Linked – Online security 101: Tips for protecting your privacy from hackers and spies
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Linked – Online security 101: Tips for protecting your privacy from hackers and spies

There’s a lot in this post. You could easily spend hours just going through the guide and downloading apps. Depending on how much privacy and security you need, it is time well spent. If you just want some basic security, there’s plenty in here for you too, broken down into areas for email, web browsing,…

Don’t Blame the Technology for Teen’s Death, It’s Our Failure
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Don’t Blame the Technology for Teen’s Death, It’s Our Failure

He’s right. We’re so appalled by the technology that allows us to live stream anything, as if somehow that’s the problem, that we’ve forgotten that a 12 year old girl is dead. Live streaming has been around for a relatively long time now, the only difference is that now it’s ridiculously easy. Anyone with a cell phone and a Facebook account can live stream, which means that pretty much anything that can be streamed, will be.

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Linked – The risks that lie behind the shadowy side of IT

Do you know all of the locations where your business data may be lurking? Do you have a plan to collect and preserve it? Good luck with that… If an employer does not offer a certain solution, or if the solution provided is unsatisfactory, users can and generally will start using an alternative with a…

Linked – The Job Search Tip Introverts Hate (But Desperately Need)
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Linked – The Job Search Tip Introverts Hate (But Desperately Need)

As an introvert, this is the advice that I hate too…. “I am not an introvert, but I speak to a lot of them, coaching them through the process of getting a new job. The vast majority of them are amazing, highly qualified people who do their jobs extremely well—but they have a lot of…

Linked – Internet Archive wants to get rid of link rot
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Linked – Internet Archive wants to get rid of link rot

This is really a cool idea. I always feel bad when I go back and look at a post here that I wrote years ago, and realize that without being able to follow the link, it doesn’t quite make as much sense now. Of course, that’s just the reality of blogging, eventually some of the…

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Linked – Deutsche Bank Bans Text Messages, WhatsApp on Company Phones

They’re turning it off on company issued phones, but also – so much for that BYOD policy: The policy also applies to private phones used by employees for work purposes. Communication apps such as WhatsApp, Google Talk, iMessage are also prohibited, the memo said. On one hand, it makes sense. They’ve had issues with compliance,…