CISPA is Back – The Internet Needs Your Help

February 19, 2013 by Paul Spoerry 1 Comment

CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act was reintroduced in the House of Representatives yesterday. CISPA is the contentious bill civil liberties advocates fought last year, which would provide a poorly-defined “cybersecurity” exception to existing privacy law. CISPA offers broad immunities to companies who choose to share data with government agencies (including the private communications of users) in the name of cybersecurity. It also creates avenues for companies to share data with any federal agencies, including military intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA).

We killed CISPA once before. We will kill CISPA again. It only works if you take part.

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Lookout Mobile Security for Android Review 2012

October 10, 2012 by Paul Spoerry 4 Comments

Lookout Mobile Security for Android has revamped with a new Android 4.0 optimized interface, a rogue dialer guard, and “Signal Flare” for tracking phones with low power. [Read more…]

Facebook Pages Push Political Posts to Timeline Without Your Permission

July 15, 2012 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

Facebook is automatically publishing posts under your name and placing them at the top of the News feed for your friends. In some cases, these posts can include controversial political content that you would never voluntarily post. [Read more…]

Facebook Messenger Released: Facebook Tracking Deepens

January 2, 2012 by Paul Spoerry 1 Comment

Facebook tracking deepens with the release of it’s Facebook Messenger application. The Facebook Messenger Windows application recently leaked, and the company has responded to the leak of its application by just releasing an official download. What some may see as an added benefit to the social networks users, is also yet another way for the company to maintain it’s Facebook tracking of users across the web. [Read more…]

Facebook Timeline Privacy: How To Take Control

December 24, 2011 by Paul Spoerry 13 Comments

Facebook Timeline Privacy can be a nightmare by exposing previously private information and making it public. Facebook’s new Timeline has the potential to expose status updates and wall posts from years ago. Below will be information on how to update your account to have better control of Facebook Timeline privacy. I’ve covered other ways to completely remove your data, giving you the ultimate Facebook Timeline privacy, but below we’ll cover the ways you can take some control over the existing content while increasing your Facebook Timeline privacy. [Read more…]