Our friend from Tidbits, Adam Engst, is the ghost writer of some of our content in Kibbles & Bytes. I have worked with Adam for a few decades and he and Tonya are directly responsible for the emergence of Kibbles & Bytes! It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, when Tidbits (which is the granddaddy of all Mac newsletters!) had a section called Dealbits. We would put deals there but when Adam decided to change things up a bit we decided to launch Kibbles & Bytes!

He did a great job with this FaceBook article and offers great advice. But whether it is Facebook, Twitter or any of the thousands of social media sites, news groups, bulletin boards or forums, some common sense will help you maintain your privacy. These are all PUBLIC areas on the internet and when you post something thing about whether you want that on the front page of your local paper. I mostly post my political opinions (which I want everyone to know) and pictures of Jezebel but I have seen friends post the most personal information including phone numbers, addresses, etc. and that is just dumb.

In the end, you cannot depend on anyone but yourself to protect your privacy. In this day and age, that is difficult so you have to decide what you want to be private and what you don’t care if the world knows. This is going to become more and more of an issue as technology becomes more intrusive and able to spy on you. Who knows if Amazon is listening with Alexa or Apple with Siri but I don’t really care if they know about me although I have considered installing a Maxwell Smart cone of silence.

Thank you for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes!

Your Kibbles & Bytes Team,

Don & Emily