Articles by Data Doctors

Fitness monitors are all the rage these days, but at prices that can range from $100 to $300, they can get expensive. But paying for something that’s on your wrist all day is a lot more accurate than just loading an app on your smartphone, right? Wrong! A recent study published by the Journal of […]

Reddit.com is a popular tool in geek culture, but it can be a little hard to take for the uninitiated. It bills itself as the front page of the Internet and is a great example of democracy on the Internet. It’s like a huge message board where articles and postings get voted up and down […]

At the moment, you cannot use these devices for commercial purposes without the express permission of the FAA, which is nearly impossible to get.

Gathering information on the Internet is like drinking from a firehose, unless you use tools that help you filter out what you don’t want and organize what you do. One of my favorite apps for doing this is Flipboard, which specifically focuses on your social networks and general interests Flipboard takes the feeds from Facebook, […]

There’s a recurring theme that’s surfaced from just about every major hack you’ve heard about lately. Most of the breaches started with a targeted phishing scam sent to someone in the company. Cleverly crafted fake corporate e-mails, also known as spear-phishing, are also responsible for many victims of ransomware. The easiest way to trick someone […]

A security researcher recently released a list of 10 million stolen passwords that he gathered from around the Internet. His hope was to enlighten the world that your older passwords are probably floating around cyberspace and for sale. With each major breach, the list of stolen passwords grows by the millions. If you’ve been using […]

On a recent airing of 60 Minutes, Leslie Stahl was seen frantically trying to control a car that had been hacked by security researchers. If you saw this sensational video and you’re thinking about selling your new gadget laden car, hold that thought. What you saw was a proof of concept hack that took years […]

The Internet of Things was all the rage this year’s Consumer Electronics Show because inexpensive connected devices were everywhere. I was particularly interested in wireless sensor tags that allow you to monitor location, motion, temperature and even humidity on just about anything you care about. These inexpensive devices will allow you to monitor things like […]

You’ve heard me and others in the tech industry preaching about the dangers of public wifi for years, but there’s something that you may not have realized. Your laptop may be sharing information with anyone else connected on the coffee shop or hotel wifi you’re using without you realizing it. If your laptop is setup […]

The plethora of salacious headlines that suggested that Samsung Smart TVs were constantly eavesdropping on all your private conversations are a complete misrepresentations of what actually happens.