Month: December 2016
Sliding out of the Apple ecosystem?
A recent post on CNet describing the author’s Hackintosh build made me reflect on a few things that I’ve done lately that are slowly sliding me away from Apple’s ecosystem. Let me start by saying that I’ve been an Apple fanboy for many years; pretty much every piece of tech I use is either an […]
What I’m Using for Privacy: Email
This post is part of a series on technologies that I’m currently using for privacy, and my reasons for them. You can see the entire list in the first post. Email privacy is a tough nut to crack. To start, the protocol that’s used to move email around the internet, SMTP, is extremely simple and […]
Rethinking PGP encryption
Filippo Valsorda wrote an article recently on ArsTechnica titled I’m Throwing in the Towel on PGP, and I Work in Security that really made me think. Filippo is the real deal when it comes to PGP; few have his bona fides in the security arena, and when he talks, people should listen. The basic message of […]
Evernote changes privacy policy: ‘We might look at your notes’
The intertubes are lit up today with righteous indignation after popular note-saving app Evernote announced a change in its privacy policy that basically says, “One of our employees might take a look through the notes you trusted us with.” Here’s the official statement. I have several thoughts on this, especially since I’ve been using the […]