Phishing: Catch of the Day
Unlike the Nigerian Scams that try to con people out of money by dangling a large mysterious financial windfall that the grifter will send after you give them a wad of cash, a “Phishing” attack uses...
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Tumblr is full of people exuberantly infringing copyright as they share culture. Rather than risking copyright infringement, I prefer to stick to free culture works ~ which are either licensed to...
View ArticleHeartBleed and Passwords
Heartbleed is a security breach that compromises passwords. Now is the time to change passwords. --Bob Jonkman My favourite spring flowers are called “bleeding hearts,” but this spring the online...
View ArticlePrivacy = Security
Do you use the Internet? Then you need to see “Stop Watching Us” Stop Watching Us is a website that allows American citizens to demand an end to mass suspicionless surveillance. Citizens of other...
View ArticleYou Need A Web Presence…
… if you are in business for yourself or if you are an organization with a public face. If you are starting your own business, if you do free-lance work (or want to), if you are an independent...
View ArticlePermission or Free Culture?
Disclaimers like “this video is not owned” and that “no copyright infringement is intended” have zero legal validity. It used to be that copyright was only enforced against commercial copyright...
View ArticleFacebook Likes for Small Business
While it is helpful to have a Facebook Page, you are better off to have a real blog where you can be sure you actually reach everyone who has indicated an interest. The following Veritasium video is...
View ArticleWhy I Can’t See The Facebook Attachment You Shared
Sometimes I find such annoying messages in my Facebook feed: When this happens, I usually send a direct message to the person who posted it, because I assume that if they shared it with me, they...
View ArticleSelf Hosting
I was an early adopter on Pinterest. I liked the service myself, not because I was looking for more social media, but because it allows me to aggregate links and sort them visually. I’m one of those...
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