Collaborate Disseminate
In a recent episode of my “Garry on Lockdown” video series, I discussed the rise of “cancel culture” with the author and critic Thomas Chatterton Williams.
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The phenomenon that we now call ‘social media’ arguably started around the turn of the millennium with sites like Friends Reunited, at first offering a simple way for the internet to allow old friends to reconnect with each other. With the advent of My… Continue reading Social Media Vs Democracy | Avast
Earlier this month, Netflix started streaming the docufilm The Social Dilemma. It was first screened at Sundance earlier this year, and now is widely available. Since its release, it has been widely reviewed.
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Any serious discussion on modern privacy and surveillance is subject to the unnamed but universal law that George Orwell’s novel 1984 must be referenced in some way at some point. In his new book published in September 2020, titled Life After Privacy, … Continue reading Life After Privacy | Avast
Graham Ivan Clark, Onel de Guzman and Michael Calce. These three names will go down in the history of internet commerce, right alongside Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.
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End user license agreements (EULAs), and other contracts between consumers and vendors such as terms and conditions (T&Cs), privacy policies, and acceptable use policies, are a ubiquitous part of life online. We need to agree to a EULA, and often a… Continue reading EULAs, Gamers and Safety | Avast
It took a global pandemic and the death of George Floyd to put deep-seated social inequities, especially systemic racism, front and center for intense public debate.
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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED, defines the premise that any community – whether a place of business, office building or neighborhood – can be made safer and more secure by efficient planning and design. The archite… Continue reading CPTED In Cybersecurity | Avast
Controlling access is the basis of all security. The right people should be allowed in, and the wrong people kept out. This is done by confirming – or authenticating – the identity of the person seeking access, and then checking that the pe… Continue reading The Importance of Authentication | Avast
Phishing is the most prolific category of cyber scam. Others include romance scams, mugged in London scams, advance fee frauds and many more. Most scams seek to part you from your money – phishing is unique in seeking your personal data, usually … Continue reading The Anatomy Of A Phish | Avast