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Author: jgamblin
Twitter added a photo tagging feature today and like Facebook decided to have the default setting to allow anyone to tag you.
For your own saftey you should change it to this:
The steps to do this are easy:
1) Login to Twitter.com
2) Go to the Settings tab.
3) Go to the Security tab.
4) Under Photo Tagging click “Do not allow anyone to tag me in photos”.
5) Scroll to the bottom of the page and Click “Save changes”
6) Enter your password to save your changes.
My favorite conference asked the following question this morning:
#44CON QOTW: If you could watch two hacker films the night before 44CON what would they be? Just erm asking
— 44CON (@44CON)
My answer was the noncontroversial WarGames and the controversial The Goonies.
My friend Steve Lord asks the question that inspired this blog post:
@JGamblin @44CON is the goonies a hacker film?
— Fake Steve Lord (@stevelord) March 24, 2014
Why yes it is. Please let me explain:
Gooines: A group of working class families are being evicted from their houses to make room for an expansion of a country club.
Hacking: 
Goonies: 
Hacking: 
Goonies: 
Hacking: Data was the original hardware hacker. Any security conference you attend will have at least one talk of someone hacking non security related hardware.
Goonies:
Hacking: The Fratellis are basically a group of blackhat hackers who think they are a smarter than they really are and can be easily defeated by a group of teenagers.
Goonies:
Hacking: The hacking community is basically built on taking a group of socially awkward people and forming tight knit and caring communities.
If you aren’t training new leaders you are on autopilot and you won’t succeed.
Today I had a “Classic Jerry” moment and had a pen explode as I was spinning it around in a meeting.
This was the aftermath: 
Afterwards I post the exact same same stats to my FaceBook and Twitter account:
“My pen broke while I spinning it around in a meeting it ruined my shirt and got ink all over my face.”
The reactions couldn’t have been more different.
On twitter I get made fun of:
and on Facebook I get tips on how to remove the stain:
I had a chance last night to speak to the Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association about social media and social media security.
My opening question was simple:
What does social media and hammers have in common?
The two main points of my talk were the following:
My first point was:
You wouldn’t give your 13 year old a box of nails and hammer and tell them to go build something without first showing them how to properly use a hammer. This means as parents you are going to need to know the difference between a snapchat and an instagram. The days of being able to say “I dont do that internet thing” are over.
My second point was:
According to the FBI 2011 496 people were killed by hammers. It was terrible and tragic misuse of the tool. The way to fix that isn’t to ban hammers. This applies to social media also. There are tons of tragic cases about when people misuse social media but that shouldn’t stop you from letting your child use this very important communication tool.
This was one of the favorite groups I have talked to all year. These people all have amazingly loving hearts for kids and want to do what is best for them. It was great to talk to a group of such involved parents.
Can you name 5 people who are better at your job than you are?
I was asked this question earlier today and after trying to convince myself that “no one is better than I am” I took 5 minutes and wrote out a list of people who are better at my job than I am.
If you could ask them 5 questions what would they be?
This wasn’t as hard and I came up with these 5 pretty quick:
What drives you?
What is the first thing you do when you get to the office?
How do you manage work and life balance?
What books have influenced your career that most?
What was your biggest failure and what did you learn from it?
Now it is your turn: Can you name 5 people who are better at your job than you are? If you could ask them 5 questions what would they be?
The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.