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Linked – The First Rule of Microsoft Excel—Don’t Tell Anyone You’re Good at It
Are you great with Excel? Do you feel this way about it? “If someone tells you that they ‘just have a few Excel sheets’ that they want help with, run the other way,” tweeted 32-year-old statistician Andrew Althouse. “Also, you may want to give them a fake phone number, possibly a fake name. It may…
Reading – The OPM Hack is Far Worse Than Initially Thought
The facts about how shabby the security procedures at the OPM are appalling. The US government is constantly asking us to trust them to know what’s best and protect us, but how can we when facts like these come out? No security staff until 2013 and not using encryption? WTH? The OPM Hack is Far…
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Linked: Everyone Got the Dutch Teen ‘Euthanasia’ Story Wrong
But wait, I’ve been assured by Facebook, and other internet companies that these outlets are “trustworthy”, so what’s the deal here? “News of this tragedy reached international audiences via a flurry of media reports that implied or outright said that the state had officially granted Pothoven’s euthanasia application. But initial reports in Dutch media said…
Linked: Hackers slip into Microsoft Teams chats to distribute malware
This makes sense. How often do your coworkers send you something in a Teams chat and you simply click on it? Have you considered the possibility that it wasn’t actually your coworker but someone who was able to gain access to their account?
