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Credit to Author: David Morte| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 08:08:54 +0000

What are your biggest operational worries? If your first thought was “equipment failure,” you’re not alone. Equipment is at the heart of business operations and failure can not only affect… Read more »

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August 31, 2017 admin

One big lesson from the Essential smartphone email fiasco

Credit to Author: John Brandon| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:52:00 -0700

The term “improperly configured” is a real plague on the IT landscape.

It can refer to a firewall protecting an enterprise; it can create problems on a web server. For one newly minted smartphone company, it can also look pretty embarrassing.

Essential phone recently sent out an email to customers asking for proof of identity. This request was a little odd in the first place–who does that anymore? The email basically asked customers to send a picture of a photo identification or passport by email. From a security standpoint, that’s a bit like asking people to text your credit card number to a hacker.

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