Wrong Number Scam Text Messages This scam is becoming very popular. You get a text from a number that is not in your phone book trying to engage you. “How is your sore back?” “How are you?” “Sorry, I’m running late” Anything to engage you. Once you are engaged they figure you are invested in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The most recent federal administration’s security “malfunction” is with the use of a Signal app clone called TeleMessage. Signal (or TeleMessage) is the app that the Secretary of Defense used to communicate war plans to the VP and others, including the editor of The Atlantic. TeleMessage is a clone of Signal (as well as WhatsApp […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Probably this does not come as a surprise. Unfortunately. Researchers analyzed a half million apps and here is what they found. One in five (20%) have hard coded the encryption keys that protect your data, so that anyone who has the app can look at your data. One in six use software libraries that have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Musk’s Grok AI Says 75%-85% Probability That Trump is a Russian Asset Some of you are probably old enough to remember Art Linkletter’s “Kids Say The Darnedest Things”. Grok is like that, apparently. Responding to a prompt from a journalist, Grok, the Maximally Truth Seeking AI, according to Musk, says that there is a 75% […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]And big US players are not happy. Apple has been forced to allow users to specify non-Safari browsers as their default. Browser choice was also opened in the Android world although users could already use any browser they want to. Mostly, it is about companies like Apple, Google, TikTok and a few other mega players […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The US has been trying to reign in China’s thefts of intellectual property and other bad behavior by putting tech sanctions on them. The next president wants to increase sanctions on China. Will it work? Huawei, China’s leading phone maker was seriously impacted over the last 2-3 years over the restriction of US made chips. […]
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