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Alarming comments force Mobile County public schools into enhanced security measures
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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -Clint Bernard is the man that the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says made some alarming comments that forced Mobile County Public Schools into a code orange this morning.
“This particular subject had made some comments that were of a safety concern with regard to Mobile County Public School campuses,” said MCPSS Director of Safety and Security Andy Gatewood.
The sheriff’s office says Bernard was seen at a school back in March and made some alarming comments to people on campus. Nobody was able to identify him until a family member called the sheriff’s office on Friday when Bernard once again made concerning comments. Bernard was taken to a hospital voluntarily before checking himself out this morning prompting the sheriff’s office to notify the school system.
“They were not 100% sure where he was located earlier this morning,” said Gatewood.
As a precaution, all schools across the county were put under a secure perimeter meaning all outside doors were locked and all outside activities were put on hold. A letter went out to administrators telling them to secure the schools but word got out before parents were notified.
“When we do that students may recognize that they’re not able to go outside for P.E. and they start texting mom and dad,” said Rena Philips.
Rena Philips with the school system says parents were notified shortly after schools were secured and that the secured perimeter was just to be on the safe side.
“No specific threat was made to one specific school so we felt like the children were safe,” said Philips.
Bernard was found at his home around 10:00 this morning. Parents we spoke with say they understand the school system’s approach but want more communication in the future.
“If you’re at work you can’t go to your social media you need to know. Even if they leave a message on the cell phone you need to know what’s going on,” said a parent.
The sheriff’s office says Bernard was escorted to a probate hearing at the request of his family but he will not face any charges.
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Power and Flexibility Meet Enhanced Security in the 2-in-1 Built for Professionals – Samsung Global Newsroom
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With the power and security to back your biggest moves, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 is a 2-in-1 notebook that gives creatives and professionals the flexibility they need to take on every task.
You can harness the series’ smoothest S Pen yet, featuring ultra-low latency for that natural pen-to-paper experience, to put your best ideas on display, and then feel confident presenting your work with the Galaxy Book2 Pro 360’s bright and vivid FDH Super AMOLED Display.
Security on the Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 goes deeper than ever, with secured-core PC certification for peace of mind wherever you work, and the newest 12th-generation Intel® Core™ processor to enable your smoothest workflows yet.
Featuring the best camera and audio yet seen in a Galaxy Book device for bringing your video calls and interviews to life, the Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 provides mobility, security, performance and seamless device connectivity, making it Samsung’s most powerful notebook ever.
Take a look at the infographic below to learn more about the Galaxy Book2 Pro 360.
How to Use Google Chrome’s Enhanced Safety Mode
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As soon as you dip a virtual toe in the online waters, you’re exposing yourself to danger, whether from suspicious links, dodgy downloads, data harvesters, or something else. The good news is that our web browsers have evolved to become more secure and savvy.
If Google Chrome is your browser of choice, you have access to an Enhanced Safe Browsing mode, which you might not be aware of: It’s essentially what it sounds like, an extra layer of protection that you’re able to switch on if you want to be as cautious as possible.
Why wouldn’t it be on by default? Well, when it’s on, you’ll share more data with Google about where you go and what you do online—data that Google says is only kept temporarily before being anonymized, but you can’t be blamed for feeling like you’ve already given Google enough data as it is.
How Enhanced Safe Browsing Works
Enhanced Safe Browsing is for “users who require or want a more advanced level of security while browsing the web,” Google says. For example, it uses what Google knows about past security issues to preemptively block new security threats that might not have been cataloged yet.
More checks will be carried out on extensions you install and downloads you initiate. You’ll get the option to send files flagged as suspicious to Google for further inspection if you’re not sure about them. This might mean waiting a little longer to install something, but this extra caution reduces the risk of getting caught out by malware.
The Enhanced Safe Browsing mode works on top of the security measures already built into Chrome. For example, as standard, the browser checks sites you visit against a list of URLs known to be dangerous—a list that’s updated every 30 minutes. Turn on the additional security protections, and Chrome uses machine learning models to recognize bad sites even if they’re not on the latest list.
Google says Enhanced Safe Browsing is also better able to thwart hacking attempts against your Google account by monitoring a broader range of signals. By default, it’ll also check to see if your email addresses and passwords are included in any data breaches leaked out on the…