According to research by David Hauser, describing cancer as an enemy that needs to be fought reduces the extent to which people focus on preventive behaviors such as changing their diets. Hauser's work seems to indicate that describing cancer in terms of war and battle metaphors focused people on direct attack actions and made them … Continue reading Do terms like ‘cyber attack’ prevent good computer security practices?
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There has been a some debate over whether schools should be allowed to demand that students hand over their social media passwords. Shannan at Tween Us wrote an excellent post clarifying Illinois laws about school access to passwords. You should read it here. I echo Shannan's concerns about school access to student passwords. I also … Continue reading 3 reasons I will not ask for my children’s social media passwords
Information security specialists are not just people who nag you about strong passwords and not clicking on strange things. We are also people. People with hearts. People with hearts that love. I've made some Valentine's Day cards for my fellow infosec geeks. Enjoy. You have my permission to save, print, and share these valentines with those … Continue reading Valentine’s Day cards for infosec geeks
People keep promoting the need for everyone from kids to mid-career professionals to learn how to write computer code. The argument is that in the very near future (if we aren't there already) learning how to code will be as important as learning to read and write. An article in Mother Jones asked, "Is Coding … Continue reading Learning to code is NOT the new literacy
Reading The Circle by Dave Eggers made me want to puke. My nausea was not induced by graphic violence or other gross descriptions. I was sickened by Eggers' detailed descriptions of a dystopia that felt too real. The Circle is not about your typical dystopia where water, gas, and other resources are scarce and people kill … Continue reading Book review: The Circle by Dave Eggers made me want to puke (in a good way)
Kim Z. Dale 