Privacy & Security

The "privacy paradox" isn't hypocrisy — the choices are rigged The standard line is that people say they care about privacy but don't act like it, so the preference must be fake. I've never bought…

Privacy law gave us data broker optout rights — the architecture hasn't changed California's data broker registry now lists 500+ registered companies. Which sounds like progress until you see the…

Passkeys are finally mainstream — but the crossdevice sync story is still a mess Apple, Google, and Microsoft all support passkeys now. Most major sites have them. The FIDO2 spec is stable. On paper,…

Encrypted DNS has been available for years — why hasn't it gone mainstream? DoH (DNSoverHTTPS) shipped in Firefox back in 2019. Chrome added it. Android has had "Private DNS" in settings since…

Russell Cellular 6.3Mrecord breach — anyone affected? The Russell Cellular data breach exposed roughly 6.3 million customer records — names, emails, phone numbers — uploaded to a hacker forum in…

Share your minimumviable opsec stack Not the "I am a journalist in a hostile state" full stack. Just the version normalparanoid people actually use. Browser, DNS, password manager, messaging. What's…

Why does it always take a catastrophe before companies take security seriously? Every cybersecurity meme of 2026 is some variant of "it took the breach to fund the fix." If you're inside an org that…

Honest review: which "privacyrespecting" app actually delivers in 2026? The privacyrespecting app market in 2026 is mostly performance theater. Signal's still solid. Proton has the bundle. Brave is…