Technology Damon Brown digital lives digital tattoos Facebook Google Juan Enriquez online security privacy social media TED Books TEDTalks twitter virtual shadows 'At concerts, lighters once swayed in the air during poignant moments, the audience belting out lyrics together in a moment of catharsis. Here, a deeper look at the two concepts. MORE >>

Commoncraft has released a new video: "Secure websites in plain English" , which teaches the basics of website security and how to recognize a secure site. An overview of the most common security threats. How to recognize a secure connection. In which situations security is most important. MORE >>

Technology Juan Enriquez online security privacy social media technology TED2013 '“I’m not arguing that this stuff shouldn’t exist,” says Juan Enriquez. The Boston-based entrepreneur and many-time TED speaker  is mulling the impact of social media and new technology in an interview with the TED Blog yesterday. Enriquez is not arguing that Ms. MORE >>

'Some staff picks of smart, funny, bizarre and cool stuff on the interwebs this week: Super-duper useful mandatory homework: Get a secure password now. As xkcd explains , most people’s approach to secure passwords (a word bastardized with “random” capital letters and punctuation that’s difficult to remember) is wrong. MORE >>

When there’s a security issue, they wouldn’t robocall people and ask them to provide personal information. They would robocall people and ask them to call the number on the back of their cards. They would put people’s photographs on their credit cards. MORE >>