Brandon Anderson » Productivity http://www.brandonanderson.org obsessed with words. Wed, 05 May 2010 08:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Webcam Privacy: Interweb Peeping Toms? http://www.brandonanderson.org/2010/05/webcam-privacy-interweb-peeping-toms/ http://www.brandonanderson.org/2010/05/webcam-privacy-interweb-peeping-toms/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 08:13:55 +0000 Brandon Anderson http://www.brandonanderson.org/?p=198 Most everyone now is aware that malware, viruses and spyware are a problem. Some of us know that these viruses and spyware can take control of our computers, phones, and electronic devices, if the hacker so wishes to. Viruses and spyware are programs, just as if you installed a program off the internet or a CD. Have you every thought of that little webcam sitting on top of your computer or on your laptop? That’s right. It can also be controlled by whoever so chooses, should they have the knowledge and need to do to.

There are various ways to protect yourself from this, first is by using software. Like anti-spyware, anti-malware, and anti-virus, but those are not definitive protection against hackers using your webcam for their own perverted web games. No.

When it comes to immediate privacy concerns such as unauthorized uses of a webcam. You only have two options really. Unplug it, pry it off your laptop or monitor, or the more practical way: cover it up! You can use whatever you got, tape, a band aid (a bit tacky though), a piece of cardboard, or even a CCIPO business card! (as seen below) Whenever it comes to personal online security DEFINATE and HARDWARE solutions such as this are the only options. Programs and software alone WILL NOT protect you.

Some people may think. Well that’s only if I got something to hide, right? No way. It’s been known to be done by online sexual predators, people attempting to frame / blackmail you, such as taking secret photos in bedrooms and sending them to your friends or posting them online, etc.

^ CCIPO Business Card covering Macbook webcam.

]]> http://www.brandonanderson.org/2010/05/webcam-privacy-interweb-peeping-toms/feed/ 0 How to be more productive on Mac OS 10 http://www.brandonanderson.org/2009/03/how-to-be-more-productive-on-mac-os-10/ http://www.brandonanderson.org/2009/03/how-to-be-more-productive-on-mac-os-10/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:46:26 +0000 Brandon Anderson http://www.brandonanderson.org/?p=29 We have all been there, after typing out 6 e-mails all ending with something like this “With best regards,

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brandon@brandonanderson.org” And you think.. I should really automate this!

Well you can! Its very simple actually. Now you can do this from within Apple Mail (mail.app). Or you can use a third party application called TextExpander that will extend your productivity of typing repetitive things out site of Apple Mail.

First is the built in option of Apple Mail, called “Signatures” you can create a new signature and select the e-mail account you will be using this signature on.

Second is the application called TextExpander, developed by SmileOnMyMac Software. Using TextExpander you can add simple text commands that when TextExpander is running will, essentially expand your text to a phrase, sentence, or long document, whatever you choose. For example when I type “bwwbr” it will automatically change that text to “With best regards,

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brandon@brandonanderson.org” Its a simple solution, to help out your productivity and make typing out long repetitive word combinations easy!

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