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ByMike McBride May 26, 2013October 13, 2015 Reading Time: 1 minute

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Video Webinars – Maybe Not

ByMike McBride September 9, 2009July 22, 2014 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Today was a first for me. I tuned in to my first “video” webinar, a webinar where you could actually see the presenter as they talked, and follow along with the slides in a separate area. It was ILTA and Orange Technology’s Amazing Discoveries, Amazing Results webinar with Tom O’Connor and Brett Burney. (Hit the…

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Linked – After Spending Time As Surveillance Subjects, Intelligence Oversight Committee Suddenly Performing Some Oversight

ByMike McBride January 10, 2016January 9, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

“Once again, it appears the only way to make our nation’s intelligence oversight committees care about surveillance is to include them in the “fun.” Unfortunately, our elected officials aren’t any better than most Americans. It’s all fun and games to violate the privacy, or prevent the practice of free speech, or other Constitutional freedoms when…

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Linked: What We Learned In Lockdown

ByMike McBride March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

I hope employers, executives, and managers can remember that the people who work for them are people, human beings with lives outside of work, and not just an expense to match up against productivity.

I hope. But I’m realistic too.

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Internet Explorer Exploit

ByMike McBride September 20, 2006July 19, 2014 Reading Time: 1 minute

If you are still using IE6, or are supporting users who do, you want to take a look at this workaround posted at PC-Doctor that will protect them from the latest spyware exploit, at least until the next patch cycle. Or, you know, you could stay away from those naughty Russian sites. 🙂 tags: Exploit,…

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Reading – The OPM Hack is Far Worse Than Initially Thought

ByMike McBride June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 Reading Time: 1 minute

The facts about how shabby the security procedures at the OPM are appalling. The US government is constantly asking us to trust them to know what’s best and protect us, but how can we when facts like these come out? No security staff until 2013 and not using encryption? WTH? The OPM Hack is Far…

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