Re: Free Download of Matt Ivester's Book Available Now (until Jan. 30)!

["Tonkin, Derek K." <Derek_Tonkin () BAYLOR EDU>]

John,

Pardon the rant but what is the irony here?

I mean I suppose you were hoping that you could just download an ePub copy, right?  So far as I can tell the author 
hasn't produced the book in that format.

It is Kindle-only which is not my preference but for goodness sakes as "security people" must we always find something 
to complain about?  I'm not sure what privacy concerns you have with Amazon but it didn't take much info at all to 
create an account and download the app (an e-mail address, which doesn't even require verification; a name which you 
can make up; and a password).  What privacy are you giving away, your IP and user-agent?  As a security community we'd 
probably get a lot more traction with our users if we didn't come off as negative, know-it-alls.

Done ranting,

-------------Baylor University-------------
Derek Tonkin
Information Security Analyst
Information Technology Services - Security
derek_tonkin () baylor edu        254-710-7061
---------------Sic 'em Bears---------------

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of John 
Ladwig
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:22 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Free Download of Matt Ivester's Book Available Now (until Jan. 30)!

And, you can't download the free book without logging in to Amazon.   And, near as I can tell, it's Kindle- or 
Kindle-apps-only.

In honor of Data Privacy Day.  

The irony, it drips.

   -jml

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Valerie 
Vogel
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:34 PM
To: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv; John Ladwig
Subject: [SECURITY] Free Download of Matt Ivester's Book Available Now (until Jan. 30)!

Starting today (through January 30), you can download Matt Ivester's book - "lol...OMG! What Every Student Needs to 
Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship, and Cyberbullying" - for free from Amazon in honor of 
Data Privacy Day:
http://www.lolomgbook.com/#!vstc5=ebook

Matt Ivester will also be joining us for a special EDUCAUSE Policy webinar next Monday, January 30, 1-2 pm EST. 
http://www.educause.edu/policy/dataprivacy 

We hope you'll have a chance to read the book and join us for a lively discussion on Monday!
Thanks,
Valerie
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Valerie M. Vogel
Program Manager, EDUCAUSE
office: (202) 331-5374
e-mail: vvogel () educause edu
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