Digital Decorum: A TechGents Blog
Deepfake Voice Scams Are a Wire Transfer Risk in Springfield
A phone call that sounds exactly like your boss asking for an urgent wire transfer. It's not paranoia, it's a documented national fraud pattern, and small businesses in Springfield are exactly the kind of target these scams are built for. Here's what the scam looks like, and the one verification habit that shuts it down.
What the BIPA Ruling Means for Springfield Businesses
For two years, Illinois businesses using biometric time clocks or door access didn't know whether a 2024 damages cap applied to them. A federal appeals court just settled that question. Here's what changed, and what it means for a Sangamon County business using this kind of technology.
FISA Section 702 Is Expiring: What It Means for Your Business
A federal surveillance law is expiring this month, and the debate around it touches something most small business owners haven't thought about: whether your business communications have already been swept into a government database without a warrant, and what you can realistically do about it.
Why I Ditched My DIY Password System for NordPass
I spent years convinced that a password-protected spreadsheet on a USB drive was a smart, self-reliant system. It wasn't. It was inconvenient, it was less secure than I told myself, and it took a few minor panics to make me admit it. Here's what I switched to and why.