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John Simek Mentioned in ABA Journal

March 20, 2019

Recently, Sensei’s John Simek was mentioned in “60 in 60’s top tips covered password security, office shortcuts and a USB drink warmer/chiller” by Jason Tashea with the ABA Journal. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation’s 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Excerpt: Per tradition, ABA Techshow ended with a rapid-fire presentation of 60 novel technologies and tips in 60 minutes that touched on cybersecurity, process improvements and kitschy gadgets.

On the security front, concern for password health was ever-present. Password Checkup and PassProtect are Chrome browser plug-ins that will notify you if your password has been comprised. Office 365 has a feature called Secure Score, which will assess your security posture and recommend improvements. For those with a Chromebook, they can use automatic tethering to guarantee your computer connects to their phone’s hot spot instead of seeking and potentially connecting to an insecure network. Brave Browser has security in mind with integrated ad block, anti-malware and security software.

The presentation was made by Techshow co-chairs Lincoln Mead and John Simek and vice-chairs Catherine Sanders-Reach and Heidi Alexander on Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

While usually promoting neat and novel things for lawyers to use in order to increase their productivity or quality of life, the panel also gave out a recommendation to avoid: Simek cautioned the audience not to use “Do Not Track,” an app that claims to stop websites from tracking you online. According to him, the tool actually leads to increased data collection by sites.

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