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Working Remotely Requires Planning and Prep
There is nothing like severe weather to make you appreciate the benefits of a highly mobile workforce, whether you are the worker, safely ensconced in a warm & dry location, or the business owner, suddenly managing a half-empty office but confident the wheels of commerce are still turning. Thanks to declining technology costs and pervasive
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The Difference Between Remote Access and VPN
As more and more of you start to explore the possibilities of becoming part of the mobile workforce, I am frequently asked about one area in particular: How do I get access to the things I normally use at work when I’m on the road or working from home? This question is often followed up
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Nasty Bug Shuts Down FaceTime for a Week
By the time you read this, Apple will be on day two of quarantining group calls in its video chat app, FaceTime. Why? Oh, how about a nasty eavesdropping bug that would allow callers to listen in on recipients before they pick up the call? Not necessarily ground-shaking in terms of espionage or cybercrime, but
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We need to start taking “hackers” seriously
Due in large part to the wild imaginations of modern media (both Hollywood and traditional news purveyors) and the average layperson’s less-than-thorough understanding of technology, the mythos of the “internet hacker” has grown larger than life, and is all-at-once mysterious, unstoppable, merciless, mercenary and at the same time held with the same regard as the
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Low Priced Tech May Cost You More Than Expected
There is no doubt that due to advances in technology and manufacturing we are able to enjoy devices that just a few years ago would have cost a small fortune. Remember when a 40″ big-screen TV cost well over $10k? I have a 42″ flat screen that cost me literally a fraction of that eight years
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Your Phone’s Location Can Be Bought for $300
You may already be aware that the cell carriers provide pin-point location data to various data brokers and advertisers, as well as law enforcement with a warrant. If you aren’t, you might want to stop and read this blog post and the article I refer to therein. What you might not have suspected was that
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