Encrypted, But Not Invisible: How Apps Could Use On-Device ML to Profile You
End-to-end encryption isn’t enough. Learn how on-device machine learning models can silently profile you—and how to fight back.
Privacy
The Search for Privacy-Friendly Website Analysis
I recently decided to start writing regularly and publishing what I write on this blog, Musings. While I mostly write for my contentment—to allow myself to think about a topic, research, and form a meaningful thought about it, I’d also like to know if others are reading what I put out and what posts and topics have the most views. Most people would end up integrating a popular option like Google Analytics, Mixpanel, or similar....
Cacti Passphrase Best Practices
Check out xkcd’s xkpasswd. It allows you to generate very secure passphrases with various configurations. The reason we use the word passphrase and not password throughout the Cacti Vault app is because we want to push you to use as long a passphrase as possible. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recommends creating long passphrases that are easy to remember and difficult to crack. According to Special Publication 800–63, Digital Identity Guidelines, a best practice is to generate passphrases of about 64 characters, including spaces....
Photo Selections—Cacti Vault
Dsicusses the different ways photos may be selected to move to the Cacti Vault.