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Information Security
HTTPS Everywhere (Really) Starts Today!
Today is the day. It has been talked about for a while, but I think that today is the day that it really starts…
Information Security
Off to Atlanta – ALA Midwinter 2017
I getting on the plane today from Detroit heading to a talk I am excited to give tomorrow (Saturday) morning on Security & Privacy in…
Uncategorised
Today, I wrote a letter…
Yes, an actual handwritten letter, with paper and ink. And it was wonderful. I normally use pen and paper to edit and markup documents,…
Information
Come See Me Speak at ALAAC16
For those of you that might be attending, I will be speaking at the ALA Annual Conference at the NISO/BISG 10th Annual Forums: The Changing…
General
When is “Opt-In” More Like “Opt-Out”?
I talk a lot about “opt-in” because I believe that consumers (and users of any service or system) deserve to make an explicit choice…
Privacy
CrashPlan has a Privacy Crash & Burn
(Or, why do we accept a world without opt-out?) Earlier this week, I got an email update from CrashPlan notifying me about updates to…
Announcement
Welcome to Even More Cynical
No, this is definitely not a post about all the New Years Resolutions I am (not) making. However, I have been thinking about ways…
Privacy
NISO Library Users’ Privacy Principles
As I mentioned in a blog post in July after our in-person meeting in San Francisco, I have been privileged to be on the…
Information Security
Trust & Transparency in Privacy
TL; DR: It is abundantly important to be transparent and honest about how data is collected, used and shared from the outset of your…