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What happens when you 'signup with facebook'?

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On many websites nowadays you will find the buttons of signing up or logging in using FACEBOOK, or GOOGLE or TWITTER, etc displayed. But what really happens when you signup using tech giants like Google or twitter or facebook? Today I will explain to you in simple terms. If you are having an account with facebook or google or twitter, they have some basic information about you. This information is like your name, your profile picture, your email address and probably your phone number. Before I proceed, allow me to explain an important term here: API-Application Programming Interface. API in layman's language is a way of sharing information between applications. Facebook has the information I enumerated above about you stored in their database and this website/application you're trying to signup to needs that information about you. So, an API acts as a messenger. Facebook/Google/Twitter, etc have an API that shares information about you on your consent. When you click on si...

Should you go to school to study software development or not? and between IT, Computer Science, and Software Engineering, which one should you take? Software Engineers talk

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My friend has a degree in computer science but as we speak he forgot how to write a 'hello world' program. (the Simplest program you can write in any computer programming language). When I say I am a software developer yet I didn't take computer science he thinks I am FULL OF MYSELF...haha He may be right but where am I driving at? I have severally told any student I have had a chance to advise that compared to other courses, software development is quite a different thing! Universities and colleges will teach you computer science and IT and software engineering but NO University or college will teach you to become software developer! Hate me or love me...This does not mean I am against someone studying. Study and earn that degree or diploma or whatever it is. But take your time to learn how to write advanced programs. In school, you will be told to write programs that do simple things but remember this is not the case in the real world. In the real world, you write p...

What the School Didn’t teach you about BUSINESS

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Chapter 1 – Your Brain Is Your Certificate Pg.5 Chapter 2 – School Wastes Our Most Precious Time Pg.14 Chapter 3 – School is Outdated Pg.20 Chapter 4 – Job Security is a Lie Pg.28 Chapter 5 – You Can’t be Truly Rich as an Employee Pg.31 Chapter 6 – You don’t need the Government or any Employer Pg.34 Chapter 7 – You can be an Entrepreneur Pg.37 Chapter 8 – Differentiate yourself for Business Success Pg.46 Chapter 9 – You Can’t See Money With Your Two Eyes Pg.52 Chapter 10 – You Can’t Be Rich With Your Two Hands Pg.57 Chapter 11 – You can’t Be Rich Working For Money Pg.61 Chapter 12 – Life is Red and Green Pg.64 Chapter 13 – School The Smartest Deceiver I Have Ever Seen   FREE DOWNLOAD

Cybersecurity/Ethical hacking

If you open the browser of your choice and key in: Cases of hacking in Kenya , you will be hit by the following sad news: Police bust ring of bank hackers involved in multi-million thefts in … nairobinews.nation.co.ke/…/police-bust-ring-bank-hackers-involved-multi-million-the… Mar 9, 2017 – The ex-officer, who once worked for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations before he was dismissed in 2012, was described as an IT guru, and has several pending cases. The arrest of the hackers comes at a time tightly-held cybercrime records indicate that Kenyan private and public sectors lost Sh10 … Hackers steal Sh 30billion from Kenya’s financial institutions :: Kenya … https://www.standardmedia.co.ke › Business › Sci & Tech Mar 9, 2017 – NAIROBI, KENYA: Financial institutions lost a staggering Sh30 billion to cyber criminals who hacked their systems in the last two years. Records obtained by detectives show the institutions lost Sh17 billion last year and Sh14 billion in 2015. ...

what does hackers plant into your computer before accessing your data??

Malicious Programs Malicious computer programs, also known as “malware”, are programs that are designed to harm computers or networks. Here are the main categories of malware: • Adware -This kind of malware isn’t dangerous. It won’t crash your computer or steal your information. However, you will see countless advertisements while using your computer. Read also: CyberSecurity/Ethical Hacking Read more

TECHNOLOGY

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Software for your Business, Computer, laptop, desktop... Available Software 1.Statistics: SPSS ( Statistical package for social sciences) 2.Accounting Software (Quick Books) 3. Computer Operating Systems : windows vista, windows xp, Windows 7, windows 8.1, windows 10 Microsoft office: from Microsoft office 2000, Microsoft office 2003, Microsoft office 2007, Microsoft office 2010, Microsoft office 2016 Editing Software: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, coral draw, adobe illustrator and any other