Traffic fines – the plot thickens
Further to my earlier post about checking traffic fines online, I came across this article by Gavin Foster on Mail & Guardian Online which shines a spotlight on many of the glaring problems with...
View ArticleNew legal advice service
It has been a busy weekend. Over and above revisions to our billing model as a whole and to our efforts to encourage better communication with our clients, we are also quite excited about a new legal...
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From privacy to publicity and the #JugCam debate
The #JugCam debate is a minefield and its probably not a good idea for anyone other than a woman feminist to say or write anything about it. Any perspective other than a feminist one is sure to be as...
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I use Facebook for more than birthdays and stalking
I come across a lot of people who tend to use Facebook more to stalk people they meet or to check who is having a birthday today. I do that stuff but I have been using Facebook as my primary online...
View ArticleWhy we fear Facebook and why we shouldn’t?
Rian van der Merwe published a post which touches on a recurring theme which I have been thinking about for a while: we should fear Facebook/Google/Twitter because of all the data they hold about us. I...
View ArticlePRISM, Data Driven Marketing and Why Transparency Is Essential
Revelations about the American surveillance program called PRISM have been astounding, not so much because we have discovered that the US government has been spying on, well, everyone both within the...
View ArticlePrivacy isn’t dead and it’s not about what you have to hide
One of the responses to revelations of NSA and the UK’s GCHQ surveillance of our data is a throwback to that idea that privacy is dead and we should “get over it” and adapt to a world of almost radical...
View ArticleWhy “if you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear” argument is flawed
Today’s encryption may be easy to break in years to come but that doesn’t mean tomorrow’s encryption won’t be stronger. This idea of “we’ll if you haven’t done anything wrong, you shouldn’t have...
View ArticlePath is the better personal network you’ve been waiting for
Path – Share Life from Path on Vimeo. Path doesn’t have Facebook’s users or nearly as much public awareness and yet it is, by far, a superior personal network. For many people, Path is the social...
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Facebook, @Path and privacy – redux
One of the fundamental differences between Facebook and Path is that Path is designed around privacy, Facebook isn’t. On Facebook you have to really work to retain some degree of privacy. You have to...
View ArticleAdvertising should be about attention, not privacy
Facebook’s expanded ad model is controversial to say the least. John Gruber made a good point in his post titled “Facebook to Use Web Browsing History for Ad Targeting”: “Google does it” is not exactly...
View ArticleEllo, good-bye. Stick to @Path or settle for Facebook.
Ello seems to have captured everyone’s attention with the promise of a better social network that addresses the challenges facing Facebook for many users. I don’t have access to Ello yet but based on...
View ArticlePerhaps you should reconsider targeted advertising
A paradigm-shifting conversation with one of my editors prompted to consider the merit of not targeting online ads using consumers’ personal information. That, in turn, led to my latest article on...
View ArticlePerhaps you should reconsider targeted advertising
A paradigm-shifting conversation with one of my editors prompted to consider the merit of not targeting online ads using consumers’ personal information. That, in turn, led to my latest article on...
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From privacy to publicity and the #JugCam debate
The #JugCam debate is a minefield and its probably not a good idea for anyone other than a woman feminist to say or write anything about it. Any perspective other than a feminist one is sure to be as...
View ArticleShould You Quit Facebook?
Whether you’re concerned about recent news about the extent of Facebook’s tracking or not, this discussion is worth watching: https://youtu.be/BVmFds19x5U
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Facebook messages aren’t so private after all
From the New York Times article, “As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants – The New York Times” – Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of...
View ArticleSome perspective on Facebook to for the maddening crowds
It’s almost fashionable to bash Facebook at the moment. To a large degree, the criticism is well deserved. At the same time, we should maintain some perspective on the reports, and resist the urge to...
View Article“Are our present social media posts going to mortify our kids in the future?”
One of the challenges of being a parent in a time where we can share so much of our lives on social media is deciding how much to share about our kids. I decided to stop sharing much more than tidbits...
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Brave browser seems to protect our privacy the most
I’ve been curious about the Brave browser for a little while now, and I’ve switched to Brave for any Chromium-based browser stuff I do (testing, browsing on sites that don’t support Firefox, and so...
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