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Episode 405 – Tools, Tips and Tricks – Security Tips For Students Back To Class

This week'sTools, Tips and Tricks episode topic was submitted by a listener. I thought he had a valid security concern as a college student and turn it into an episode. This epsiode talks about the problem of file sharing between students and professors and how to keep malware and viruses at bay. 

Link to the Online Scanner Article referenced in the episode.

Link to Episode 94 where I talk about VirusTotal in a TTT episode.

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We’re doing it all wrong. (When it comes to teaching history, that is.)

“Back in my day, teenagers and college students knew stuff. Now they just look things up on their phones.” Well . . . maybe? As Sam Wineburg has learned through extensive study of how we teach history and whether it works, we’ve always been bad at teaching history. And there really wasn’t ever a “golden age of fact retention.” So maybe we should just give up on drilling facts into kids and let their surfing fingers lead them to the knowledge they need, when they need it? Well, that’s a problem, too, Wineburg shows in his book Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone). The solution to our historically ineffective methods of teaching history (rote memorization among them) isn’t to stop teaching history: it’s to teach it better, using the knowledge we’ve gained through studies of what actually works. And a big part of that is figuring out how to give students the knowledge and critical thinking skills they’ll need to navigate a world of often suspect online information. Only by combining the two–giving students a sense of what history is and why it matters while also showing them how to use online news and sources with an effective amount […]

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Episode 404 – Routers With This Feature Enabled Were Hacked To Promote YouTube Stars, Do You Have This On?

Hackers carried out pranks as part of a viral YouTube subscriber challenge. Where most see silly pranks I see exploitation of user's home equipment that can easily be fixed. This episode goes over the lastest hack that was a prank today but could be far worse tomorrow.

UPnP Tester

ShieldsUp Tester - Click Proceed, Then look for GRC's Instant UPnP Exposure Test.

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Mayoral Candidate Daley: Create 50 Elected Mini School Boards In Chicago

Chicago mayoral hopeful Bill Daley is one of the few candidates who’s against letting city voters elect their school board, but he’s proposing an alternative: dozens of elected mini school boards in the neighborhoods.
Daley wants to create about 50 ele...

Episode 403 – Blur Password Manager Had A Breach, The Reason Will Make You Facepalm

Another day, another breach. This time it's Blur Password Manager bu Abine. Only this was a breach of their own making. This episode goes through how this breach happened and how you can make sure you don't make the same mistakes. 

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