AI agents aren’t safe enough – not yet, anyway. Too Cute by Half Meta has recently released a powerful new AI agent app called Muse. And before I get to the actual problems, I simply can’t resist being petty and jaded first. The Muse app comes with an adorable avatar which you can (of course) […]
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It’s time for another quick and easy ‘dragon hack’. Today I’ll tell you how to stop people from snooping on your communications. Meet Your Foe: Spying Message Apps Since the dawn of the World Wide Web, we’ve had proprietary messaging apps: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger were probably the most popular.
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Convenience is often at odds with security and privacy. In other words, we often need to add some friction to our lives in order to be more secure and private. There are many inconveniences we’ve all learned to live with in the physical world. We lock our houses when we leave. We hide valuables in
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[Note: see related podcast and see affiliate stuff at the right] [UPDATED: Jan 8, 2022] When I wrote up last year’s list, I didn’t expect we’d still be dealing with a pandemic in 2021. And yet, here we are. But the best gift you could give this year – to yourself and those around you
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