The Phone Security Settings That Actually Matter
A handful of settings prevent most realistic problems. Most people have none of them configured.
Tag: privacy
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Running AI Models on Your Own Computer
Practical now on ordinary hardware, with real advantages and honest limits.
Privacy Coins Are Being Squeezed Out of Regulated Markets
Cryptocurrencies designed to hide transaction details are being delisted from exchanges under regulatory pressure.
Deleting Your Data Is a Right on Paper and a Problem in Practice
Laws grant the right to erasure. Systems built to retain everything cannot easily comply, and often do not.
What You Are Agreeing To When You Accept Terms of Service
Nobody reads them. A few clauses matter and appear in almost all of them.
Open Models: When It Makes Sense to Run AI on Your Own Server
More serious models now ship with open weights. When self-hosting genuinely pays off, and when it is just an expensive way to get worse results.
What Happens to Your Digital Accounts When You Die
Photos, documents and accounts are frequently lost because nobody could access them. A little planning prevents it.
The Browser Settings That Actually Affect Your Privacy
A handful of settings do most of the work. The rest is theatre.
AI Is Moving Into the Operating System
Assistants that see your screen and files are shipping at the system level. That changes the privacy question fundamentally.
Two-Factor Authentication: Which Kind and Why It Matters
Not all second factors are equal. SMS is the weakest and the most common.