The PC is Dead. Zittrain says so.
I’ve been linking to lots of stuff lately, but this one I think should stir some comment here. It’s certainly stirred up a hornet’s nest on the web in general. See what you think: The PC is Dead...
View ArticleNow you have to watch out for QR Codes
What are QR codes? They’re those funny little blotchy squares you see all over the place. They are actually web addresses that you can point your smartphone at, and it will take you there. Many ads in...
View ArticleNBC thinks you should password-protect your smartphone
Several posts ago I blogged about the importance of password-protecting your smartphone, because of the data it contains, and the information that it can access. This morning NBC reported on a study by...
View ArticleJanuary is Data Privacy Month, and we’re celebrating with web broadcasts on...
The cybercommunity has proclaimed January to be National Data Privacy Month, and, before you sigh and turn away, you might give some thought to how you are using your smartphone, and, more importantly,...
View ArticleWatch a rerun of ‘Are you smarter than your smartphone?’
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a web broadcast on securing your smartphone that we streamed on campus January 9. The webinar is now available online and you’re welcome to watch it any time. You can...
View ArticleYour iPhone is at risk, alas..
You’ve heard me tell you to lock your phone in the past, here, and here. Unfortunately, someone has found a way to bypass the iPhone’s screenlock: Posting on Engadget It’s apparently rather difficult,...
View ArticleCelebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by Protecting your Smartphone
OK, so NCSAM isn’t your favorite time of year. But if you were to lose your smartphone, and you hadn’t been careful with it, it would very definitely be your least happy time. And it’s not just the...
View ArticleBlackboard is getting more mobile
Blackboard has released the free version of their mobile app. Previously it came with a small charge, but the latest version is free for all WSU faculty, staff and students. It’s available for both...
View ArticleThe latest on the Apple-FBI Battle
Last week I noted that the FBI claimed that they were only interested in this one iPhone, and the claim that that they had no intention of using this case as a precedent was clearly not true. This was...
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Two-factor authentication is coming to your phone (or other device)
As I’m sure you know, the internet is an increasingly dangerous place, and the most frequent source of compromised computers is people responding to phishing emails. The Security office at C&IT is...
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