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Internet Security for Creative Professionals – The Basics

by David | May 1, 2017 | Conspiracy Theories, Digital Migration, Sip With Caution

Hackers want in. Don’t make it easy for them. With all the controversies swirling around hacked emails and cyber-threats, I was asked to come in to USC-Annenberg, and speak to the students about what they need to know about security. Basically, I had to come in...

Gawker’s Nick Denton: “Privacy has never really existed”

by David | Feb 24, 2014 | journalism

Thought-provoking take in a Playboy interview of Gawker Media’s Nick Denton, one of the most-hated men on the internet. Also, one of the most successful. His premise may be a little self-serving, in light of his whole net worth being based on prying into...

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