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KW1605 – Data and the Erosion of Privacy

Jul 14, 2021kdmurrayCult, Podcastsanonymity, apps, data, identity, information, internet, personal information, pii, privacy, protection, social media

On this week’s walk Knightwise presents some food for thought about how we manage our private information online, and how those managing our social networks manage us as a result. LINKS Its Me App Hot Pink Slippers Flickr 30k Dataset Don’t use ISP DNS DNS DNSSec Firefox Brave Protonmail Joplin NextCloud Belgian Trains DISCORD The…

KW1108 Protecting your Privacy at Work

Apr 9, 2017kdmurrayPodcastsdata, information, network, office, portableapps, privacy, security, TOR, vpn, workplace

With all the news lately about the risks to your online privacy and personal information knowing how to look after your data has become an essential skill. It’s not too difficult to do this at home where you have full control of your environment, but what do you do when you’re at work? Links Opera…

The coming of Cyber archaeologists.

Nov 3, 2006knightwiseKnightlifeable, access, archeologists, average, being, cassette, course, cyber, data, days, digital, exotic, fleeting, format, formats, futile, future, hardware, hold, hundred, important, information, keys, legacy, lifespan, longer, loose, media, medium, paper, past, perhaps, period, programs, runs, single, something, store, stored, supported, system, systems, tape, task, test, think, thousand, today, years

Will we need cyber archaeologists. Looking at it, its the oddesd of things. This flimsy plastic box with two round holes in it, seems to come from another age. A brown warn little plastic tape worms itsself from one side of the container to the other. Only 20 some years old , the cassette is…

From dapper to edgy in a snap.

Nov 2, 2006knightwiseKnightlife6.06, 6.10, apt-get, automatix, automatix2, backup, beta, care, clean, code, com, command, cool, crap, dapper, data, drake, edgy, enter, final, following, fun, going, gpg, hit, http, important, install, kernel, knightcast, knightwise, linux, operating, reinstall, release, remove, rita, sources, stable, start, sudo, sure, system, type, ubuntu, update, upgrade, version, windows

When a new linux distribution hits the scene its always a little bit like Christmas. As the beta releases taunt you like packages beneath the tree, tempting you to try them out .. The hard part is sitting on your hands untill the website screams FINAL and the fun can begin. Thus here is my…