As I’ve said before, a ban will keep people from using cell phones while driving, it will not make driving safer. Eliminating a symptom of bad driving will not make good drivers. But, I’m pretty sure it will happen, because it allows politicians to say they have “done something”.
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Watching 60 Minutes tonight, and in an interview with FBI Director James Comey, he compared Apple and Google’s plans to encrypt phones by default to having car trunks that can never be opened or houses that can never be entered, even with a court order. Except his comparisons are completely and utterly incorrect. Law enforcement,…
The version 3.0 of Malwarebytes has just arrived, and it promises to bring a comprehensive protection against various types of threats that are generally not covered by regular antivirus solutions. The new version has been created from the ground up. I don’t make a lot of specific recommendations about products, but Malwarebytes is an absolute…
So after returning home from a sun-baked day at the Greenville Scottish Games last night, I resolved to do some catching up with photos. The last few times we’ve gone somewhere to do some shooting, I’ve not had time to do more than bring the memory card home and set it aside. So I popped…
I mean, naturally: “Clearly cybersecurity is everybody’s problem.” If you have access to anything that is not publicly available inside and outside of your workplace, then you have some responsibility for keeping it secure. Creating a workplace atmosphere that recognizes that reality is the job of the most senior management. Otherwise, you’ll have a whole…
Do you think they realized how much music they would have to remove from playlists once they started down this path? “Today, Spotify has released a new statement on the matter following public backlash. The company starts by saying that the language used was “vague and left too many elements open to interpretation” and clarifies…
I didn’t even know there was a National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but thanks to a few tweets, I learned that there is a such a thing, and there’s even a nice little website full of tips and helpful information about good cybersecurity practices. https://niccs.us-cert.gov/national-cybersecurity-awareness-month-2019 If you head over there you can find things like this:…