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Data leakage via discarded hard drives …
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“Did you know that there’s most likely a hard disk in your office copier and that it stores every image? #wheresyouroldcopier ?
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“Crikey! RT @mikejulietbravo: Did you know that there’s a hard disk in your office copier and it stores every image? #wheresyouroldcopier ?
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“@mikejulietbravo @GabrielleNYC heard about this but never took it serious. does the smaller 4-in-1 printer scanner copier also have HD?
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That tip about the COPIER is a shock to many … many never even thought that the copier had a HD in it. Think of all the things you’ve ever copied! Where are those images now?
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“TIPS: Selling/dumping a computer? Take the disk out. New ones are cheap. : Replacing a copier? Get certificate of destruction for hard disk
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“If you want a data-hit – go to your local rubbish tip and look at the Hard Disks of the abandoned PCs. Oodles of it there. #DATAIDIOTS
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“.@lucyinldn : the scrapyard is the collecting hovel for much of the world’s data eh?
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Some comments about how people “in the know” deal with the disk matter ….
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“@mikejulietbravo I use a 7lb lump hammer to securely dispose of old hard drives!! Gets rid of aggression too!!
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“@mikejulietbravo I never throw hard drives away, too much data stored on them, that most people think they have deleted, but they have not.
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“@mikejulietbravo I take great pleasure in taking a hammer and screwdriver to them 🙂 Safety goggles a must!
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“@mikejulietbravo Extract & physically destroy. Club-hammer & stone-chisel. “Now *that’s* a proper re-format…” Great fun!
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“TIPS: two things need pointing out on data destruction: 1) when you think you might have wiped the data, you probably haven’t. And …..
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“#datadestruction … 2) – Smashing the drive to smithereens is almost a complete solution to the dilemma, with ashes scattered at sea 🙂
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“@mikejulietbravo “Delete” doesn’t erase data, only the directory entry. Full format required, and even then, Ghosts can be left, can be read
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“@mikejulietbravo Molten Metal is the only true hard drive data destruction
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“@mikejulietbravo @spritzdekor Perhaps, but did you make a backup ? Need to destroy these too!
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“@garethbrown : I’m assuming we are keeping the data and trashing the device in all of this 🙂
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I asked David Byrne if he’d heard of a company with a technology similar to one of his own, based in New England …
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“@mikejulietbravo no don’t know them. I like these guys http://t.co/hRcKp931
Tip up with a truck that has a grinder in the back. HDD = dust -
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Lets keep this rolling and see if we can add to the “crowdnous” – it’s useful for the novice and it brings those “in the know” together.Tweet me @mikejulietbravo with hashtag #datadead
Klout – the Krowd Kicked Off!
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“Klout to update algorithm, launch score insights tomorrow http://t.co/JuTTUfPp RT @joefernandez via @TNWapps
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Klout to update algorithm, launch score insights tomorrow
26th October 2011 by Drew Olanoff Like them or not, Klout has been around for three years and is continuing its quest to become the stand… -
I was aware that something was afoot and checked the score from my iPhone while travelling ….
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“Just took a look at my Klout score – the new algorithm has whacked 19 points off the number! They found me out at last!!
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“RT @klout: Want to know how much Klout Scores changed in our new release? We’ve added a distribution to our post http://t.co/aZDac9BG
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A More Accurate, Transparent Klout Score « Measuring Online Influence: The Official Klout Blog
Today we’re releasing a new scoring model with insights to help you understand changes in your influence. This project represents the big… -
“The majority of users’ Klout Scores stay the same or go up. See the distribution here: http://t.co/T1mM5MMl
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“If I was being employed based on Klout score – I’m 20 % less employable than this morning. Some smoothing of differentials wd’ve worked :-))
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“@mikejulietbravo Luckily you are not, and even more luckily, the dynamics that make Klout important don’t seem to exist in other places.
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“@JoeFernandez Hey Joe, thanks for your note. I’m all for the change if it ensures and protects the integrity of the scoring algorithm
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So – this is an opprtunity for the competition to “dig in”, but the main one @Peerindex – decides that discretion is the better part of valour and comments thus:
Don’t worry. Be circumspect (and happy)
Our Twitter stream has been abuzz with people complaining about how Klout, a company measuring social influence, changed its scoring methodology last night.
As another player in a similar space, we can speak from some experience when we say to consumers: ‘Don’t worry too much’. -
“#klout – On matter of scoring & rating systems @azeem of #peerindex wrote “Don’t worry. Be circumspect (and happy)” – http://t.co/AJHJLPZO
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So – looking around my own Tweetstream for appropriate comment, what did I find … ?
