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I was challenged by a cyber security professional this evening as we discussed how he could literally “sniff” ( his word for his software) my details. Got me thinking about the need to generate unbreakable passwords. To do this I have found two sites which may be of interest.

https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm check your password strength

http://passwordsgenerator.net/ generate strong unbreakable passwords!

Obviously you are not going to remember a strong , unbreakable randomnly generated password but where security and important information are concerned this would give you peace of mind.

Will be presenting our research on The Dyslexia Project at this years conference in Oxford. This is not a speaking opportunity so much as a chat around a poster to passerby’s at the exhibition.  

 
   You can access the research paper via this QR code

Dave Banes and I go back a long , long way so especially good to get his daily updates from his facebook group  “Assistive Technology,” really good helpful stuff on their for people with disabilities to access as well as professionals like myself.  Why not join them at :-

https://www.facebook.com/groups/assistive.technology.group/

Also their is a paper.li on Assistive Technology from the group that has lots if useful information:-

http://paper.li/e-1452749534?edition_id=c8f77d50-d3a7-11e5-b9fb-0cc47a0d164b

Sorry about the long links , folks!!

This link will take you to a presentation recorded earlier today. Unedited as it happened and completely unscripted. All that work as Scrooge seems to be paying off now! Click below and you will learn from artificial intelligent websites to qr code creation to flipped classroom in 17 mins!!

“The Message is the Media”

A day to promote internet safety. For people with learning disabilities social media sites such as Facebook can be the cause of much joy but also offers potential for breaking relationships. Misunderstandings can occur when sentences have mistakes or mis-spellings that change a postive statement to a negative. Also, “unfriending” people can be very dramatic on relationships as well. How do we make facebook safe?

Well , we cant’t make facebook safe but we can decide on principles that could help.

• when making comments decide to make only positive comments
• never use a negative statement as this may lead to misunderstandings
• don’t unfriend often. This can cause confusion and stress to your friends.
• remember your audience – so don’t share everything!

Here are a few tips on what to write:-

• say only postive things that encourage people ” That’s great! ” “Well done!”
• write short clear statements but don’t write things that connect what you are doing and where you are now . This gives information that might be useful to others
• if possible keep your comments few and lacking in specific detail.

Your privacy settings are important so keep everything to friends only where possible. Facebook’s privacy settings are very complex and you need to have someone to help who understands this and is able to ensure you are safe online.