June-24-2024
Some Privacy Sitations
Carissa Veliz, Privacy is Power
Jon Fassman, We See it All
June-10-2025
Don’t let it Get to you! Listen to KVMR’s Zen Tech
Disinformation rife again about rapidly changing news
And how; the LA riots
Apple ID more obstreperous than ever about Lost Passwords etc due to the efficiency of AI Cracking
as after all this is the “Keys to the Kingdom”
What’s Multi Factor Authentication?
– Something you know, Password- Pin- Date etc
– something you own, Cell phone, smart card, key…
– and something you ARE: Fingerprint, Face, Iris, voice, DNA…
– Dynamics: Location, behavior (Keystrokes, time of day etc)
Good choice for a Second Factor: Google Authenticator
https://microbit.org/ Easiest way to learn IOT/Micro programming *
Buy device for $20 off Amazon etc, v2 or Higher
27-May-2025
Data Loss profile fingerprints vulnerable info on WebSites…
Ryzen Tiny Powerful PC Windows 11 Pro – Search for Deals on Amazon, Etc..
Embedded System Emulator & its Learning Curves
https://wokwi.com/
[Female Mosquito Background Sound]
Mosquito Time! UV DOES NOT work to attract them to get zapped-
Coils to Kill Em containing Prallethrin which is ALMOST Natural. : )
More: mosquito-hearing
A Little about Cable Modems, DSL, Etc???
How to Become a Hacker? Discuss…
New Career?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_Context_Protocol
ISS passes directly overhead – 89deg. Rises 21:02. See free app SpotTheStation, and Website:
“This is Not a Scam” Email from PGE. Really?
May-13-2025
RCS manifests! (Rich Communication Services)
https://www.t-mobile.com/dialed-in/wireless/what-is-rcs-messaging
Successful and fun Celtic Festival is over… Learned something about the radio communications used on their 50 radios- these are leased Motorola radios using a systems called TETRA tech radio each ~
$400 & a Special License (not a Permit) for reliability & range & security and Repeaters–
My cheap (<$50 BRS and FRS radios (462 and 467 FM)
use a totally different set if frequencies and technologies! Still useful for “Premise Radio” such as around hotels campsite and offices…”Coding DTMF” can prevent some interference but cannot prevent eavesdropping..
Microsoft Windows Package Automation– Chocolatey! Free Tier for ‘home’ use is fine but it can scale to a whole enterprise… Ugly CLI (Command Line Interface) or HEY a Pretty GUI (Graphical User Interface)
Reformatting Old PC- reloading Windows before giving it away? Some Info..
Fun Free Tools to De Bloat Windows: Bulk Crap Uninstaller
More Advanced, more automated and trickier to set up “Git Debloat” Script
Apr-22-2025
Hello!
Paule NOT Calling on from Abroad..
Dealing with Time Zones during Travels..
CANCELLED due to health and technical Woes!
Replaced with an alternate Tech Show Thank you Sean!