This is probably something everyone should at least be thinking about when they go to sell or return old devices. I will add one thing, however. Earlier versions of some smartphones have been shown to leave behind some data even after being reset to factory settings. It would require a lot of work, and expertise,…
According to a recent Irish study 61% of organizations suffered a data breach last year. I highly doubt that high of a number is unique to Ireland. I would not be surprised if it was higher in some other places. The truth is the chances that you have had your personal information lost due to…
Having been in an office, and remote, throughout my career, I don’t think location and proximity have anything to do with it. I’ve worked in the same building with people for years who didn’t even know who I was, and I’ve had great relationships with people I rarely ever see, and I’ve had the opposite, people I’ve worked with very closely in the same location who I have a good relationship with and people I’ve worked remotely with who didn’t get along. All of it comes down to communication.
It turned out to be a bug, but this is less than ideal – Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud-based services for storing and sharing files across multiple computers and with others. It has a strict policy on what happens to any files you’ve decided to delete from your account: they are kept…
Recently, I was contacted by a media company representative. She was looking for someone for a paid blogging opportunity. A client of theirs wanted to hire someone to write blog posts every month about the legal services industry. The posts would appear under their byline however, and I would simply be paid for the work…
This is not remotely surprising. First off, because Facebook owns Instagram, they already have access to the same technology that social network uses to allow for users to create stories that only stick around for 24 hours. Secondly, Facebook and Twitter have been losing market share among young people to Instagram and SnapChat specifically because…