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What You Don’t Think About When Instant Messaging…

Long gone are the days when you’d have to dial your friend from a landline to coordinate plans. Nowadays reaching your friends and family…

Jul 30, 2022

What You Don’t Think About When Instant Messaging…

Jul 30, 2022

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Identifying Deceptive Communication: Deepfakes

From the cute visuals of the first full-length CGI animated movie ( Toy Story in 1995) to special effects so realistic (I’m looking at you…

Jul 25, 2022

Identifying Deceptive Communication: Deepfakes

Jul 25, 2022

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Information Silos — the First Click Down a Rabbit Hole

Human behavior, at a grand level, is often fairly predictable. While you’ll find exceptions for every single rule out there, for the most…

May 20, 2022

Information Silos — the First Click Down a Rabbit Hole

May 20, 2022

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All About Memes: Origin, NFTs, Identity Theft, and More

Ahhh, memes. Those funny images that go viral on social media. Would you be surprised to learn that the concept of a meme predates the…

May 20, 2022

All About Memes: Origin, NFTs, Identity Theft, and More

May 20, 2022

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Officially Submit Your Emoji Idea…

And More On the Beloved Digital Icons

May 20, 2022

Officially Submit Your Emoji Idea…

May 20, 2022

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Security in the Metaverse: What You Need to Know Now

Ahh, the metaverse. Depending on who you ask, it is either an impressive evolution of the online experience or a poorly defined marketing…

May 1, 2022

Security in the Metaverse: What You Need to Know Now

May 1, 2022

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A Very Useful Article About Online Passwords

Is there anything more likely to make a non-techie yawn than a lecture about passwords? “Make them hard!” “Don’t put them on sticky notes!”…

Apr 23, 2022

A Very Useful Article About Online Passwords

Apr 23, 2022

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A Call Made Round the World…And More On Internet Resiliency

If you look at a map of the world, you see lines around cities, states, and countries that mark the boundaries of those regions. Those…

Apr 16, 2022

A Call Made Round the World…And More On Internet Resiliency

Apr 16, 2022

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Playing the “Yet Another Vulnerability” Game

Last month, technology news was all about Apple’s “OMG Patch Right Now Or Hacker’s Can Mess With Your Stuff!” (You saw the news about that…

Apr 9, 2022

Playing the “Yet Another Vulnerability” Game

Apr 9, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Women

Broken But Not Hopeless

Apr 2, 2022

Image of a woman teaching a high-tech class

Apr 2, 2022

Heather Flanagan

Heather Flanagan

Translator of geek to human. Co-lead choreographer at Identity Flash Mob. Principal at Spherical Cow Consulting. Do you REALLY know how the Internet works?

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