The Google “Backdoor” Into Your Smartphone Data
Google is becoming a data juggernaut by tracking app usage to keep a competitive edge over other apps in the space. Just when you think your smartphone data might be safe from Google’s snoops, they come up with another “Hold my beer” moment. And in this case, thanks to a little known “backdoor,” Android users […]
Is This the Rise of the Digital Nomad?
Protracted lock downs are making our old way off life impossible to go back to. It’s also introduced some great options for digital nomads. August 31, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The stay-home and lock down orders in many countries have forced businesses to pivot quickly. Retailers who relied heavily on brick-and-mortar models […]
You Can’t Even Use a Browser Without Being Spied On
Google recently removed over one hundred extensions off its browser that illegally collected user data, targeting large industries such as oil, gas, finance, and healthcare. Even surfing the Internet can open the door to your private information. And it isn’t your fault this is happening, either. A recent example is a disclosure of more than […]
California Folly Might Go Federal
California seeks to follow the federal government in chasing offshore taxes, while the federal government is following California’s example against gig workers. August 24, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director, GWP Watching California is like watching the fall of a great empire. As I look further into it, it looks like California and the Federal […]
SCOTUS Approved Warrantless Searches: Open Fields Doctrine
SCOTUS approved warrantless searches nearly one-hundred years ago, and it’s secretly been in effect and practice ever since, with five states rejecting the Open Fields doctrine. August 17, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, […]
Facebook Wants ALL of Your Personal Information
Facebook might have found a back door into your personal data and the only line of defense is a domain registrar called Namecheap. If it wasn’t bad enough that companies like Facebook, Google, and even Microsoft were trying to package some of your private data and sell it in various ways… Now Facebook is taking […]
Digital Nomad Opportunities… Even for Americans
Countries aren’t just selling citizenships, they are selling extended visas for those who are looking to give the digital nomad life a whirl. August 10, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The short term vacations are on the back burner, especially for Americans. In some countries you’d spend your full vacation in the initial […]
Cryptocurrency is Here to Stay
If you are unfamiliar with or daunted by cryptocurrency, there is a simple and profitable way to get started in this space. Are you earning 6% yield in today’s zero yield climate? The world is changing. And it’s doing so at a much faster clip than I could have ever imagined a few years ago. […]
Caribbean Citizenships are On Sale
With all these travel restrictions placed on certain passports, not only is the urgency for a second passport clear, but the pricing in the Caribbean is incredible. August 4, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP We we saw last week, the US passport tanked in value. Not in cost, but in value. After all, […]
