Topic: Privacy


Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.Edward Snowden, 2015

This is a collection of posts and guides that relate to online privacy. If you’re looking for information about how chrisdavidmiles.com collects and uses data, see Privacy Policy.

  • The Death of the Online Petition

    “Politicians and advocacy groups value your email address over your voice.” Clay Johnson, 2010. Getting a large number of people to sign an online petition is a lot like getting a lot of retweets on Twitter. You’ll get some short-term ...

  • How to stop phone spam

    There’s something about telephone spam that makes me more upset than other types of spam. Perhaps it’s that physical mail can be trashed quickly and email spam can be blocked and filtered out. But telephone spam is harder. Robo dialers ...