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Insights, guides, and updates about digital privacy.
Guide
Ten Practical Uses for Temporary Email That Go Beyond Dodging Spam
Disposable email addresses are a standard tool for developers, security researchers, and anyone tired of handing real contact details to services that haven't earned them.
Privacy
What Is a Disposable Email Address and Why It Matters More Than Most People Think
Disposable email addresses sit between your real inbox and the services demanding access to it. Here is what they actually do, how the different types compare, and where the gaps are.
Security
Dark Web Monitoring Is a Band-Aid. Here's What Actually Stops the Bleeding.
Dark web monitoring tells you your data was stolen, sometimes months after the fact. It won't undo the damage. A harder look at what these services actually catch, what slips past them, and why reducing your exposure surface matters more than watching it get picked apart.
Privacy
The State of Online Privacy in 2025: Breach Fatigue, Regulatory Gaps, and the Slow Shift Toward Data Minimisation
The breach statistics from 2025 follow a pattern that has repeated since the mid-2010s: bigger numbers, broader impact, and faster exploitation of stolen data. The response from most organisations hasn't changed either. The response from individuals is starting to.
Development
Localisation Testing Across Borders: Why Single-Country Test Data Guarantees Production Failures Abroad
The registration form worked in the US. The invoicing system generated correct documents. Then the company expanded to Germany and a customer named Muller saw 'M?ller' on their invoice. Single-country test data hides these failures until real users find them.
Privacy
Inside the Data-Broker Industry: How Personal Information Becomes a Commodity and What Individuals Can Do About It
A database in Virginia contains a record with a name, home address, estimated income, and a list of recently visited websites. The person it describes never created it, never consented to it, and has no direct relationship with the company that assembled it.
Tutorial
Integrating Synthetic User Data into Automated Test Pipelines: From Fixture Design to CI/CD Execution
Every test user in the suite was 'Jane Doe' from Springfield. The tests passed for two years. Then a customer in Seoul created an account with a two-character family name and the profile page crashed. Hardcoded fixtures don't find those bugs.
Development
Populating Development Environments with Synthetic Data: A Field Guide to Replacing Placeholder Records
Fifty rows of 'John Doe' at '123 Main Street' make the application look functional. Then a QA engineer enters a name with an accented character and the profile page breaks. Placeholder data doesn't find those bugs. Realistic data does.
Guide
Digital Footprint Reduction: A Practical Methodology for Auditing, Shrinking, and Controlling Your Online Trail
Search your full name in quotation marks, add your city, and scroll past the first page. The people-search aggregators, cached profiles, and forum posts you'll find are only the visible portion.
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