#security
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Writing
2026
- Feb 27, 2026 Under the Hood: Setting up a Self-Hosted Jitsi Server on Reclaim Cloud
How I took a one-click Jitsi install on Reclaim Cloud and turned it into a secure, branded, production-ready video conferencing setup.
- Feb 25, 2026 The Door Was Never Locked
A reflection on how default digital tools became invisible infrastructure, and why sovereignty starts by questioning what we were told to trust.
- Jan 4, 2026 The Digital Shredder: Signal Disappearing Messages
Why disappearing messages in Signal are less about secrecy and more about reducing the amount of sensitive data you have to protect.
2025
- Dec 16, 2025 Trust But Verify: Safety Numbers In Signal
What Signal safety numbers actually do, and how to think about them without panic, jargon, or blind trust.
- Dec 16, 2025 Lock Your Digital Front Door: Signal Registration Lock
A practical guide to Signal Registration Lock and why one small setting can protect your account from SIM-swap style attacks.
- Dec 15, 2025 The Digital Envelope: Why Signal Is Different
Why Signal feels different from regular messaging apps, and how to explain end-to-end encryption in concrete, human terms.
- Dec 9, 2025 You Downloaded Signal. Now What?
A friendly starting point for people who downloaded Signal and want to know what to do next, and why it matters.
- Dec 7, 2025 Taking Back Control: Why Digital Sovereignty Matters
Why convenience stopped being enough, and how digital sovereignty became a more useful frame for thinking about platforms, data, and control.
- Nov 29, 2025 We Don’t Need a New Internet. We Need to Leave the Silos.
Why the internet itself is not broken, and why the real task is leaving platform silos rather than inventing a whole new web.
- Nov 29, 2025 Why Digital Sovereignty Still Matters: Even If We’re All “Renting” the Internet
A response to the idea that true sovereignty online is impossible, and an argument for why partial control still matters.
- Nov 28, 2025 Privacy vs. Security in 2026: Why the Distinction Matters More Than Ever
Why the old privacy-versus-security distinction no longer goes far enough in a world of AI, surveillance, and predictive systems.
- Nov 6, 2025 Designing for Trust: Privacy, Safety, and the Social Contract Online
What it means to design online communities around trust, safety, and shared responsibility instead of just technical features.
- Oct 11, 2025 Privacy Isn’t Optional: The Expanding Data Dragnet in K-12 and Higher Education
Why privacy matters when data collection feels routine.
- Oct 11, 2025 When Your Campus ID Moves to Your Phone: Questions We Should Be Asking
What to consider when campus IDs move onto your phone.
- Mar 25, 2025 Privacy Fatigue Managing Digital Burnout in a Hyper-Connected World
Why constant privacy management can wear people down online.
- Mar 11, 2025 Digital Resilience Staying Strong in a Digital World
How to stay steady when digital systems fail, overload us, or expose us to risk.
2023
- Sep 24, 2023 Bending the Rules: A Review of Bruce Schneier’s Insightful Book ‘A Hacker’s Mind”
What A Hacker's Mind reveals about systems, power, and exploitation.
- Aug 4, 2023 Building an AI Tool to Safeguard Against Cyberattacks: The Quest for Trustworthy Data
How trustworthy data shapes AI tools for detecting cyberattacks.
2022
- May 5, 2022 Student Privacy and Pandemics: Understanding and Reducing Privacy and Security Risks
How the pandemic changed the stakes for student privacy.
2021
- Apr 2, 2021 Privacy Or Power?
A reflection on student privacy, expertise, and the tradeoff between privacy and power.
2020
- Jan 24, 2020 Talking to youth about privacy, security, & digital spaces
How to talk with youth about privacy and security in digital spaces.
2018
- Aug 30, 2018 B-Tags, Photos, Technology & Surveillance
How photos, tags, and technology can become tools of surveillance.
- Jan 25, 2018 Take the time to review and reinforce your digital hygiene
How to protect your accounts, devices, and personal data online.
- Jan 18, 2018 Encrypt your devices
Why device encryption belongs in your annual security checkup.
- Jan 16, 2018 Protect your connection to the Internet
How to protect your internet connection and reduce exposure.
- Jan 4, 2018 Review & Revoke Social Logins & Third Party App Access
Why social logins can create privacy and security risks.
- Jan 3, 2018 Clean out your browser extensions
How browser extensions can affect your privacy and security.
- Jan 2, 2018 Backup your digital information and devices
Why backing up data should be part of your annual digital hygiene.
2017
- Dec 29, 2017 How to use two factor authentication to protect yourself online
A practical reminder to audit your digital hygiene and enable two-factor protection.
- Dec 28, 2017 Three steps to develop a system to take control of your passwords
How to manage passwords with less risk and hassle.
- Dec 27, 2017 Understanding the differences between privacy and security
How privacy and security differ, and why the distinction matters online.
- Dec 20, 2017 Everything you need to know about encryption but were afraid to ask
Why encryption matters even when it feels inconvenient.
- Jun 20, 2017 What You Need to Know About “Acceptable Use Policies”
What acceptable use policies are really trying to protect.
2016
- Nov 18, 2016 Don’t click here: Facebook, algorithms, & articles you’re not meant to see
How Facebook's algorithms shape what you see and what gets hidden.
2015
- May 28, 2015 Noticing and Naming Elements When You’ve Been Hacked
How to notice, name, and respond when an account has been hacked.
Book notes
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- 2022 They Want to Kill Americans
Malcolm Nance
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- 2017 When Violence is the Answer
Tim Larkin