23-July-2024
CloudStrike yes it’s all over the news
Troubleshooting WPA, WPA two, WPA three bizarre connectivity woes
ATT data records Breach
via,. SNOWFLAKE a major data broker where customer records were being ‘processed’
Also affected OTHER corporations.
How does this even Happen? and: Ransomware: How? “LOTL” tools
Also– “Social Engineering” at MGM Cyber Ransom
Magic Security Dust! Yes, Please! Wherever fine snake oil is sold
MUSEHUB for Audacity
Weird Video Artifacts in sports games make them look like video games…..?
evil 😈 twin network attack: Cloning a public hotspot
09-July-2024
Star Wars acapella
Pinning Tabs in Safari
RockYOU2024 vast credentials leak and further Phishing woes
Abusing GitHub/CloudFlare And how its done
Double-Scamming: Or Get you Again AFTER you Lose Money with “FBI Helpline”
KVMR podcasts and podcast in general AKA: Timeshifted Media from your fave radio station
Using Power Outside- GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interruption)
Using trimmers etc in hot weather- NOT just gasoline powered ones! Generally, before 10:00am mainly due to lower temperatures & humidity.
Sparks from blades and lines striking gravel or rocks are jsut some of the issues, even the exhaust part with a spark guard on it is only one more Factor.
Power Costs BIG this Summer (explanation of kWh, Etc) Know what it is and:
Measure It: Cost units are 1000w/hr or kWh… Care Discount and TOU (Time of Usage)
Watch for Peak Rate Charges
Enshittification Only- I will not say this On the Air!
Stages in crappifying the Online User Experience
1) something so useful is given free to you that you don;t want to stop using as it as everyone else is using it AND NOTHIGN MUCH ELSE
2) Something useful to Advertisers (=Moneymakers) supersedes your needs and engenders Monopoly.
3) The needs of the SHAREHOLDERS supersedes 1) and 2)
________
Prices FIRST shown on vendor sites (Irtlines, goods, services) less likely to be Optimum:
FOR YOU
___________
Hot Weather Perks
26-June-2024
Retraoctive Blog : )
11-Jun-2024
Today Show! A little about Electric NASCAR
WiFi 7 Prices Coming Down and here is WHY WiFI 7
Bluetooth is SO MANY THINGS
Repurpose? Refurbish? Re use? GOOGLE LENS is Your Freind!
Esp for circuit boards with their Ability to Return
AI articles are ‘polluted’ by the likes of spoof sites liek The Onion
Asperger-like, AI cannot (yet) intuit nuance esp where human too can be duped.
28-May-2024
Hello!
We have been asked about the ATT ‘Service ot Last Resort”
Designated for Better or Worse by the FCC/PUC?
Alternatives? (Provisional List)
Now then PSPS & how Long do Batteries Last?!
(Public Safety Power Shutoffs- Scheduled and Otherwise!)
Apparently it’s a legislated 72 hrs BUT YOU need a Battery Backup
BUT this will NOT help if the actual infrastructure gets damaged,
This brings us to MICROGRIDS
Unwanted Call Blocking Identifying and forwarding by at least ATT again…
Apple iPhone etc: the “Verified” Checkmark…?
Bill Padding– what you should Know… T-Mobile, Looking at You!
‘better to ask for forgiveness than Permission!
How to Hack and What to Do with your OLD iPad – the type with the 30 pin connector
YES you can STILL buy these at Amazon, Etc– ANY USB charger will do.
– Ideally SHOULD NOT be iCloud locked
– Can be SO OLD that it only has IOS 9.3.6 or so..
– Log In with your Apple ID to get any Legacy Installs possible…
– Maybe what er is still on it is Useful
– ADD ‘Jailbreak to put custom things into it: Visit THIS with Safari in the OLD iPad itself!
Install PHOENIX && CYDIA. That’s all I will say- If Interested Ill Blog at greater length
Book Green Waste Neighborhood Bin Book. NOT a PSA!