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Don’t be Fooled, There’s a Good Chance AI Will not Just Augment Your Work
ByMike McBride February 22, 2021February 21, 2021 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Look, it’s going to take some time, but eventually, it’s coming. We’ve only begun to have conversations around things like Universal Basic Income, or free healthcare, and restructuring the economy. Many, if not most, people are against these things, because they don’t fit with the current world, and frankly, if I thought the world was going to stay the same, I might agree that some of these ideas are probably taking things to far. But, what are we going to do when we simply don’t need as many workers? What does society looks like when AI is doing a lot of the economic work, and 1/3 maybe even 1/2 of the population of any country isn’t needed for work any more?

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Links | Tech

Linked: LastPass to Limit Usage of Free Version
ByMike McBride February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Full disclosure. I am a paid customer of LastPass. I have been for a number of years now. Why? Because this is one piece of technology that is worth paying for. There may be some other options out there that give you what you want for free, and there are, obviously, other paid solutions out there as well.

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LawFirms | Links | Training

Linked: Is Your Midsize Company Designed for a Post-Pandemic Future?
ByMike McBride February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The reason that I say this is because not a day goes by that I don’t hear someone talking about “getting back” to onsite visits with clients, and doing training, or even CLEs in person again, without taking a moment to consider whether that is even feasible for the client.

For example, on the training side, yes many folks miss the in-person workshops or training classes that a software or legal tech company would provide, but how many of us in that space have considered how difficult/expensive it might be for the client to gather their people into one location for that time?

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SocialNetworking

Would you Pay for Tweetdeck or Advanced Twitter Features?
ByMike McBride February 15, 2021February 14, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

If they really want to charge for Tweetdeck, it needs to be treated like a commercial product. Since they brought it in years ago, Twitter has basically just left it sitting on the shelf. There hasn’t been a lot of development, there’s no longer an iOS app, and some native Twitter features, like deleting a tweet, aren’t integrated with Tweetdeck. So, if you’re looking to make some money by charging for Tweetdeck, I get it, but I’m gonna need a little more effort from you Twitter.

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Links | Security

Linked: Border agents can search phones freely under new circuit court ruling
ByMike McBride February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

So, maybe if you have business data that is required to be protected and kept private, don’t cross the US border with a device that has it stored, huh? “A US appeals court has ruled that Customs and Border Protection agents can conduct in-depth searches of phones and laptops, overturning an earlier legal victory for…

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Links | Microsoft | Security

Linked: Hidden Dangers of Microsoft 365’s Power Automate and eDiscovery Tools
ByMike McBride February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

Look, we’ve always had this issue in the eDiscovery space, in order to put data on hold, and collect it as part of a lawsuit, someone has to be able to access all of it. That means there has to be an account somewhere with unlimited access to both search, and collect, tons of data from your environment, as necessary.

As important as having the ability to do that when faced with litigation, there is also the danger inherent in having an account, and tools, with that level of access.

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