Ericka Chickowski

Tech journalist and freelance business writer. Covering where biz meets tech: cybersecurity, DevOps & digital transformation.

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@UbisoftSupport How the heck do I get a refund for #JustDance2024. This game is garbage. It crashes every time we try to play through a song and I have tried every troubleshooting suggestion online. I tried starting a case and your support site gave me an error, too! Ugh.

[Adversa AI @Adversa_AI]

Europe's Pioneering AI Regulations, AI’s data problem and Strengthening AI Regulation for Safety and Accountability in our weekly digest.
Credits: Matt Sutherland, Yasmina YAKIMOVA, @JanneOjamo, @riptari, @ErickaChick
#SecureAI #TrustedAI #AdversarialAI
https://t.co/5Lpw7Bkd1O

[ReversingLabs @ReversingLabs]

@CISAgov is creating a new office to better operationalize cyber supply chain risk management (C-SCRM). @ErickaChick shares the latest on what we can expect from the office. https://t.co/3176kU713g

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

Opsec slip-up tips researchers off to yet another Lazarus Group campaign--this one against healthcare, energy supply chains #cybersecurity #hacking
https://t.co/CQvsukhTDs

[Dark Reading @DarkReading]

7 Hidden Social Media Cyber Risks for Enterprises https://t.co/BC1icRMGbk by @ErickaChick

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@crashappsec @pelotons_cc There's a fight for OWASP relevance going on-this is from my interview of founder Mark Curphey on why he wants back in the group and his manifesto for modernizing OWASP's approach to #appsec. Hint: it's all about the #developers
https://t.co/OmsPtUPrdq

[Dark Reading @DarkReading]

Happy Cybersecurity Awareness Month:
7 IoT Devices That Make Security Pros Cringe https://t.co/tGpqncKlHP by @ErickaChick #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

It is #WorldPasswordDay. Here’s the most timely advice on corporate password policies. https://t.co/hAPrrOadxu

[Deborah Lynn Blumberg @dlblumberg]

Kicking off #SmallBiz month w/ a thank you & humble request for @kyrstensinema @SenMarkKelly @MarkWarner. Appreciate you standing up for #SmallBusiness & not supporting #PROAct w/ harmful #ABCTest. Please stay strong & continue to legislate for ALL Americans. #FightforFreelancers

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@amycrea @MWPexplains Amy, orders of magnitudes more than that. Millions. This shill will keep yapping and mansplaining about how we solo women business owners just need to lay down and submit to have what’s best for us be inflicted upon us. But I’ll keep standing and fighting if you will, too.

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

There is a simple answer for misclassification of independent contractors. Please continue to withhold support for #PROAct until it can be amended to use the existing language from the IRS Test for worker classification instead of the devastating #ABCTest.
#NoPROAct

#NoABCforUSA

[Brittany VanDerBill @6135Britt]

If worker misclassification is wrong then lawmakers shouldn’t do it to anyone. The ABC Test in the #PROAct misclassifies legitimate independent contractors as employees in federal law #fightforfreelancers
@kyrstensinema
@captmarkkelly
@senangusking
@Sen_JoeManchin
@SenatorWarner

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@Meena_Thiru It is so nice to not have to cater to someone else’s cultural or personal notions of whether time away from work is warranted. As an independent contractor I take time off based on what is important to *me*. A client doesn’t like it? We part ways and I keep working for others.

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@MWPexplains

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@MWPexplains 😂 modern? ABC is a test written for factory workers in an era where remote work was science fiction.

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@genemarks @SenateDems @SenateGOP 4/ That’s why I really liked this OpEd about the cognitive dissonance of legislators rallying to save SMBs with PPP and simultaneously pushing the ABC Test https://t.co/txLkE3KRUZ

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

Senators, please don't clothe oppression in the cloaks of false righteousness. #PROAct as written will hurt the most vulnerable: single moms, people with disabilities, those caring for elders, minorities who can't catch a break in the corporate rat race. #NoABCforUSA

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@genemarks @SenateDems @SenateGOP 3/ Soon they aren’t micro anymore but full fledged SMB employers. Killing micro businesses and limiting how they operate before they can ‘graduate’ to SMB will stunt our economy in 5–10 years. #NoPROAct #FightForFreelancers

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

@MWPexplains I’m not a worker. I’m a business owner. And there should be easy ways for me to be able to define myself as such in the eyes of the law. The IRS test is the gold standard for this. I keep my biz and it is rigorous enough to protect permalancers and other non-biz owners.

[Ericka Chickowski @ErickaChick]

I make far more as an independent contractor than I would as an employee of any of my clients. As do many women of color like me. #PROAct destroys paths to success for women, people of color, as well as those with disabilities, caring for elders and more. #NoPROAct.

[Karon Warren @karonwarren]

#fightforfreelancers has no problem w/employees forming a union.
But #PROAct ABC Test can't tell the difference between them & an independent translator or writer earning $65k.

#NoPROAct #NoABCforUSA
@kyrstensinema
@captmarkkelly
@senangusking
@Sen_JoeManchin
@SenatorWarner