Friday, December 21, 2018

HIS CLIENTS INCLUDE FIRST USA UBS AMERICAN EXPRESS AND OTHERS

Morris claimed that he had no intention of the worm escaping the lab

Kevin Poulson hacked federal systems for information on wiretaps. He also took over phone lines for a Los Angeles station KIIS-FM to win a Porsche in a radio caller contest. He served a sentence of five years. Poulson is currently a journalist.

Linus Torvalds is the creator of the Linux operating system. Linux is a Unix-based OS that is open source. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki and Stockholm University. He continues to work on the Linux kernel.

Mark Abene, also known as Phiber Optik, is a white hat hacker who drew attention during the 1980s and early 1990s. Abene was early to defend ethical hacking as legitimate computer security. His clients include First USA, UBS, American Express, and others.

Robert Morris is the hacker behind the Morris Worm, which slowed down government and university systems in 1998. Morris claimed that he had no intention of the worm escaping the lab. However, it affected over 6,000 systems. Morris was sentenced to three years in prison, 400 hours of community service, and a penalty of $10,500. Morris currently teaches at MIT.

Steve “Woz” Wozniak, the inventor of the Apple computer and co-creator of Apple, Inc, was a member of the phreaker sub-culture in the 1970s before he invented the Apple I. Woz continues to purchase and test many devices for usability and security, often criticizing Apple products.

A loud no with arms waving no

"Mustangs !yt" -> Youtube

"Mustangs !b" -> Bing

More here: https://duckduckgo.com/bang

  • When DuckDuckGo lists results that it got from Yahoo or Bing, your phone or laptop isnt getting cookies from Yahoo or Bing.

Cons to Using DuckDuckGo

  • DuckDuckGo labels itself as a privacy search engine, so it wont be terribly helpful to use it for things requiring location. A search for "air conditioners for sale in New Orleans, LA" will give you a craigslist-like site, followed by a contractors webpage, and a link to YellowPages. The same search on google gives the names of some local and major-chain businesses who sell and install air conditioners.

And in case youre wondering if incognito mode stops Googles tracking that results from your Google searches, the answer is no. A loud no with arms waving no. Only a non-tracking search engine like DuckDuckGo (that can guarantee your privacy) does that. Bing and Yahoo and Google will still record everything you do regardless of any incognito mode, as it affects the browser options and not the search engine of choice.

Another thing about our beloved Google, whose name keeps popping up like some handle-bar mustached villain in a bad play. Google knows your preferred home temperature and your work schedule when youre away at Six Flags and when you go to sleep and wake up, all thanks to the Nest Learning Thermostat. That, coupled with Google Pictures (which logs images on your phone or PC) makes for one very bright laser red dot on your back. People love convenience over security, even before Ben Franklin wrote his famous quote on liberty and security.

Saturday, December 15, 2018

THE APPLE WATCH SERVES AS A FITNESS TRACKER FOR THE OWNER

One of the most common questions that arise in the minds of the people owning the Apple smartwatch for the first time is what the device is all about. Well, primarily it allows the owner to read emails, text messages, and receive calls. However, it is not just a device meant to serve the fundamentals. The features of the Apple smartwatch are far more intense than what meets the eye.

The Apple Watch serves as a fitness tracker for the owner. For people that are enthusiastic about sports, the smartwatch can be envisioned as a sports watch as well. The “wrist notification” feature ensures that a person does not have to carry their iPhone everywhere because the Apple smartwatch can be connected and synchronized with the owner’s iPhone.

The interface has “Siri” (IOS virtual assistant) integrated to it which allows the user to set alarms, read emails, schedule appointments, navigate through GPS, set reminders, and much more.

The feature-packed device also possesses access to dedicated apps which include the likes of traffic notifications, navigation, and much more. With the launch of the “watchOS 4” for the Apple smartwatch, a large number of significant features have been revamped. The user can experience advanced heart-rate monitoring, metrics, pulse monitoring, newly designed watch faces, and health-hazard alarms.

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

THE PRODUCTIVITY WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY

Third (Key): it is up to the management to decide if they want to take action on this indicator or not.

KPI recommendation: don’t pile up on KPI to generate a nice dashboard, if no one willing to take action on a KPI then this is an unneeded effort that can be directed elsewhere.

Value Chain Analysis

The term value chain used in business for years; there are three major blocks in any value chain:

  • The supplier.
  • The service provider.
  • The final customer.

Figure 7 Value Chains

There are some areas in every block, it is quite tricky to calculate the added value to each action taken in a service, but in today’s world it must be done, sometimes one weak area will naturalize the strength of another area, even when analyzing some complementary functions, that might not create a value-add itself. However, it impacts other areas positively, think of air-conditioning /heating does not create value for the business, but think if it does not exist? The productivity will drop significantly.

When considering the value chain, consider the entire system, not the individual activities. Not a long ago, the only customer to the IT services was the internal business users, but now the users are much more than that, think ATM, web stores, the point of sales... Such change indicates an increasing level of sophistication in the value, and more expectations as well. most business now is expected to have some online front that’s reachable from anywhere. This means potential company customers and future revenue are now dependent on the IT systems.

USE THE Y OPTION TO AUTOMATICALLY ANSWER YES TO APTGETS QUESTIONS

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