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Free Digital Storytelling Online Event

Robert Weiner

My friends at TechSoup asked me to pass along info about their upcoming digital storytelling event. What do we mean by Digital Storytelling? According to Wikipedia, "Digital Storytelling refers to using digital tools so that ordinary people can tell their own real-life stories."

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Digital Wallet Helps Prevent Phishing

Robert Weiner

I've use a digital wallet for years to keep track of my passwords (I use. Roboform. ). Recently I found that it serves a purpose that hadn't occured to me: phishing prevention. Here's the deal: I got a message from a friend with a link.

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Lame spams of the day: Fake Amazon and PayPal receipts

Robert Weiner

Senders: Amazon.com [digital-no-reply@amazon.com]. Amazon.com [digital-notifier@amazon.com]. lf} {l10} {l11}{digit}-{digit}. item# {l14}{digit} {number} $557.48 paypal email id p{symbol}{digit}. Also, like a lot of spams, the subject lines end with a period. Is this built into the tool? ld} {le}. {lf}

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Lame spams of the day: ADP Notifications

Robert Weiner

Subject: ADP Generated Message: Final Notice - Digital Certificate Expiration. Digital Certificate About to Expire. The digital certificate you use to access ADP's Internet services is about to expire. Renewing Your Digital Certificate. Deleting Your Old Digital Certificate. Sender: ADPClientServices@adp.com.

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Prizes for Paperless Fundraising

Robert Weiner

Have you successfully moved from paper-based direct mail fundraising to digital tools (email, websites, video, social media, widgets, and/or mobile)? Want to gloat about your successes and possibly make some (more) money as well?

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Security in-a-Box

Robert Weiner

The Tactical Technology Collective and Front Line have released Security in-a-Box , which was designed to meet the digital security and privacy needs of advocates and human rights defenders. They describe it as follows: Security in-a-box includes a How-to Booklet, which addresses a number of important digital security issues.

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Lame spam of the day: CitiBank Account Alert

Robert Weiner

First, it includes the sections of CitiBank's standard notices that would normally include the account holder's name and the last 4 digits of the account -- but they're blank. This type of phishing scam is common as dirt, but this example is particularly lame. Then there are some typos.

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