Have you ever reported content on Facebook as “abusive?” Have you ever wondered just what happens. Facebook has opened the door a bit to let users see inside, in a report they issued on June 19th.
Basically, there are four abuse teams working different issues. The Safety Team focuses on violent and harmful behavior by it’s members. The Hate and Harassment Team specialize in dealing with abusive speech. The ...
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This story is interesting because it shows just how powerful a Trojan Horse program can be. Trojans make up over two-thirds of all malware infections, and the reason is that Trojan Horse programs are small, easy to conceal in another program like a game, or easy to install using a drive-by download from a compromised web site. These programs allow the attacker to remotely access and control the computer at a later date, and install other malware applications such as ...
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Ah…those daffy folks at the Googleplex really know how to keep my life interesting. One of my clients was trying to install Carbonite, the online backup product, and got an error message saying that the download might be potentially dangerous, which is not all that unusual. It sometimes happens with certain legitimate products that have components that are similar to certain malware exploits. The client clicked on the “Download Anyway” button, and the following error message popped up. “Confirm Download: ...
Continue Reading →Good news Boomers – this is something you are better at than your younger, more technically savvy friends, family and coworkers. This information came from the ZoneAlarm blog. Basically, the study shows that as you get older and more experienced, you tend to place a higher priority on computer and network security issues. This makes a certain amount of sense, since the older you are the more likely you are to have sustained some sort of loss, and ...
Continue Reading →Have you ever wondered what happens to credit card information that is stolen online? Sure the card numbers get resold on cyber-crime web sites and discussion boards, but a recent FBI sting operation has resulting in the arrest of 24 “carders” from the US and elsewhere, and provides a detailed look at the financial endgame of these cyber crooks. You can read the entire story on Sophos, but I am quoting pieces of the article below.
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In discussions with students in the computer classes that I teach for the seven Community Education programs that I am involved with, the subject comes up all the time whether copying content from the web isn’t “stealing.” This is a long discussion, but my point always is this: the Internet changes everything. The Internet levels the playing field so anyone can be a published author, musician, or artist, or own a software company, or a birdhouse factory, or whatever. The ...
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We support the principles of the recently launched Declaration of Internet Freedom. A large number of companies and organizations have joined together to support and promote the principles of an open Internet. The Internet has been under attack from our own government, other governments, and entrenched interests of old line companies who have paid for the kinds of political access that the average internet user can never afford. We believe the Internet is an incredible force driving the ...
Continue Reading →It has been several years since I took a ride on the “Piracy” rollercoaster, but here is a compelling article from TechDirt Daily that points out once again that file sharing, illegal or otherwise, can be a good thing for musicians. A sad but very true fact is that musical groups including big name rock bands rarely see any money other than the advance on a recording, the clever accountants at the music labels find a way to tie all ...
Continue Reading →I am a big fan of Sam Richter, whose “Know More” web site offers great ideas for using the web as a research tool to improve marketing and increase sales. In a recent email he offered a link to a downloadable whitepaper that is a 10 step checklist for anyone who is contemplating a web site redesign.
Designing a new website is hard enough, but redesigning an existing website can have repercussions on page rank and traffic ...
Continue Reading →Until this weekend , it was possible to post a tweet on Twitter and have that post automatically appear in your LinkedIn updates. For those of us that were using that feature to send blog article publication announcements, this creates a bit of a wrinkle. What was an automated process for me, thanks to a couple of Windows Live Writer plug-ins, now requires an extra step. You can get more of the details on LinkedIn. I may have ...
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