How often have you run across something so obviously bad or behind the times that you just want to scream: Hey, fix this already! Electronic Frontier Foundation to the rescue! Gennie Gebhart explains the EFF's new #FixItAlready campaign - a "most wante...

What happens to your digital life when you die? The answer is only slightly less philosophical than what happens to your soul. The laws, as least in the US, haven't kept up with the times and there aren't clear rules for who has legal rights to your on...

In second half of my interview with EFF's Bill Budington, Bill helps us understand how we can at least attempt to disguise ourselves on the web and basically try to blend in with the crowd. We'll also see how tools like EFF's Panopticlick can hep us pi...

In the first part of my discussion with Bill Budington from the EFF, we're going to talk about some of the key ways in which we are tracked around the web as we surf from site to site. I'll ask Bill who is tracking up, why they're tracking us,

The Mayor of Tampa, Florida, had this Twitter account hacked due to "the usual weaknesses, including poor passwords." The hackers used the account to tweet pornographic images and even an incoming ballistic missile alert.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for decades, but has only recently begun to fulfill the promise of truly replicating human-like decision making. The Information Age has generated enormous quantities of data and modern technology has given ...

The European Union has recalled a GPS smart watch meant to be worn by children so that their parents can keep tabs on them. Unfortunately, due to horrible security, anyone can track these watches - and even send messages to the children.

Last week I told you about the literally billions of email addresses and passwords that were released by hackers as "Collections 1-5". I also told you how you can check to see if your information was contained in these (or other dumped data) by checkin...

Last week we saw perhaps the single largest data breach dump in history, close on the heels of another massive data disclosure from the same group. Dubbed "Collections 1-5", together these data dumps represent literally billions of unique user email ad...

We're celebrating international Data Privacy Day along with the 100th episode of Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons! And what a show we have! My guest today is none other than Bruce Schneier: internationally renowned security technologist and author of 14 bo...