Want a strong password? You’re probably still doing it the wrong way

ZDNet – Security agencies say that three random words can be a better approach than enforcing complexity to achieve account protection. Bad passwords are easy to remember, but also easy to guess and that can give an attacker access to your online accounts. That’s why the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has explained why …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, PC Security, Privacy

Climate Change Laws of the World

“Access the Climate Change Laws of the World database here and search for legislation or litigation in your selected country or countries. The countries of the world are taking action domestically as well as through the negotiation of international agreements to address climate change. The Sabin Center and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment have collaborated to create …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

Famed epidemiologist Larry Brilliant – The world is nowhere near the end of the pandemic

CNBC: “The pandemic is not coming to an end soon — given that only a small proportion of the world’s population has been vaccinated, said Larry Brilliant, a well-known epidemiologist. Brilliant, who was part of the WHO team that helped eradicate smallpox, said the delta variant is “maybe the most contagious virus” ever. The doctor …

Subjects: Health Care

Microsoft Word for Legal Professionals

Law Technology Today – Benefits of Word Processor Efficiency for Law Offices – Ultimate Tool for Creating Work Product: “As you know, legal services are typically document intensive and often, the service rendered is the document itself (estate planning documents, purchase contracts, leases, etc.). Even in practice areas where the document is not the final …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Change

AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis – “The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

Does your iPhone or iPad have Pegasus spyware? Find out for free

CNET: “Every time there’s a report about an iPhone or iPad exploit being actively distributed and used, it’s unnerving. In July, it was revealed that security researchers discovered evidence of Pegasus spyware being used on the phones of journalists, politicians and activists.  The spyware can be remotely installed on a target’s iPhone or iPad without the …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 8, 2021

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 8, 2021 – 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 increasingly complex and …

Subjects: Cybersecurity, Economy, Government Documents, Privacy

Counting Happiness and Where it Comes From

Flowing Data – “Researchers asked 10,000 participants to list ten things that recently made them happy. The result was HappyDB, a collection of 100,000 happy moments. For each moment, I parsed out the subject, verb, and object to better see what makes people happy overall. For example, someone might have said “I watched a good …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Black Americans and the Law

Berkeley Law: American jurisprudence and law have profoundly shaped, defined, and constrained the lives of Black people for over 400 years. Racial inequality has extremely deep roots in American society, and our Constitution, statutes, court cases, and regulations not only bear witness to this, but are often the source of it. This timeline provides an …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research