Our location is being tracked mercilessly today, in several ways. In the digital age, location data is among the most sensitive information we share, providing a record of our daily lives that can rev

The first episode of Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast aired on March 8, 2017 - almost 8 years ago now. Over that time, I've interviewed over 135 unique and amazing people, covered countless cybers

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the buzzword of the day. There are many types of AI, but one particular flavor is getting a lot of press these days: chatbots. Formally referred to as Large Language Mo

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Two security researchers showed how many modern VPN services are vulnerable to malicious misconfiguration, exposing some or all of your internet traffic. While this is not likely to impact most of us,

We often think of malware as a problem for our computers and perhaps our smartphones. But bad guys love to hack our home routers and IoT devices, as well. Thankfully, purging malware from those types

You may be vaguely aware of the term 'quantum computing' from media reports. But what you may not have picked up on is that one of the primary uses for quantum computers may be to break data encryptio

Mis- and disinformation is just a fact of modern life, but certain events can cause the practice to significantly increase - like a big election. This is a good time to review this phenomenon, learnin

Proton released three major new products this summer, all within the span of about a couple months: Proton Docs, Proton Wallet and Proton Scribe. Given that Proton is a privacy-focused company, some o