/tech/internet/facial-recognition-s-dirty-little-secret-millions-online-photos-scraped-n981921

Protecting your online privacy is tough—but here's a start — Quartz

qz.com/1525661/your-digital-identity-has-three-layers-and-you-can-only-protect-one-of-them/

What story does your data tell about you?

No More Google

nomoregoogle.com/

Security Checklist

securitycheckli.st/

A checklist for staying safe on the internet

Hardening macOS

blog.bejarano.io/hardening-macos.html

Why I’m done with Chrome – A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering

blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/

This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random "someone is wrong on the Internet" posts. After all, that's what Twitter is for! But from time to time something bothers me enough that I have to make an exception. Today I wanted to write specifically about Google Chrome,…

Are you really Facebook’s product? The history of a dangerous idea.

slate.com/technology/2018/04/are-you-really-facebooks-product-the-history-of-a-dangerous-idea.html

Learning with Privacy at Scale - Apple

machinelearning.apple.com/2017/12/06/learning-with-privacy-at-scale.html

Thoughts on screen reader detection – Tink

tink.uk/thoughts-on-screen-reader-detection/

Remarks at the SASE Panel On The Moral Economy of Tech

idlewords.com/talks/sase_panel.htm

Temp Mail - Disposable Temporary Email

temp-mail.org/

Keep spam out of your mail and stay safe - just use a disposable temporary email address! Protect your personal email address from spam with Temp-mail