“Yesterday, Evernote announced some changes to its privacy policy that proved to be very controversial. To help with its machine learning efforts, some employees would gain the ability to see users’ personal notes.
The changes weren’t meant to go into effect until January 23, and now they won’t be. In fact, the firm has admitted that it has made a mistake, and is now trying to make sure that its users know that they can still trust it.”
And really, shouldn’t they have known better? Maybe stop and think before violating your user’s privacy?
According to the report – Employees use an average of 191 passwords to enter 154 times in a given month, racking up an estimated 36 minutes of password data entry during that time, according to a report released today. We can talk until we are blue in the face about the risks of reusing passwords,…
Interestingly enough, I had planned to write about this topic with a look at automation, specifically self-driving cars and trucks, but then I saw something else in the news online and thought, “yeah, that too!”. The bit of news I saw was about another “adult” dating site getting hacked and something like 300 million user…
“Bullying is rampant at law firms, but many law firm leaders are reluctant to punish the offenders, according to a new survey. Ninety-three percent of surveyed leaders at the nation’s top 100 law firms reported bullying at their firms Law.com (sub. req.) reports. “ I can’t say that I’m surprised. I’ve seen some, and heard…
It’s really the same Achilles heel of any predictive model, what to do with something completely new? ““While analytics has helped many businesses to navigate the crisis, it has also shown fallibility,” said Saleh. “As a technology that relies on the details of past patterns and behaviors to predict what will happen next and what…
The backup has to be offline, disconnected from the computer that gets infected. “Keeping a backup copy of vital data is a good way of reducing the damage of a ransomware attack: it allows companies to get systems up and running again without having to pay off the crooks. But that backup data isn’t much…
Some of these aren’t that simple to be honest. On the other hand, if we could tech people to properly backup their stuff, protect themselves from malware, and keep their information private, we’d go a long way towards making using a computer less painful. So, take a look and see which of these tips could…
