What Congress is missing about databrokers and doxxing
Upcoming legislation won’t protect judicial and legislative leaders, even if Rand Paul gets his way. From the recently proposed...
9 Ways to Dodge Trolls: A Woman’s Guide to Digital Security
In late 2014, Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist and culture critic, was the target of death threats.Sarkeesian, who apparently had the gall...
More privacy, more security.
Our technology, laws, and norms tend to pit security and privacy, safety and free speech against each other, to our own peril. Originally...
Women-run Bumble to Silicon Valley: User safety is the new cool
Originally published in WMC News & Features, March 26, 2018 Last week, the dating app Bumble clapped back on allegations that it violated...
A Living Hell
Pile-ones and cyberbullying have real life consequences. Why do we do it? Originally published on August 3, 2017. Earlier this week,...
You don't have to let it linger
Originally published on June 2, 2020. Last week, Arizona sued Google for tracking its users’ movements even when users opted out....
Somebody's watching me
Originally posted on August 11 2020 Last week, federal judge Esther Salas issued this wrenching statement following the murder of her son...
Participation matters
Originally published on June 22, 2017 I had a moment on Twitter this week. I was elated to hear that the Girl Scouts of America were...
What's in a name?
Setting an admin account, and being as sneaky as you can Originally published on September 30, 2020 The past weeks have been a period of...
Making it up as you go
The answers to security questions should be treated like passwords. In reality, we're a little too open with them. Originally published...
Workin' it from home
Originally published on July 14, 2020 So, WTF: Some employers now require software that monitors your phone and computer usage; depending...











