Issue 002: Say farewell to Project Online and Publisher
Project Online and Publisher are retiring. Plus wave 2 dates, a Power Pages permissions check, and security news.
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Security
Security shows up in the news more and more, especially when a breach lands. Bad actors publish stolen data online for money or worse, so you have every reason to be careful. Although I focus heavily on Microsoft's Power Platform, I also want to show you how to make your online life safer. That ranges from tools you can adopt to simple habits you can build. Your data should be your own and should stay safe. The tools available today do a solid job of protecting us, yet people still take unnecessary risks they later regret. Every now and then I share things that inform you, and from there you decide how to proceed. What matters most is that you raise your own online security a little each time.
The phishing trick that hides in the reply button
A phishing email disguised as a quote request, and the reply-to trick that hid the fake address.
Why it's not a good idea to update the dependencies right away?
Delaying dependency updates by a few days blocks most supply chain attacks. Cooldowns in uv and pip.
How to disable the Muse AI on your Instagram profile
Turn off Instagram's Muse AI so others can't generate images or videos from your public profile.
An advice from the 90s. Please be careful running commands to install software
Why running a random curl | sh install command is a security risk, not just a convenience.
Things I won't do in the site
Why I keep ads, affiliate links, guest posts, tracking, and polarizing topics off the site.
“Just read the code”
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