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Bitcoin is hitting new all-time highs, and lots of people are suddenly interested. When they start asking general questions, I either explain what I can or point them to an “Intro to Bitcoin” podcast I did. Some questions require more elaborate answers – one of those topics is Coinjoin. Coinjoin is an idea that goes […]
Mimblewimble is the funny sounding and unconventional blockchain protocol that emphasizes scalability, privacy and fungeability. It is full of Harry Potter lore, cryptography and bright new ideas for cryptocurrency. Due to the way mimblewimble is constructed, it’s best suited for comparisons to Bitcoin. If you need a quick refresher, consider giving my Intro to Bitcoin […]
Health Information Installing apps that “help” you with medical conditions can lead to privacy disasters. Your personal information gets shared with the world, and suddenly advertisements for your health situation follow you around the Internet. According to research firm Twinword, an estimated 83% of users searched online for health or medical information. If the average […]
Google filed a patent application for “Smart-home automation system that suggests or automatically implements selected household policies based on sensed observations”. This is a futuristic look at automated systems that monitor “temperature, humidity, lighting, water, power usage, sound signals, ultrasound signals, radio-frequency, other electromagnetic signals or fields, GPS, proximity, motion, light signals, fire, smoke, other […]
Google continues to dominate online search, as we outlined in our introductory post about search engines aptly titled Search Engines and Google. We then dedicated an entire post to decentralized search engines, since your search topics colectively paint a highly detailed view of your personal life. They allow users to run their own nodes. This […]
The creation of viruses goes way back in computer history, but the commercial explosion of virus remediating software began in earnest in 1987. Several virus removal programs were released in that year, including McAfee Company’s VirusScan software, and Ross Greenberg’s Flushot Plus. Viruses have proliferated and grown in complexity since then, and in the 1990s […]