How spyware nearly sent a teacher to prison
By: Robert McMillan – IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)(NA) (28 Nov 2008)
Julie Amero faced 40 years behind bars for allegedly exposing her students to inappropriate images on her classroom computer. Read about her four year ordeal and how anti-malware company exec helped her get a guilty verdict overturned
Here are my favorite tools for working with Craigslist:
Here’s an excellent guide to searching Google featuring Matt Cutts, a senior engineer at Google. The video starts out with a number of well-known tips but quickly gets to some stuff that I didn’t know Google could do. Even if you’re an expert, this is a good 5 minute course on getting the most out of Google.
Federated search engines simultaneously search multiple online databases or web resources. The federated search paradigm evolved due to the vast number of online databases and other web resources that now populate the deep Web. The large volume of data that constitutes the deep Web is invisible to traditional Internet search engines.
An example of a federated search engine is Biznar, which searches blogs, news, government and business sources. It has some good sources, which are visible if you click on source status. Many of these sources are not indexed by search engines such as Google. However, it’s phrase searching could be improved as it doesn’t seem to translate a phrase search you input at the Web interface into a true phrase search for some sources searched.
Being a professional Investigator entails dealing with troublesome people. To be successful, you must recognise the various sub-types of these annoying creatures and learn to deal with them. Beware, they might be co-workers or your boss. I suggest you read the books in the order presented.
Sutton’s [asa link]0446526568[/asa] grew from a famous article in the Harvard Business Review and expounds upon an irrefutable fact: the workplace is plagued with assholes. Assholes deliberately belittle co-workers and focus their aggression on the less powerful. They decrease productivity, force qualified employees to quit, and harm a business’s prospects.
It is extremely important for PI’s to recognise the asshole in his native habitat. If the asshole is in your company, then you have to consider how he or she will affect your earnings. PI’s in Canada are generally paid a portion of the hourly billing plus mileage and expenses. An asshole in charge can really drag down your earnings.
Ringer’s [asa link]1590770358[/asa] was originally titled, Winning Through Intimidation. This has been a best seller for over 30 years for a reason. It details the methods the business people use to intimidate people with whom they conduct business. Don’t spend a red cent on any expensive courses at Screw U – get this book instead.
Babiak and Hare’s [asa link]0061147893[/asa] is about the successful psychopath. The successful psychopath wants money, power, or just a fancy car, and he knows how to get it from you. This book isn’t about clones of Hannibal Lecter, it’s about psychopaths being attracted to the high-risk high-profit areas of our capitalist economy. This is a must-read for the Investigator. It will help you recognise psychopathic behaviours in the environment where you will most often encounter these behaviours.
Hare’s previous book, [asa link]1572304510[/asa] explains that psychopaths are neither sociopaths nor psychotics. Psychopaths are people who are well aware of the difference between right and wrong, but choose to ignore the distinction. It is also important to understand that the “psychopath” and “antisocial personality disorder” (a psychiatric term defined by a cluster of criminal behaviors) are not the same thing. Not all psychopaths are criminals and not all criminals are psychopaths.
The final chapter, “A Survival Guide,” is especially important as psychopaths are found in every segment of society, and there is a good chance that you will encounter them regularly as an Investigator.