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“@mikejulietbravo and how Klout offers those perks is cynical if @ikepigott ‘s exp is typical http://t.co/sjOOPBXP
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Clout is in the Eye of the Beholder
Clout is an important thing to have. Klout can be a fun thing to have. Clout is the ability to influence, and get things done. Klout purp… -
“@mikejulietbravo I tend to find that my Klout score is heavily based on how many tweets I have done this week, thats not very scientific.
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“Wonder what the aggregate #Klout score of the St Paul’s occupiers is? 666 perhaps?
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“RT @OccupyKlout: We can’t stand idly by while #Klout downgrades AMERICA. #OccupyKlout
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“Klout’s scoring changes incite a riot of complaints http://t.co/KlDsxEEX via @zite >> it’s work in progress and it’ll settle down later 🙂
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So – what’s my view?
My own view is quite calm, though being frank, as a Social Pro with a business stream riding on my reputation – I wish these guys would be a little less clumsy in their implementations.
AND though I do think that these measurements are a bit dodgy sometimes – I know that as the Social Ecosphere is used for marketing purposes, just like the press, there will inevitably be some metrics for volume, target market and quality.
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“All of these scoring systems are work in progress though – I support their use. Just like ABC ratings for journals. Some measure #Klout
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“@mikejulietbravo they always will be a work in progress because they are flawed in many ways and it rates a fast moving ever changing thing.
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The Facebook Factor.
My Facebook account was already connected to Klout, though it isn’t a place that I use for much in my current model of Social Business interaction.But I think the feeling exists that the algorithm change swung the measure in favour of Facebook and away from Twitter as the dominant measured transaction flow.
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“The urban view is that #Klout has decided to weight in favour of Facebook, which sounds possible. FB is not my place really.
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“Now that would be disappointing for me RT @mikejulietbravo The urban view is #Klout decided to weight in favour of Facebook.
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“I just connected my @klout account with Facebook. Connect and see how your @klout improves! http://t.co/m9w6w1bG
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“@mikejulietbravo I’ll have to carefully seperate any business from friends and family on Facebook. It may be easier to devalue klout
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Does it matter anyway …?
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“Should you care how high your Klout score is? http://t.co/3r6KabeW via @zite
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“@mikejulietbravo I got a boost on this account..but down 9 points on @greenabode Re. privacy, check this http://t.co/pHBQnivh
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And there appears to be a #PRIVACY concern rearing its head, which I’ve yet to fully understand …
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“RT @jkcallas: Is Klout Using Our Family to Violate Our Privacy? http://t.co/El6yP1Mh #facebook #klout #privacy
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Privacy Fail: Klout Has Gone Too Far.
Klout – and influence measurement in general – has always been a controversial topic. How do you define influence? How do you measure it?… -
“@mikejulietbravo Klout is getting worse & major privacy concerns kicking off – I’m done with it
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So – is Klout on its way out?
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““@seanEclark: Is Klout On The Way Out? http://t.co/dJXmWvml via @jkcallas” <~ @mikejulietbravo
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“.@garydickenson : I think Klout has bungled this latest episode. It may well hurt it, though I doubt that it’s fatal.
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“Klout endangered more reputations than it enhanced the other day. When I was in forecasting & stats biz, the big word was smoooothing 🙂
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“Social metrics are guides, not rules yet. Insight from @azeem on @klout kerfuffle: http://t.co/2KlCbp5m (via @allanschoenberg & @jangles)
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To wrap up … I’m in favour of these measurement systems.
They have to develop.
There are going to be many in the short and medium term, coming down to just a few that matter in the longer term.
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Klout and Peerindex have gone through these “adjustments” before, with scores lurching around while they “tune” the algorithms. This one from Klout, though was radical enough to shake the tree quite a lot. It’ll settle down and over time balance will be restores, I think.Now …I’m off to find out what happened to that Kred thingy that I signed up for a few weeks back 🙂 Happy scoring!@mikejulietbravo #klout
RT @oxfordgirl: Today’s protes in video – unconfirmed http://bit.ly/13jgj7 #iranelection #iran #gr88
RT @cnnbrk: British embassy staff arrested in Iran, Foreign Office confirms http://bit.ly/6jjnP #iranelection
“Brown is one of the most inefficient politicians of England who has witnessed cases of financial corruption in his cabinet …
and has moved his country towards collapse and destruction…”Who said that? – go check out http://order-order.com … Guido Fawkes’ blog
@philhart … Its brewing up in the UK media. Radio 4 Question Time Friday night – News this morning. I’ll ping you some stuff later in day.
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