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| | | | | Firefox 72 Arrives With Fingerprinting Blocked by Default, Picture-in-Picture on macOS and Linux | | VentureBeat | Mozilla yesterday launched Firefox 72 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Firefox 72 includes fingerprinting scripts blocked by default, fewer annoying notifications, and Picture-in-Picture video on macOS and Linux. There isn’t too much else here, as Mozilla has now transitioned Firefox releases to a four-week cadence (from six to eight weeks). | | How to Think About SaaSOps Security: It All Starts with User Interactions | | BetterCloud Monitor | At the heart of SaaSOps is the concept of user interactions—i.e., how people are using SaaS apps, which is what IT must ultimately secure. Here’s a quick dive into user interactions. | | I’m a Hacker, and Here’s How Your Social Media Posts Help Me Break Into Your Company | | Fast Company | Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, the chief people hacker at IBM X-Force Red, shows exactly how easily your innocent shares can give hackers the keys to your company’s kingdom of data. | | The Google Assistant Will Finally Let You Schedule Actions for Later | | The Verge | Google has announced all of the capabilities it’s adding to the Assistant. It’s a grab bag of things—ranging from making privacy options more accessible to improved device setup to making voice calls easier to place—and what will matter to you will depend entirely on what kind of stuff you do with your smart speaker or Android phone. And as usual with Google, most of these features are not going to be available right away, but instead later in the year. |
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| | | How to Get to Inbox Zero Today | | Lifehacker | Taking some time away from your many electronic devices can provide a much needed reset. But sometimes coming back can feel even worse than not having that break at all. In particular, your inbox now looks like something from a digital version of Hoarders: Buried Alive. Luckily, there’s a way out of that packed inbox, and you can do it before the end of the day. Jen Dziura shows the path to email enlightenment. | | How to Make a 4-day Workweek Really Work | | Fast Company | Encouraging greater employee well-being continues to be a difficult path for employers to navigate. Many companies chase lightning in a bottle by continuing to offer catchy perks such as Margarita Mondays, on-site yoga classes, or, my personal favorite, nap pods. Most recently, Microsoft did an experiment in its Japan office with a four-day workweek to improve work-life balance for its employees. This is an admirable step signaling that some employers are acknowledging the need for well-being. However, in order to make these efforts successful long-term, employers need to look beyond perks to create a lasting impact on the lives of employees and drive better business results. |
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| | | New Controls for Displaying Sender Attribution for Shared Mailboxes | | G Suite Updates | Google is adding new controls for how the “Sender Attribution for Shared Mailboxes” is displayed. Currently, sender attribution is always enabled—this will remain the default setting unless disabled by the admin or the end user. For end users, there’s a new setting in Gmail where you can specify what information is included in the email header of messages sent by delegates. For admins, there’s a new setting in the admin console that allows you to hide all attribution for shared mailboxes in your domain or organizational unit (OU). This will override and disable the user setting in Gmail. |
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