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Con Artists abound in the digital world - check your facts. With more people on FaceBook and other Social Media due to the Stay-At-Home we all need to double-check things before we spread them. It can actually be fun when you see just how much stuff is made up and how strange it can get. www.Snopes.Com ... A fact checking website which has been debunking rumors, Urban Legends, and intentional misdirection or misrepresentation of the facts on websites and social media since the early 1990's. Have some fun and ask snopes about things before you repeat them. Start with things like "Is the FaceBook Feed Algorithm Limiting My Feed to 25 of my Friends?" You will see this rumor has been around for years and is not true. Phishing: sending you something to get you to take an action you might not otherwise take, the results of which may be disruptive to you or others. You can look up more information on wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing Example: Common Urban Legend: "My FaceBook Feed is Limited to 25 Friends, so I Copy & Paste to bypassthe Algorithm" FALSE On www.Snopes.com: we learn this is a false rumor being spread since early 2018 or before. It is simply trying to get people to cut and paste nonesense in their feeds, and undermine people's trust in the corporate entity. https://www.snopes.com/f/new-facebook-algorithm-26-friends/ For fun - type in "Elvis" or "Area 51" You have resources to help avoid being used by the Con Men. #phishing #cybersecurity #urbanlegends #facebookfeedlimits #malware #conmen #liars #Debunked

What is The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act? The FTC would like to remind people, that even under these times of stress and anxiety you should take the time to cover the basics. Read the policies of portals and vendors you connect with, especially those your children will interact with. **Take this opportunity to spend time with your children online, guide them, in some cases learn from them, but be present as they explore the digital world........ What is The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act? https://www.consumer.ftc.gov//0031-protecting-your-childs- #privacy #workfromhome #kidsonline #Cybersecurity #distancelearning

Mithril Founder Jason Aptekar will be live tomorrow at Noon ET. Lets talk about IT without the jargon. The rest of us need to know what to do these days

* IT Security Tip * Patch your system, software, and devices regularly. Vendors release fixes, patches, and Security Updates all the time. If you don't stay current ---> you are choosing to stay vulnerable to known issues, which puts you and the rest of us at risk.

Today Zoom will be rolling out several updates to make the platform more secure in response to public outcry. They have actually ceased all new development to focus on and implement security changes - This is good and honestly would be business suicide to ignore. (See the end of this post for links to several articles.) Do not overreact - there are plenty of safe ways to use and interact with technology - but like participating in any social interaction there are basics to he...Continue reading