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How to Comply With Germany’s New Cookie Consent Rules

31 May, 20201 June, 2020Security & PrivacyOne Comment

The rules for getting a website visitor’s consent before you use tracking cookies are about to change again, and no one is ready. This week the...

Eight Default Amazon Security Settings You Can Change for More Privacy

12 February, 202012 February, 2020Amazon, Security & Privacy, Tips and Tricks18 Comments

So as you may know, my mother is on my Amazon account. (There is a point to this anecdote, trust me.) We mainly use it to...

Amazon is Recording Everything You Do On Your Kindle – Here’s How to Request the Data

29 January, 202029 January, 2020Amazon, Security & Privacy7 Comments

I am sure you know that Amazon tracks what you do on the Kindle and in the Kindle app – after all, Amazon can’t store your...

How to Stop Amazon From Sharing What You Say to Alexa with Contractors

22 April, 201922 April, 2019Amazon, Security & Privacy, Tips and TricksOne Comment

Millions of people have smart speakers like the Echo. They are great tools that let you schedule tasks, play audiobooks, look up basic info, and what...

Bookmate Hacked (?), 8 Million Account Records Stolen (?)

13 February, 201913 February, 2019Security & PrivacyLeave a comment

Mike Cane brought my attention to a story over on The Register: Some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are on sale...

Facebook Helped Other Tech Companies (Such as Amazon) Spy On You Better

19 December, 201819 December, 2018Amazon, Security & Privacy4 Comments

There may not be any honor among thieves, but there is certainly a collegial quid pro quo among tech companies. The NYTimes published a story yesterday...

PSA: eBookMall Has Gone From eBook Retailer to Phishing Site

13 December, 201816 December, 2018Security & Privacy3 Comments

If you were a customer of eBookMall,com then you might want to look for a new ebookstore. The site has somehow come under the control of...

Bowker Finally Notifies Users of Hacked Website and Stolen Credit Cards

25 November, 201825 November, 2018Security & Privacy4 Comments

It’s been over 3 weeks since I informed you that one of Bowker’s websites had been hacked and that credit card numbers had been stolen, and...

Amazon Continues to Ignore the Hacking of Createspace Accounts

21 November, 201821 November, 2018Amazon, Security & Privacy, Self-PubLeave a comment

As I am sure you have read both here and on The Book Designer, for the past seven months hackers have been targeting accounts on Amazon’s...

California’s GDPR-Lite Bill is Signed Into law

29 June, 201829 June, 2018Security & PrivacyOne Comment

California just passed a law that is going to cause a lot of binge-drinking (and possibly mass resignations) at US tech companies in the near future....

Sentiment Analysis Could One Day Tell Authors How Readers Feel About a Story

20 February, 201820 February, 2018Security & Privacy2 Comments

There are ebook analytics startups like Jellybooks that can tell publishers how members of a focus group are using an ebook – which pages are the...

The HTTPocalypse was Postponed, But It’s Still On its Way

10 February, 201811 February, 2018Google, Security & Privacy6 Comments

Back in July and August of 2017 Google started telling everyone that Chrome would soon start warning users any time they visit a site enter a form on...

Far Too Many People Are Still Using “Password” as a Password

19 December, 201719 December, 2017Security & Privacy9 Comments

Passwords are both the most discussed security measure and the least secure. Motherboard reports that a study of passwords leaked over the past year show that...

Guest Post: How Websites Watch Your Every Move and Ignore Privacy Settings

27 November, 201727 November, 2017Security & Privacy, Web PublishingLeave a comment

Hundreds of the world’s top websites routinely track a user’s every keystroke, mouse movement and input into a web form – even before it’s submitted or...