Michael Wertheim
We Feel More Entitled to Social Media at Work, Even Though Our Bosses Can Still Legally Snoop
In the end, you’ll have to choose which right is more important: privacy or social media.
Why a Judge Asserting That Privacy Is Not a Right Is Bad News for the Internet
Each time we determine that “security” outweighs privacy interests, a hazardous precedent is set.
Here's a Senator's Recipe for Southern Fried Oysters, as Read During a 15-Hour Filibuster in 1935
It should come as no surprise that the filibuster is exclusive to politics. Who else would allow a tactic in which a person prevents an entire group from acting by talking for as long as he or she can? So, in honor of politicians talking, I decided to...
Why Hasn't Congress Stopped Your Boss From Asking for Your Passwords?
In the past five years, I have had some pretty terrible haircuts. All of them have been documented on Facebook. All of them would get me fired from my current job. Now think about all the pictures of me and my imbecilic friends playing air cello, air...
Why Your Data Is Safer With Facebook Than Washington
We all know the internet is a terrifying place. Careers hang in the balance based on unsavory Tweets. People film themselves playing covers of “Call me Maybe”. Rock-a-fire Explosion exists. But aside from individual pratfalls, and mind-blowing acts of...
Tired Of Bogus Twitter Ads? The FTC Is Still Figuring That Out
As the marketplace shifts from brick-and-mortar shops to online retailers, so shift the advertising techniques that get you to click “buy.” Door to door flyers might be a thing of the past, but ad-folk are still finding ways to sneakily use social...