April 2025 Home Camera Privacy Are home camera systems really secure? WiFi security cameras are everywhere these days: protecting porches, watching for burglars or monitoring your baby nursery. Having a camera isn't a bad thing, but there's an important framework to follow to choose the right one: How to Choose a Security Camera for PRIVACY → Go Deeper: if you like this S.C.O.P.E. framework for this video, let me know! There are other ways you can protect your home, including blurring it and...

March 2025 23andMe Bankruptcy What happens to all that DNA data? It's not just the data...often the samples themselves have been stored and could be sold off to some random buyer. This again reinforces the idea that these DNA testing kits are a BAD idea. Here's a quick short I published today: this 23andMe bankruptcy is BAD NEWS → Go Deeper: if you or somebody you love has used 23andMe in the past, there are some steps you're going to want to take to request the deletion of your data. Below...

January 2025 Data Deletion Gone Mad Blind Opt-Outs are BAD for Privacy Over the past couple years I've learned a lot about the data broker/data removal industry and honestly...it's been really sad. Here are two examples of how data deletion can actually damage your privacy instead of improve it: the WRONG way to Delete Personal Info Online → Go Deeper: there are different types of personal information online that you might want to delete. Some of it can be done by a data removal service like...