For a limited time, I am selling signed copies of Click Here to Kill Everybody in hardcover for just $6, plus shipping. Note that I have had occasional problems with international shipping. The book just…
6 Easy Content Marketing Tips That Will Save…
I buy the pre-chopped cilantro at the grocery store. Before you start telling me how it costs $2.99 to buy cilantro pre-chopped; an extravagant waste of money, since you can buy an entire bunch of…
Securing the Internet of Things through Class-Action Lawsuits
This law journal article discusses the role of class-action litigation to secure the Internet of Things. Basically, the article postulates that (1) market realities will produce insecure IoT devices, and (2) political failures will leave…
How to develop a robust cyber security policy
Technological defences and staff training are two of the most frequently touted measures for preventing data breaches, but their effectiveness is dependent on the way organisations implement them. That means creating a detailed cyber security…
Newly Declassified Study Demonstrates Uselessness of NSA’s Phone…
The New York Times is reporting on the NSA's phone metadata program, which the NSA shut down last year: A National Security Agency system that analyzed logs of Americans' domestic phone calls and text messages…
How Low Can #1 Go? (2020 Edition)
Posted by Dr-PeteBeing #1 on Google isn't what it used to be. Back in 2013, we analyzed 10,000 searches and found out that the average #1 ranking began at 375 pixels (px) down the page. The…
Are H1 Tags Necessary for Ranking? [SEO Experiment]
Posted by Cyrus-ShepardIn earlier days of search marketing, SEOs often heard the same two best practices repeated so many times it became implanted in our brains: Wrap the title of your page in H1 tagsUse one —…
Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS
This is good news: Whenever you visit a website -- even if it's HTTPS enabled -- the DNS query that converts the web address into an IP address that computers can read is usually unencrypted.…
Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid, and Me
For decades, I have been talking about the importance of individual privacy. For almost as long, I have been using the metaphor of digital feudalism to describe how large companies have become central control points…