Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #togglethatshtoff, computing, data, privacy, security on September 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Sadly, today’s post is not about the fun kind of shenanigans, but the type of under-the-radar data grab that companies so often try to perpetrate upon us. Today’s alert is about PayPal, and this post from Ellen Datlow sets up the problem and happily, also provides a solution:
These options may differ depending on your location, but this push to share your data is very much an issue for anyone using PayPal US. I suggest you check your settings to be sure.
Thanks, Ellen!
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Posted in Other, tagged behavior, car stickers, family, information, kids, parenting, privacy, stalkers, star wars, Thoughts on May 31, 2013| 1 Comment »
Is it just me or do those family car decals everyone’s suddenly sporting seem like a stalker’s dream? True, some of those stickers (check out the Star Wars version) are super cool. I still wouldn’t use them, though, and not just because my cat might object to being depicted as an Ewok. With all the discussion around privacy issues related to social media and other online activity, I’ve been surprised not to see more reaction to this sort of off-line behavior.
Perhaps I’m oversuspicious but ask yourself this: would you broadcast your partnership status and number of children to physically proximate strangers under other circumstances? Wear a T-shirt with that information on it, for example, or add a sign to your front door? Probably not. Imagine yourself alone at home, when you hear a creak from the darkness outside and realize that anyone with eyes to see your car knows that you are a single mother with one small child and no pets.
Of course, you could always line your car window with the whole Clone Army.
J.R. Johnson 
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