Tag: data
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Control, Alt, Google
There’s a popular keyboard shortcut <Control><Alt><Delete> that, generally speaking, interrupts or facilitates interrupting a function. For example, if a program on your computer hangs or crashes, you press this popular combination to force the program to close. Today I’m coining a new term, <Control><Alt><Google>. In a nutshell, you can now tell Google to delete the…
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https://www
What is https and why should you care? That’s the topic for today’s post! HTTPS is a protocol for secure communication, widely used on the Internet. When you enter data into website (i.e name, address, credit card number), the owner of the website has to “send” this information somewhere for processing. HTTP on the other…
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WiFi Everything
In case you’ve been living under a rock, we’ve officially entered a world where we track everything on our smart phones. From food, to exercise and more. I wanted to share two (2) products I read about today that aim to continue this trend: LOONCUP – The world’s first SMART menstrual cup. Meaning it can…
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There is no Online Safe Zone
In case you haven’t noticed, computer hackers are taking over the world! Surely you’ve heard of Anonymous, the “invisible” group threatening to release all sorts of information. I’ve said this so many times – the next “war era” will not be using bombs or grenades, it will be done online! And in case you haven’t…
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Encryption
Today I watched Eric Snowden’s address at SXSW, transcript. It was a very interesting discussion. One of the more interesting and recurring themes mentioned as a way to protect personal data is called Encryption. It dawned on me that some people may not know what this is, so I’m here to explain! There’s a whole lot…
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