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Stop Google From Tracking You With These Simple Tips
Hey friends! J.I. here, back with some useful privacy practice tips info that have come up throughout our privacy policy research. Today I’m going to share with you 6 tips to customize how Google tracks you online. Google (Ads) is everywhere… is there anywhere to hide? The internet as we know it today basically cannot…
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I Just Took a DNA test, Turns Out…My Data was Leaked
Diane here, COO and the least technical member of our group! I’ll occasionally take control of our blog to give y’all a break from hearing from Kyle. My posts will focus more on things happening in mainstream media or whatever I find interesting, relevant, or scandalous. Enjoy! 🖤 Hi readers! I’m back and this week we…
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A Review of BSidesPGH
Recently I gave a talk at BSidesPGH, a cyber security conference in Pittsburgh. I wish I could send you the full recording, but unfortunately a big hunk of the talk was missed and now the replay isn’t even online 🥲. So I’ll do the best I can to summarize it up in a blog post…
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Nutritional labels for Digital Products? Yeah… Maybe!
The FCC is currently in the process of creating the “US Cyber Trust Mark”— a sort of “nutrition facts” for digital devices. If that sounds strange to you, think of all the different labels you rely on as a day-to-day consumer. I’m sure you’ve seen things like Fair Trade Certification Label, the USDA Organic Label,…
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Outsmart the Terms and Conditions with One Simple Trick
👋🏽🤓 Howdy! I’m J.I. and I’m building some neat tools for AbsolutelyNothing.io along with Kyle. I’ll take over the blog every once in a while to give you a sneak peak into our R&D. Today for you I got 1 simple trick and only two words for you: Opt Out. Here’s the truth: Companies let you…
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Ticketmaster Can’t Seem to Shake It Off
Diane here, COO and the least technical member of our group! I’ll occasionally take control of our blog to give y’all a break from hearing from Kyle. My posts will focus more on things happening in mainstream media or whatever I find interesting, relevant, or scandalous. Enjoy! 🖤 What’s worse than finding out the Department of…
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Privacy Breach Alert: Pregnancy Resource Center Network Exposes Client Data!
Diane here, COO and the least technical member of our group! I’ll occasionally take control of our blog to give y’all a break from hearing from Kyle. My posts will focus more on things happening in mainstream media or whatever I find interesting, relevant, or scandalous. Enjoy! 🖤 Heartbeat International, according to their website, is the…
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BetterHelp Violated My Privacy, Now I’m Getting Paid
Diane, J.I., and myself often talk about where we want this business to be. Regularly we land on the same things: transparency, accountability, and the ability to reclaim your digital footprint from entities that aren’t using it in a respectful way. It upsets me to know that there are companies out there who hoover up…
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What do Cheating, Ashley Madison, & Data Privacy Have in Common?
Diane here, COO and the least technical member of our group! I’ll occasionally take control of our blog to give y’all a break from hearing from Kyle. My posts will focus more on things happening in mainstream media or whatever I find interesting, relevant, or scandalous. Enjoy! 🖤 Do you have Netflix? If so, you…
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How We Became AbsolutelyNothing
By now you’ve probably asked yourself why did I decide to call my company AbsolutelyNothing. Well, it all begins with a vacation… A Bit About Timeshare Vacations My partner, Diane, and I were vacationing at a timeshare in Orlando, Florida. ☀️ This was a timeshare that my parents bought before I was born as an…