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Is Your Website Secure? Websites Hacked Report Review

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When the phone rang after 5pm on a Thursday evening a couple years ago, I hesitated to take the call.

I don’t usually answer phone calls after hours, but I recognized the phone number was from one of my clients. A client I rarely hear from.

I answered the phone, and quickly learned my client’s site had been hacked. It was their busiest time of the year, and they couldn’t afford to have the site down. Could I fix it?

Uh oh. What happened? After a short talk with my client, I set to work. Continue reading Is Your Website Secure? Websites Hacked Report Review

Delicious, the Social Bookmarking Service, is Bought and Shut Down

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After being neglected by its owners for more than a year, Pinboard bought Delicious and will shutter the site. On June 15, 2017, the Delicious site will change to read-only.

Delicious users won’t be able to save any new bookmarks, but will be able to export their bookmarks.

Read on for more background about my experience with Delicious in 2016, their lack of communication, and what I believe they could have done to maintain the loyalty of their users.

In early February 2016, I couldn’t log in to Delicious, the online social bookmarking site. I figured it was my Internet connection, and I would check later in the day.

I have thousands of bookmarks on Delicious, accumulated since the mid 2000’s, on web design, accessibility, user experience. All kinds of bookmarks to sites, tips, and blogs, that I use weekly. And I regularly add to the bookmarks.

So, when I checked Delicious later in the day and I still couldn’t log in, I began to get concerned. Continue reading Delicious, the Social Bookmarking Service, is Bought and Shut Down

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