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by GDC Team | Global Digital Citizen
Password security works if you approach it right. The fact is, however, that many of us don’t place as much thought and effort into it as we could. The worst passwords are the ones that take a few seconds (or zero seconds) to think up. Some of the examples of... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Via NZ Herald You probably don’t remember what you Googled 10 minutes ago, let alone the myriad inane and fleeting things you’ve searched since the engine’s beginnings. But unless you’re browsing in incognito mode or have tweaked your account... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Via Stuff NZ “123456” is the worst password imaginable but, amazingly it’s still the most popular choice. For all the high-tech security threats lurking in the shadows, weak passwords are the easiest to fix, yet apparently the most ignored.... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
There are many concerns when it comes to privacy and password sharing. There are questions we can ask, Is it a violation of trust asking your kids for their passwords? What’s okay and what’s not okay when it comes to sharing passwords with your kids? When it comes to... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Overwhelmed by the online world? Fear not: help is at hand with Rhodri Marsden’s guide to Netiquette. Social media is firing too much stuff my way. I pop to the shops, come back and find a stack of information that demands to be caught up with. It’s like a... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Technology
In the age of smartphones and the slow death of the printer, New Zealanders are losing about 20 million photos a year when their phones are lost, stolen or damaged. Two Kiwi travellers found this out the hard way. Rebekah Thompson lost more than 3000 photos at the end... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Technology
I need to start checking myself when this question comes up during presentations and trainings. At some point someone always asks about privacy. In many cases they don’t even know…..I think anyway…..that they are asking a privacy question. The questions usually are... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Technology
Passwords are a pain. We choose simple words that are easy to remember, but equally easy for hackers to guess. Yet we still forget them. And they also get stolen with alarming frequency. The reported theft of 1.2 billion email passwords by Russian hackers earlier this... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Technology
Doesn’t it seem like a lot of online news sites have moved beyond reporting the news to openly inciting your outrage (and your page views)? News analyst Sally Kohn suggests — don’t engage with news that looks like it just wants to make you mad. Instead,... by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Solution Fluency, Technology
Rarely does a week go by without news of another hacking incident. This week, The New York Times reported that a Russian crime ring had amassed some 1.2 billion username and password combinations. The Times report, based on information from Milwaukee-based Hold... 