by Paul | Feb 8, 2019 | General Blog
This is clever, but assumes a person is wearing shoes with cloth/synthetic laces. I love my elastic sport laces, but they’re not going to help me in my...
by Paul | Feb 7, 2019 | Security, Technology
This is fallout after the UK seized internal Facebook communications which detail some of the company’s unethical stance on user privacy. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/07/german-antitrust-watchdog-cracks-down-on-facebook.html
by Paul | Feb 6, 2019 | Security, Uncategorized
If you use a Mac, and you see a message pop up that says your FlashPlayer plugin is out of date and needs to be updated, do not click on it! I’ve seen this myself, and it’s just a trick by a malware peddler. Here’s a link to more information if you...
by Paul | Feb 2, 2019 | General Blog
This has never actually bean done, so it’s just a theoretical advantage over any other types of roasting. What about oxygen or the lack thereof? What about the freeze-drying cold of high altitudes and space prior to the searing heat of re-entry? Ever go to...
by Paul | Feb 2, 2019 | Technology
Fact-checking is becoming more the responsibility of websites, largely in an effort to curb the whole “Fake News” blitzkrieg that IS Facebook. The Snopes-Facebook partnership seemed like a positive step; however, Snopes has determined the currnet...
by Paul | Feb 1, 2019 | Technology
This article discusses what “quitting” Facebook does to/for a person. It’s findings are based on surveys, so it’s questionable whether things like “political-knowledge” are actual or more-likely perceived benefits. One important...
by Paul | Jan 31, 2019 | Security, Technology
The announcement this week that Messenger, Instagram, WhatsAp, and other Facebook-owned tools makes me question serious use of any of these. Facebook makes money selling user data and advertising, and they haven’t got a good record when it comes to user privacy....
by Paul | Jan 29, 2019 | Security
https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/apple-facetime-bug-lets-you-hear-iphone-mac-audio-before-the-call-is-connected Update: Apple has disabled FaceTime Groups on its end, listing Group Facetime as “temporarily unavailable” on its support page. This serves as a...
by Paul | Jan 29, 2019 | General Blog
Sadly, this man was most likely clearing the snowbank the plow had previously deposited across his driveway. https://www.dailyherald.com/amp-article/20190128/news/190129064/
by Paul | Jan 27, 2019 | General Blog, Security
Privacy. Companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, etc… all tell us how much they value and care about our privacy. Yet the truth is revealed in an endless serried of breaches, hacks, and outright lies presented to us. The end results are nearly always the...
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