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The thing I hate about lists like this is that way too many people will read the list of airports, and assume they can be “protected” by just not using Wi-Fi there. In fact, every public Wi-Fi network has vulnerabilities and should never be trusted. Use a VPN everywhere, whether the airport in question made…
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Good look at why encryption isn’t just for “people with something to hide”, and why lots of people do, actually, need to hide. Including you. Why We Encrypt Follow these topics: Links
Linked – Twitter is making it way easier to ignore hateful trolls
Frankly, I think this is a better place for Twitter to focus. The previous attempts to “silence” trolls was full of hit and miss decisions about what was appropriate and what was not, and was clearly being decided upon by biased human beings. If you can’t define abuse without creating massive problems, maybe the best…
Linked – How to Leverage Social Media While Attending Conferences
It’s not easy to build meaningful relationships at conferences. Organizers may try to ease awkward introductions (and 50-foot staredowns) with networking events, and a majority of people at the conference may be interested in networking, but that doesn’t make it easy. You’re surrounded by hundreds, sometimes thousands of people; some are vying for attention, others…
Linked: Makers of spyware deny marketing their apps to stalkers in domestic-abuse cases
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