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Congratulations to Colleen Alaimo, IT Manager with Excella, for her SaaSOps Star Award nomination! Colleen is a fearless automator, working cross-functionally to improve efficiency across the organization. To date, Colleen hasn't found a task she couldn't automate. SaaSOps Stars winners will be announced at Altitude 2019. Nominate an individual or team and join us in SF for two days of great content with current and future CIOs! | | | Samsung, Huawei, LG, and Sony Phones Vulnerable to Rogue 'Provisioning' Messages | | ZDNet | Fake phone provisioning messages can allow hackers to hijack email or web traffic from legitimate devices. Hackers can fake a special kind of SMS message that usually comes from mobile operators and trick users into modifying device settings, and, as a result, re-route their email or web traffic through a malicious server. | | Google Has Secret Webpages That Feed Your Personal Data to Advertisers, Report Says | | CNET | New evidence submitted for an investigation into Google's collection of personal data in the European Union reportedly accuses the search giant of stealthy sending your personal user data to advertisers. The company allegedly relays this information to advertisers using hidden webpages, allowing it to circumvent EU privacy regulations. | | Google Calendar Will Guess Your Working Hours and Warn Colleagues | | Engadget | Google Calendar's Working Hours feature has been around for a while, letting you inform others when you'll be around for meetings and when you're unavailable. Previously, you'd have had to activate it through the app's settings, but now it'll be enabled by default, displaying an estimate of your work day availability based on previous appointments (which you can tweak if they're not quite right). | | Google Can’t Fix the Android Update Problem | | The Verge | Android 10 is official and as of this writing it’s only available on a very small number of phones: Pixels and a few others. Here's a quick preview: it’s good, does a better job of protecting your privacy, but none of that matters if you can’t get a phone that runs it. |
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