- Oct 28, 2020
30 Lines of Code Destroys $300,000
There is a great article on the Wired site that talks about how vulnerable our infrastructure can be. The article, which is an excerpt from an upcoming book, talks about a 2007 experiment in which a huge diesel generator was literally blown up using just a few lines of malicious code. It's a fascinating read. Read the whole thing.
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- Oct 27, 2020
Zoom (finally) Rolls Out End to End Encryption
Zoom has started rolling out end to end encryption for its users. After initially saying that they would only offer it for paying customers, but in the end they have relented and made it available to all users. You do, however, have to jump through some hoops to get end to end encryption. You will need to manually switch it on in your settings and all meeting participants will also need to have it on for the calls to use encryption. You'll also have to be on the latest versio
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- Oct 19, 2020
I Don’t Often Need an 18TB Encrypted Hard Drive, but When I Do…
I’ve used Apricorn drives for years and they have been the perfect solution for keeping things simple. The other side has no excuse for not being able to read the data you send them if you use an Apricorn drive. Now, if you just happen to need 18TB of capacity you can get a mammoth drive with FIPS encryption. It’s not cheap, but if you need it, it’s quite a product.
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- Oct 15, 2020
Zoom takes on Teams at Zootopia
One of the most interesting announcements made by Zoom at their annual Zootopia was introducing what they are calling Zapps. Zapps are a way of bringing best of breed applications directly into the Zoom desktop client. Zoom has long integrated with the likes of Slack and Asana through adding Zoom functionality to those applications. For example, Zoom’s integration with slack allows users to make Zoom calls directly from a Slack channel. Zapps, however, work the other way aro
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- Oct 14, 2020
News from Zoomtopia
Zoomtopia, Zoom’s annual user conference, began online today and the keynote had a whole host of announcements about new features, services, and products. On the feature side, Zoom, previewed new end to end encryption that will be coming soon to their platform. According to Zoom: “This optional feature will be generally available in technical preview to free and paid Zoom users next week. It can be enabled at the account, group, and user level, and, depending on how the accou
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- Oct 2, 2020
Is There a Future for Desk Phones?
Here’s a good article on the future of telephones in the office and the coming ubiquity of softphones. My only questions is whether there is a future for traditional desk phones at all or if people will decide they no longer want or need them when they get back in the office.
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