Mozilla maintains the Firefox web browser, and Mozilla has put significant work into communicating that Mozilla cares about privacy, and that Firefox is built to… Read More »Privacy-Preserving Attribution, or A Better Tapeworm
The Change Healthcare/United Healthcare data breach is one of many examples of why “show me the harm” is the wrong conversation to have around data… Read More »The Breach Is the Harm
I am asked somewhat frequently about privacy, security, data handling, and how systems that handle data can inspire trust. This is a huge question, and… Read More »Confidence and Trust
I received an email from Mozilla today. I’m including it verbatim, except with all links and names removed. And I’m writing this from the perspective… Read More »Yo, Mozilla! Step It Up, Please!
Between the slow motion train wreck that is Twitter, and the Reddit’s crisis management approach resulting in the overwhelming majority of the subreddits going dark,… Read More »Down
Yesterday, the FTC kicked the carcass of Edmodo for allegedly violating COPPA. Edmodo was fined $6 million, but the fine is suspended because Edmodo shut… Read More »So Much COPPA, So Little Time
In April 2023, the class action lawsuit against Illuminate Education was thrown out because the judge in the case determined that the people whose data… Read More »Our Definition of Harm Is Harmful
Over the last couple months, work I did over the last few years has resurfaced in some fun and interesting ways. GoodRX, the FTC, and… Read More »Old Stuff, New Stuff – Past Work in the News
A good number of journalists are creating accounts on post.news, so I figured I’d take a look and see what the fuss is about. Surprisingly,… Read More »Post.news Could Improve Their Privacy Practices
UPDATE: According to Edmodo’s “End of Life FAQ“, Edmodo will be deleting all data. All accounts on Edmodo (Teacher, Student, and Parent) will be permanently… Read More »Edmodo Just Might Be the Next ConnectEDU (Update – Edmodo Is Deleting Accounts)