Day archives: March 1st, 2020

Healthcare Online Resources 2020

Via LLRX – Healthcare Online Resources 2020 – Marcus Zillman’s guide is especially timely and pertinent as librarians, researchers, health professionals, government officials and the public are seeking accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on the coronavirus. The discovery tools referenced include: healthcare databases, directories, indices, data and analytics, subject guides, apps, forums and search engines …

Subjects: E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine, Search Engines

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues February 29, 2020

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues February 29, 2020 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Flaw in billions of Wi-Fi devices left communications open to eavesdropping

ars technica: Flaw in billions of Wi-Fi devices left communications open to eavesdropping: “Billions of devices—many of them already patched—are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference. The vulnerability exists in Wi-Fi chips made by Cypress …

Subjects: E-Mail, Internet, Privacy

How to work during a pandemic

TechCrunch: “The world is bracing for the seemingly inevitable proliferation of SARS-COV-12, also known as COVID-19 and coronavirus, which has already paralyzed cities and isolated millions. In the U.S., especially the nonstop work culture in startups, we tend to think we’re immune to such things and carry on business as usual. We are not only …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Medicine

No Facebook is not protecting your privacy

Privacy International: “…Privacy International recently tested the feature to download all ‘Ads and Business’ related information (You can accessed it by Clicking on Settings > Your Facebook Information > Download Your Information). This is meant to tell users which advertisers have been targeting them with ads and under which circumstances. We found that information provided …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

New FAA drone rule considered threat by aviation hobbyists

ars technica: “More than 34,000 people have deluged the Federal Aviation Administration with comments over a proposed regulation that would require almost every drone in the sky to broadcast its location over the Internet at all times. The comments are overwhelmingly negative, with thousands of hobbyists warning that the rules would impose huge new costs …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy, Transportation