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Formation SAWI: Spécialiste en médias sociaux et communautés en ligne.
Rédactrice en chef et auteur
Quote Me- "Time flies and the photos I’ve taken get left behind."
- "People always think getting dressed is about putting clothes on. It’s not. It’s a spell..."
- "I was outside, and the rain and the fog smelled nice. They smelled of hope, I think. They smelled..."
- "On apprend toujours mieux de ses propres erreurs que de celles des autres."
- "It’s like watching a train wreck and hanging around to see if there are going to be any..."
Tag Archives: safety
Orange Link nous demande nos mots de passe: pas au point!
[en]There is absolutely no excuse, in 2010, for asking people to enter their Gmail, Facebook or Twitter passwords on third-party sites. And that is precisely what the “social media to SMS” service Orange Link is doing for Gmail and Twitter, … Continue reading
Posted in My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web
Tagged données, e-mail, facebook, facebook connect, gmail, grave, identification, inconscient, mots de passe, oauth, orange link, orange.ch, safety, securité, texprezzo, textendo, twitter
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Lift09 — Melanie Rieback — RFID and Security
Whitehat hacker. RFID uses radio waves to identify things. Shows much of a promise for breaking (?) into things. Next low-end of computing. You have to bring virtual attacks into the physical domain, when it comes to RFID. Some security … Continue reading
Posted in Live Blogging
Tagged hacking, lift09, melanie rieback, rfid, rfid guardian, safety, security, Stuff that doesn't fit, whitehat
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BarCamp Lausanne: Privacy (Julien Freudiger)
[en]Privacy… a tricky issue, as ever.[fr]“Nothing to hide.” Est-ce que ça justifie de ne pas se préoccuper de privacy? Julien fait une thèse sur le sujet. steph-note: j’espère qu’il ouvre un blog pour documenter sa recherche! Surveillance: CCTV (on peut … Continue reading
Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit
Tagged Events, internet, politics, privacy, safety, security, usa, vieprivée
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Alarmapathy
[fr]A force d’avoir des avertissements pour tout et rien (surtout dans les pays Anglo-Saxons), on finit par les ignorer.[en]JP is so right! I have lost count of the number of times I’ve sat in a car whose dashboard is littered … Continue reading
Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit
Tagged alarms, Citations, fear, london, muni, Psychology / Sociology, safety, sanfrancisco, society, underground, warnings
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MySpace Banning Sex Offenders: Online Predator Paranoia
Update: If you’re a parent looking for advice, you’ll probably find my next post more interesting. MySpace has removed profiles of 29’000 registered sex offenders from their site. In a statement, MySpace said: “We’re pleased that we’ve successfully identified and … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Technology
Tagged children, Citations, Cyberspace, Digital Youth, Education, Essay-Like, fear, Media, meganslaw, myspace, offenders, online, Online Culture, paranoia, Politics / World News, predators, Psychology / Sociology, registry, Research, safety, sex, sexoffenders, sexualpredators, Technology, teenagers, teens
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Adolescents, MySpace, internet: citations de danah boyd et Henry Jenkins
[en]Citations and some French comments/paraphrasing of danah boyd and Henry Jenkins’s interview “MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)”. Must-read if your life has anything to do with teenagers.[fr]Je viens de finir de lire ce fascinant interview de danah boyd … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Social Media and the Web
Tagged adolescents, ados, Citations, Cyberspace, danahboyd, danger, Digital Youth, digitalyouth, dopa, écoles, Education, Essay-Like, henryjenkins, internet, interview, Media, myspace, online, Online Culture, pédophilie, prevention, Readworthy, safety, schools, securité, security, Social Software, teenagers, teens, usa
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Où sont les correcteurs?
[en]Typo. And an article on why it’s stupid to try and solve the “dog bite” problems by outlawing certain breeds and making dogs wear muzzles in parks.[fr]Réponse: y sont partis! C’est le correcteur orthographique de MS Word qui fait le … Continue reading
Posted in Language Geekiness
Tagged chasseauxfautes, chiens, dogs, fautedefrappe, fautesdefrançais, français, Languages / Linguistics, lausannecités, Media, muselière, muzzle, My Photos, orthographe, safety, type
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