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Privacy: protect it or you’ll lose it
Serial entrepreneur and technology innovation expert Danny Mekić has outspoken views about data protection and privacy. ‘Privacy and security are not each other’s enemies. They go together hand in hand. And without privacy there is no security anyway.’ Danny Mekić was 12 years old when he started working as a volunteer for the newly launched…
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‘Teachers should demand more from their students’
No one can see the future, but young entrepreneur, multidisciplinary expert and frequent, welcome guest in the media Danny Mekić is sure about one thing: Dutch students need to be challenged more. ‘Universities just feel cheap to students.’ 27 year old Mekić is a renaissance man. Successful entrepreneur, consultant to non-profit organisations, media expert, the…
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National cyber shelter keeps DDoS attacks outside the door
Recent DDoS attacks in the Netherlands, targeting banks, the airline KLM and the governmental identity management platform DigiD – each causing substantial financial losses – go to show how much society has come to depend on the internet, and how vulnerable vital websites and services are to this kind of attack, which, technologically speaking, could…
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Internet has made international business so much easier
The internet has made international business so much easier, but it also causes new dilemmas. Internet expert Danny Mekić answers entrepreneurs’ practical questions. A tiny lecture. 1. I’ve made a website in French in order to offer my products on the French market. Does it matter in what country I have it hosted? Yes! There…