Issue #  46 | June 23, 2017
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This Week in Tech

This week we took a look at the worst passwords ever. I hope known of you my dedicated readers are using any of these terrible passwords! We also found out that 198 million voters had their information hacked. 

In addition to a couple of other tech stories I recommended my first book, "The Radium Girls". A lost historical event that will both horrify and anger you.

Bill
Worst Passwords EVER!
In its sixth annual Worst Passwords report , SplashData, a provider of various security applications and services, listed the 25 weak and easy-to-guess passwords most frequently posted on various hacker forums and websites.

Are you using any of these terrible passwords?

Find out by reading the full article here.
The CIA's Cool CodeNames!
Codenames are awesome. Microsoft & Apple have long used cool codenames for big projects. I just learned that America’s Central Intelligence Agenda loves their codenames as well – and boy are they awesome.

Check out all of these cool codenames by reading the full article. Enjoy!
Book Review - "The Radium Girls"
If you look on the right panel of the blog you will always see what book I am reading. My literature taste includes, History, Biography, Historical Fiction (although I have lost interest in this genre lately), Science Fiction and of course Star Trek. What I am going to do from time to time is recommend a book that I hope some of you, my dedicated readers will enjoy. So let’s take a look at the first book recommendation.

“The Radium Girls: The Dark Side of America’s Shining Woman” by Kate Moore.


This book was released on April 18, 2017 and I stumbled upon it while browsing the Kindle book store. I love history – especially what I call “hidden history”. Stories that come out of left field – that I previously knew nothing – or very little about. This book, which I am still reading fits that bill perfectly.


Read the full review here.
198 Million Voters Hacked
Another security breach – this time American voters are targeted.

It has been reported that the Republican profiling data and personal information on nearly 198 million American voters has been leaked from a private Amazon Server as this week started.


Learn more by reading the full article.
Taking Control of Your iPhones Privacy Settings
As technology continues to take over our lives, the struggle to maintain privacy becomes ever harder. But while we may take special steps to update our privacy settings on Facebook and other social media services it turns out that just having your phone on you at all times has some disturbing consequences.

Learn more by reading the full article.
William Mann | Borough of West Chester | [email protected] | www.wctechblog.com