Apple vs the FBI & the effect on SaaS

Matt/ February 20, 2016/ Salesforce, Technology

If you’re not following the current battle between Apple and the FBI, you probably should be. Long story short, the FBI wants access to the iPhone belonging to one of the deceased shooters from the San Bernardino incident, and they’ve secured a court order from the United States District Court of California to this effect.

15 vs 18 digit keys in Salesforce – What gives?

Matt/ February 12, 2016/ Salesforce

Something I’m consistently surprised to see is the misunderstanding around the two different types of keys in Salesforce.  Every record has two keys: a 15-digit, case-insensitive key, and an 18-digit case-sensitive key.