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Learn the process of encrypting and decrypting folders on your Android device with the help of SSE Universal Encryption.

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Susan Landau has an excellent essay on why it’s more important than ever to have backdoor-free encryption on our computer and communications systems. Protecting the privacy of speech is crucial for preserving our democracy. We live at a time when tracking an individual—­a journalist, a member of the political opposition, a citizen engaged in peaceful protest­—or listening to their communications is far easier than at any time in human history. Political leaders on both sides now have a responsibility to work for securing communications and devices. This means supporting not only the laws protecting free speech and the accompanying communications, but also the technologies to do so: end-to-end encryption and secured devices; it also means soundly rejecting all proposals for ...

Many creatives believe the longer you spend with a piece of writing, the better it is. This isn’t the case. My most popular article was done in under 30 minutes.

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Innovation Cohort Application First off, thank you for thinking about applying to be part of the first RUSD Innovation Cohort. Inspired by the Google Certified Innovator program whose maxim is to find educators who have “a passion for teaching and learning, who see the innovative use of techn...

Are you a visionary or a follower? Leadership expert Simon Sinek tells us how to step up!.

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The point here is that it is not a technology issue, but many people make it one. The behavior argument that many make is flawed. It is first and foremost a school culture issue, which falls on the shoulders of leaders. Schools and districts that have embraced technology through a shared vision and resulting plan focused on learning reinforce appropriate use.

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State IT leaders outline recommendations for school infrastructures over the next 10 years.

A reader who signs in as “Democracy” posted the following: Part 1 As some have noted, technology is a valuable tool. The problem is that it’s too often misused, and not necessarily for …

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A new ransomware strain called Mamba opts to encrypts hard drives rather than individual files and folders stored on the local disk.

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The trends and challenges that shape the landscape of education technology are just as important as the technologies themselves.