The 10-minute security sweep I run on my 19 smart devices every year
The number that got me was nineteen. That is how many devices on my home network had a reachable port, a cloud account, or a Bluetooth radio at the end of last…
Privacy & Security
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What your ISP can actually see about your browsing in 2026
The honest answer to whether your ISP can see what you do online is yes, more than most people expect, and the gap between what HTTPS protects and what the ISP still…
Google Authenticator was easy. I switched and now I feel safer
I used Google Authenticator for years because it was easy. It transferred between phones. It worked. But easy and secure are not the same thing. When I finally looked at what Google…
Android apps that do not treat your data like product
The Play Store is broken. I do not mean the app review process or the discoverability algorithm, although both are also broken. I mean the basic assumption that an Android phone is…
Mozilla is rebuilding its fellowship program in public
Mozilla (the nonprofit behind Firefox) is rethinking the program that has trained a decade of public-interest technologists, and the rewrite is happening in the open. The fellowship itself, with its 200-plus alumni…
What Europe’s tech sovereignty package actually does
The European Commission published its European Technological Sovereignty Package in mid-2026, and most of the English-language coverage I have read has either skipped the substance or framed it as a procurement tweak.…
Cloud document management: structure on top of your storage
Cloud document management is a system that adds structure and control to your cloud storage. The storage part is easy: any of the big three (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive) or a privacy-leaning…
PayPal alternatives in Europe that actually hold your money
PayPal is the default online payment service for most of the world, but you do not have to keep using it. There are several European alternatives that hold your money, lower your…
Age verification laws are breaking online anonymity for everyone
Age checks are spreading faster than the technology to verify age safely, and the current laws are turning the open web into a worse place for everyone. Not just kids. I have…
Bitwarden self-host lands on AWS and Azure Marketplaces
Bitwarden is now listed in the AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace, which means a working Bitwarden self-host server is about fifteen minutes away from a single marketplace listing click. The deployment is…