The Portable Consultant

The Portable Consultant was both dismayed and amused to read that Amazon does not actually “sell” the books you “buy” for your Kindle. Let’s be clear: if your property can be altered, recalled, or reclaimed by the seller without your permission and knowledge you never really owned that property. Home foreclosure and car repossession are [...]

Facebook needs to get its act together, but we also need to understand how important our personal info is …and take care not to sign it away without due diligence.

It’s imperative to view privacy as a design constraint, not a legal add-on -Joseph Bonneau