The Intersection of Privacy and Cybersecurity

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This post was originally published on 1 DEC 2021; it has since been updated and revised.

Most people have a smartphone. Odds are this smartphone is either an iPhone (iOS) or some flavor of Google Android - but still an Android.

Unfortunately, in a myriad of ways, neither are exactly the best f...

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This post was originally published on 3 NOV 2021; it has since been updated and revised.

If you're not aware of the privacy nightmares of Windows 10 and Windows 11, then let us inform you: Windows is not at all privacy friendly.

Also, don't think you're necessarily safe by running Apple's ma...

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Microsoft Windows 10 (and the newer edition, Windows 11) is a data collection machine that phones home a lot.

Some examples of the data Windows collects:

  • Searches (which get forwarded to Bing, Microsoft's search engine)
  • Voice data (for devices where a mic is present)
  • Keystrokes/typing histor...

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