Can You Use a Touchstone to Determine Email Legitimacy?
Can You Use a Touchstone to Determine Email Legitimacy? Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus If you have some jewelry and you want to know how pure the gold is, how do you do it? There are several methods out there, among them is taking […]
A Man’s Home is His Castle. And It’s Under Siege
A Man’s Home is His Castle. And It’s Under Siege Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus In the past, laying siege was one technique employed in war. It worked well if your enemy was bottled up in a city supposedly protected by a large wall. The […]
Privacy – How much do you really have?
Riverbank Ruminations Observations from the banks of the technology river Privacy – How much do you really have? 1999 – The Chief Executive officer of Sun Microsystems said Monday that consumer privacy issues are a “red herring.” “You have zero privacy anyway,” Scott McNealy told a group of reporters and analysts Monday night at an […]
Leave a 5-star Review; Get Arrested
Leave a 5-Star Review, Get Arrested Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans; Ashton Engineer Emeritus The riot activity in Philadelphia following the death of George Floyd resulted in millions of dollars in property damage. Included in the damage to buildings and property were police cars that were set on […]
That’s Where The Money Is
That’s Where The Money Is Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus Supposedly Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed banks said “That’s where the money is”. Like many quotes some investigation reveals that might not be true. This article offers some explanation as to how […]
Riverbank Ruminations: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Out of Sight, Out of Mind Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from the Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans; Ashton Engineer Emeritus In my role as a consultant for Ashton, I have been working remotely for the last five years or so—ever since I officially retired. For many people, remote work has been an adjustment. There […]
Keep that amygdala under control
Keep that amygdala under control QUICK!!! LOOK TO YOUR LEFT!!!! Now look to your right. Did you do either? Why or why not? Probably because you had no reason to believe you needed to do it. Perhaps if someone right next you shouted: “Look to your right” you might do it because you have come […]
No more for me, thanks. I’m stuffed.
Riverbank Ruminations Observations from the Banks of the Technology River No more for me, thanks. I’m stuffed. As long as people have been able to transact business on the internet, bad guys have been trying to compromise accounts to gain money or merchandise illegally. Before the advent of electronic commerce on a large scale, the […]
Do – Re – Mi – FA – MFA – 2FA
Riverbank Ruminations: Observations from the banks of the technology river Do – Re – Mi – FA – MFA – 2FA By now you should understand how weak the username and password combination is when it comes to securing your information. There are BILLIONS of records available to bad guys. So what is a person […]
Past performance is no guarantee of future gains
Past performance is no guarantee of future gains If you have heard any commercials for financial advisors, the above statement is part of every pitch. Of course, they are warning that just because an investment has done well, you can’t be sure it will continue to do well. Sometimes past performance is all we have […]
