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Educational articles on privacy, security, home technology, and business systems.
Ransomware at Home: How It Gets In and How to Recover Without Paying
How ransomware reaches homes and home offices, why cloud sync isn't backup, and a step-by-step recovery plan from our incident response work.
Read articleRunning Private AI Models for Your Organization: A Practical Guide
When self-hosting open-weight AI models makes sense for a small organization, how Ollama and vLLM differ, and how to secure and evaluate what you run.
Read articlePasskeys and Security Keys: Moving Your Household Beyond Passwords
How passkeys and hardware security keys stop phishing and SIM swaps, plus a practical rollout and recovery plan for every member of your household.
Read articleAI-Forged Documents: How to Verify Who You're Really Dealing With
Forged invoices, bank letters, IDs, and fake company sites are now cheap to make. A practical, risk-based verification playbook for small organizations.
Read articleWhat It Takes to Build a Safe AI Tutor for Kids
What makes an AI tutor safe and useful for children: teaching over answer-dumping, graceful refusals, escalation, privacy, testing, and a checklist.
Read articleHow to Actually Evaluate an AI Model: Rubric-Based Testing for Real-World Work
Public leaderboards won't tell you which AI model fits your work. Here's how we build test sets, write rubrics, and score blind in our benchmarking lab, plus a version a small team can run in an afternoon.
Read articleBefore You Hand Over Your Data: A Due-Diligence Checklist for AI Vendors
How we vet AI tools before recommending them: provenance, data handling, security, red flags, contracts, and getting your data back out.
Read articleWhy AI Guardrails Block the Wrong Things: False Positives, False Negatives, and Getting Safeguards Right
Content filters and safety classifiers fail in two directions: blocking harmless requests and letting harmful ones through. Here's how organizations deploying AI assistants can test, tune, and layer safeguards that actually fit their users.
Read articleAI-Powered Scams: How They Work and What to Do If You're Hit
How scammers use voice cloning, AI-written phishing, and deepfake video, the habits that stop them, and a practical plan for the first hours after you've been scammed.
Read articleConnecting AI Assistants to Your Business Tools Safely: MCP, Agents, and Least Privilege
Hooking an AI assistant up to your email, files, and CRM can save real time. Here's how to threat model it and the controls we put in place before granting an agent access to anything that matters.
Read articleWhat to Look for in a Tech Consultant: A Guide for Organizations That Serve Vulnerable Populations
Hiring the wrong tech consultant can leave your clients' data exposed. Here's what nonprofits, therapy practices, and LGBTQ+ organizations should ask and expect before signing anything.
Read articlePrivacy Consulting for Nonprofits: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get Started
Nonprofits collect sensitive data about the people they serve, and most don't have the resources to manage it safely. Here's what privacy consulting looks like for mission-driven organizations.
Read articleBrowser Fingerprinting: What It Is and How to Stop It
Your browser leaks a unique signature even in incognito mode. Here's what browser fingerprinting is, why it matters, and what you can do about it.
Read articleThe Complete Home Office Setup: Fast, Secure, and Private
Your home office is likely your most vulnerable — and most valuable — network location. Here's how to build a workspace that performs well and protects your work.
Read articleHow to Write Better AI Prompts: Getting More From ChatGPT, Claude, and Other Tools
Most people use AI tools at 20% of their potential. These practical prompting techniques unlock dramatically better results for writing, research, analysis, and more.
Read articleThe Data Broker Problem: How to Remove Your Personal Information from People Search Sites
Data brokers compile and sell detailed profiles on nearly every American adult. Here's how they work, what they have on you, and how to systematically remove yourself.
Read articleWhy Your Home Wi-Fi Is Probably Letting You Down
Dead zones, slow speeds, and security gaps are fixable. Here's how to diagnose your home network and build one that actually works and keeps your data safe.
Read articleThe Privacy-First Smart Home: Automate Without Selling Your Data
Most smart home devices send everything to the cloud. Home Assistant and local automations give you all the convenience — with none of the surveillance.
Read articleAI Tools for Small Businesses: What's Actually Worth Using in 2026
Cutting through the hype: an honest look at which AI tools genuinely save time and money for small businesses, and which ones aren't ready yet.
Read articleRunning AI on Your Own Computer: A Beginner's Guide to Ollama
You don't need a subscription or an internet connection to use powerful AI. Here's how to run capable open-source models locally: free, private, and fast.
Read articleWhat Your Phone Knows About You (And How to Take Back Control)
Your smartphone is the most intimate surveillance device ever built. Here's what it tracks, who sees that data, and the settings that actually matter.
Read articleWhy Every Home Needs a Local Server
The case for data sovereignty at home: what a NAS can do, how to get started, and why cloud-only storage is a risk.
Read articleAI Privacy: What You Need to Know Before Using ChatGPT, Claude, and Others
An honest look at what AI tools collect, how they use your data, and how to protect your privacy while using them.
Read article5 Steps to Lock Down Your Digital Privacy in 2025
A practical, prioritized guide to securing your digital life, from password managers to data broker removal.
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