Linked – Container ships easy to hack, track, send off course and even sink, security experts say
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Linked – Container ships easy to hack, track, send off course and even sink, security experts say

This doesn’t sound good. “Pen Test Partners (PTP), a penetration testing and security services firm, demonstrated a number of methods for hacking into the satcom systems of ships, which can allow bad actors access to shipboard systems and wreak potential havoc for the vessels and the shipping industry.” Hmm, imagine what kind of havoc could…

Linked – Your Phone Is Listening and it’s Not Paranoia
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Linked – Your Phone Is Listening and it’s Not Paranoia

We’ve all felt like this was happening, didn’t we? “For your smartphone to actually pay attention and record your conversation, there needs to be a trigger, such as when you say “hey Siri” or “okay Google.” In the absence of these triggers, any data you provide is only processed within your own phone. This might…

Linked – Creative ways to get your sales team to sell your customer training
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Linked – Creative ways to get your sales team to sell your customer training

It’s not my livelihood anymore, but so much of this post rang true. The struggle to get sales on the same page with customer training is real, especially when the customer sees it as a “new” line item late in the process instead of from the get go. “Many software companies treat training as an…

The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Conspiracy Theories
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Conspiracy Theories

I’m obsessed with conspiracy theories. Not because I believe any of them, but rather I’m obsessed with why people not only believe them, but are completely unwavering in their belief. Part of it is the very nature of a good conspiracy, that the media and “experts” are all in on it, thus no contradictory information…

Linked – Employers ‘cannot ignore’ mental health in the workplace
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Linked – Employers ‘cannot ignore’ mental health in the workplace

This is, in all honesty, a question that we as a society need to come to grips with. It’s a stigma that exists inside and outside of the workplace, but perhaps we feel it most directly when it comes to work. “If I ring in sick with the flu that would be OK. What if…

Linked – Surrey Police missed key evidence in bribery case by using wrong search terms, CPS report finds
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Linked – Surrey Police missed key evidence in bribery case by using wrong search terms, CPS report finds

This really makes you wonder. “Clive Steer, 39, from Guildford, spent 18 months on bail facing a bribery charge despite telling detectives when he was first interviewed that evidence proving his innocence could be found on his laptop. The charge was eventually dropped in January 2018 after the laptop was released to Mr Steer and…