You might want to keep them out of your bedroom

from here

This is something that probably bears repeating A LOT. Those smart speakers and smart phones and smart watches and other devices that obey your commands aren't simply computers, there are also people listening in to help the computers improve. All the major brands (Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple's Siri) of digital assistants are made of people, at least in part.

And honestly "Digital assistants are made of people" seems like it could make a pretty good catch phrase.

Do we even care about catching crooks?

found on Eat Liver

If banks (or any number of other types of establishments that use surveillance cameras) cared, I'm pretty sure they could buy better cameras. Clearly better cameras are out there.

Somebody stole mah bukkit

from here and here

Thanks to Munin the idea of using the Lolrus image macro for data breaches involving Amazon S3 buckets.

This is why I turn away when walking the dog

found on Imgur

Our four-legged friends deserve privacy too, even if they're doing their business out in public. I don't watch them so they don't get to watch me.

Let's call a spade a spade

from here

I saw the term surveillanceware used in this Ars Technica article and it got under my skin. I've also seen stalkerware and creepware, and they all facilitate the same thing - spying on the person using the device the malware is installed on. Why do we need all these terms for the same thing? Do they add anything meaningful? Not that I can see.

The term surveillanceware is particularly bad. Compared to "spy", the word "surveillance" is harder to spell, harder to say, and unfamiliar to the less educated members of society. If I were trying to give spyware a PR make-over, surveillanceware seems like a good way to do it, and that begs the question: who would try to do such a thing?

The God Defense

found on Izismile

Not gonna lie, I'd probably kick him out of the car too. But hey, it worked, he got away from his captors, so good for him.

Don't quit your day jobs

from here

This browser from Avast isn't the first time I've seen a security vendor shipping their own browser, and it probably won't be the last. But frankly, if I wanted all my apps to come from the same place, I'd have stuck with Microsoft. I can't help but think the resources that went into making a browser no one wants could have been better spent improving their anti-malware product.

It looked good on paper

found on Imgur

Have you heard the claim that locks only keep honest people honest? Well this seems well suited to testing that hypothesis.

Making private browsing private again

from here

It might not be perfect, but if major websites are actively trying to thwart it that suggests incognito mode must be doing something right.

When mother nature is your adversary

found on Imgur

They say intelligent threats are harder to defend against, but this doesn't exactly look easy if you ask me.