ethics - Grant Winney

4 Results tagged on "ethics":

Dec 23, 2019

Being aware of how sites reel you in... and hook you 🎣

I think most of us have a general sense of uneasiness with the firm grasp the most popular sites on the Internet have on us, but it's no mistake in design that they're popular... or that the cause of uneasiness is also the salve....

security iot ethics tech

Dec 17, 2019

Do we really need cameras inside our homes? (Spoiler: NO!)

Some Ring cameras got hacked. Just another day in tech. My question is, WHY would you willingly put IOT cameras in your home? In your kids bedrooms??...

ethics amazon privacy

Aug 05, 2019

Amazon's privacy-unfriendly (and borderline creepy) delivery tracking service

Amazon doesn't just provide a window into where your shipment's at. They invite you to ride alongside the driver, watching every stop until your house, then they drop you off with your package. Does this seem like a problem to anyone else?...

ethics rant

Dec 12, 2017

I pay for your app/service... how many ways do you need to make money off me?

I found this nifty little phone app that does a single thing and does it well. You can scan QR...

Experience gets you far, but good tools and services keep you moving in the right direction. Here are some of my favorites:

DigitalOcean is a versatile, affordable cloud provider. You can serve up a blog (like this one!), deploy a wiki, try out ansible, or do something much bigger. They host the annual Hacktoberfest too.

Backblaze offers an affordable, unlimited, set-and-forget backup service. They saved me from the click of death a couple years ago, and I've been a grateful customer ever since.