There be Dragon(flys)

I've always been fascinated by dragonflys. They are amazing insects. John Limb, CTO at Braintrace, shares that fascination, having named his cutting-edge network traffic analysis tool after the insect. Dragonfly "takes the fight against malware to the next level." If you are interested in viewing a demo of Dragonfly, Braintrace will be hosting a live demo on September 25, at 12:00 PM EDT. Read more at Dragonfly Takes Flight

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When will it end?

The collection of five authors (Sarun Charumilind, Matt Craven, Jessica Lamb, Adam Sabow, and Matt Wilson) attempt to answer the question we all want answered. They first break it down into two parts, the epidemiological end point and the end of the social and economic upheaval we live. They write, "The two ends are related, of course, but not linearly. At the latest, the transition to normal will come when herd immunity is reached. But in regions with strong public-health responses, normalcy can likely come significantly before the epidemiological end of the pandemic." Make some time to read more at McKinsey & Company Blog: When will the COVID-19 pandemic end?

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Going private

The list starts off with my favorite, DuckDuckGo, and ends with Firefox Focus. It includes Startpage, which doesn't use its own index, but rather "allows users to obtain Google Search results while protecting their data." That can be a major plus, because often the other privacy indexes are not as complete as the major players. To see more privacy browsers, read more at BLEEPINGCOMPUTER: Guard your data with these privacy-focused search engines & browsers

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Spiral of silence

This post really resonated with me in two major ways: my work life and my association life. Shane Parrish writes, "Our desire to fit in with others means we don't always say what we think. We only express opinions that seem safe." One of my great manager moments has always been when I can get someone new to take a stance opposite mine or disagree with me. It indeed means that they do feel comfortable and secure in their role. The second has been when a small faction inside an organization rise to power and create an environment where free opinions cannot be expressed. The first you want to achieve and the second you want to prevent or break when you find it. Find out how the spiral of silence works and how to discover what people really think by reading more at Farnam Street: The Spiral of Silence

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Jeffrey Brandt, Editor

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