Anybody Know What 5G Cellular Means? 5G is the next generation of cellular, promising blindingly fast service and web page loads in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, it doesn’t really exist yet. Yes, a few carriers have set up a few cell sites in a few cities, but there are basically NO phones that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many of us use Internet services – Dropbox for file sharing, Google for collaboration, Mint for finances and many others. Some of us – individuals and businesses – have data spread far and wide over the web. So wide that in many cases we really don’t know where our data lives or how it is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No one has made it out of this life alive. That I am aware of. Sometimes, while it is not comfortable, we know when a loved one is about to pass and sometimes we are able to prepare for it. In other cases, you don’t know it is going to happen and are completely unprepared. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Text Messaging for Two Factor Authentication is Under Attack We have talked on occasion about a basically theoretical attack against text messages as the second factor for authentication. It is likely that the feds know more than they are telling us about that since the National Institute of Standards and Technology has deprecated the use […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]GoDaddy has an interesting feature. If a hacker creates a FREE GoDaddy account they can and have created a whole bushel of mischief. If you have a free account, you can use GoDaddy’s managed DNS service for free for a limited amount of time. Only problem is that GoDaddy didn’t validate that you owned the domain […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Houston lawyer is suing Apple alleging that Apple’s Facetime bug (still not fixed) that allowed people to eavesdrop even if you do not answer the call, allowed a private deposition to be recorded. If you are among the geek crowd you probably know that the most paranoid person around, Edward Snowden, required reporters to […]
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