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An interesting commentary about cloud office applications.

It is reported that the iPhone’s Siri interface can bypass your phone’s security.  There is apparently a fix for this.   You can read the article here.

An interesting article on federal concerns about migrating their data to the cloud due to cyber attacks:  https://tiny.cc/ghnt8

In my 33 years of working with various technologies we go through this phase a lot.  We see the promise of a new technology.  We see the marketing hype about the technology.  We see some very good things about the new technology.  Then there are the inevitable growing pains as the new technology matures.

The laws governing electronic communications are very antiquated.   Many do not provide the Constitutional protections afforded to physical searches.   This article discusses the California Governor allowing warrantless cell phone searches to continue.

Verizon and VMware are addressing the issue of having a “personal” phone and then having a separate “work” phone.  With this new technology you will be able to have one phone with two totally separate and distinct phones inside.  One is your phone managed by you.

Cool facts about Office: 750M people use Office worldwide. It’s installed on 1B computers & every version of Office has #MSWord.

https://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/06/united-nations-wikileaks-internet-human-rights/38526/

https://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/president-barack-obama-order-bolster-classifi

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/the-clouds-my-mom-cleaned-my-room-problem/245648/