Category Archives: security

Is there a way out of password hell?

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Doc Searls

Passwords are hell. Worse, to make your hundreds of passwords safe as possible, they should be nearly impossible for others to discover—and for you to remember. Unless you’re a wizard, this all but requires using a password manager.† Think about … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, infrastructure, Internet, privacy, problems, security, Technology | 5 Comments

Going #Faceless

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Doc Searls

Facial recognition by machines is out of control. Meaning our control. As individuals, and as a society. Thanks to ubiquitous surveillance systems, including the ones in our own phones, we can no longer assume we are anonymous in public places or private … Continue reading →

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About face

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Doc Searls

We know more than we can tell. That one-liner from Michael Polanyi has been waiting half a century for a proper controversy, which it now has with facial recognition. Here’s how he explains it in The Tacit Dimension: This fact seems obvious enough; but … Continue reading →

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The problem for people isn’t advertising, and the problem for advertising isn’t blocking. The problem for both is tracking.

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Doc Searls

In Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking, @JuliaAngwin and @ProPublica unpack what the subhead says well already: “Google is the latest tech company to drop the longstanding wall between anonymous online ad tracking and user’s names.” … Continue reading →

Posted in adtech, advertising, Business, Identity, Internet, Journalism, Law, marketing, privacy, problems, publishing, security | 5 Comments

Help: why don’t images load in https?

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Doc Searls

For some reason, many or most of the images in this blog don’t load in some browsers. Same goes for the ProjectVRM blog as well. This is new, and I don’t know exactly why it’s happening. So far, I gather … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkman, Blogging, Harvard, Internet, problems, publishing, security | 14 Comments