"They laughed at Galileo, so my controversial theory must be right!" This is the Galileo gambit, a logical fallacy that surfaced repeatedly in Europe during COVID-19, notably around French professor Didier Raoult and his promotion of hydroxychloroquine.

As Carl Sagan countered in Broca's Brain: "... the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are…

A few years ago I wrote a series about taking back your privacy, starting with the humble password manager. That series was about defense: stopping other people from reading your stuff. This post is about something adjacent but different — ownership. Who controls the place where you speak, and who can take it away?

You've probably lived it: an account is suspended with no appeal. A platform…

Does privacy matter? You may thing that you have nothing to hide. Like most of us, you are not engaging in criminal activities online. But how would you feel if someone followed you around, everyday, taking notes about what you buy, what you read, what you tell your friends about that weird new colleague, etc. ? In this multi-part guide, we’ll review how you are tracked online and what you can do…

De plus en plus, les violations de la vie privée, que ce soit par les gouvernements ou encore par les entreprises auxquelles vous confiez vos données, deviennent monnaie courante. Les services de renseignements de nombreux pays interceptent vos emails, les serveurs de Google analysent vos courriels afin de vous présenter des publicités pertinentes : l’email est l’équivalent, en terme de vie…