Did anyone notice this:

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Hey, Jonathan Karl looks just like Barack Obama!
I bet I am one of the few people on the planet that doesn't know about Dr. Who stuff, although people have mentioned a Tardis a lot. I don't know if that is the thing to go thru time(?), or a robot(?) that kills(?) people. Or what. But Barack/Jonathan has one around.

Hey, Jonathan Karl looks just like Barack Obama!
I bet I am one of the few people on the planet that doesn't know about Dr. Who stuff, although people have mentioned a Tardis a lot. I don't know if that is the thing to go thru time(?), or a robot(?) that kills(?) people. Or what. But Barack/Jonathan has one around.

The Tardis does go thru time and is that Blue Box to the right rear of President Barack Obama. :)

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

We did have a thread on this but it's closed.



Vizio's smart TVs are snitches, lawsuit alleges

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man is suing TV manufacturer Vizio for collecting data about his viewing habits and selling it to third parties.

He also contends that people did not consent to and or know about Vizio’s practices, which are facing several legal challenges in other states.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2016/02/18/vizio-class-action-lawsuit/80571054/

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We did have a thread on this but it's closed.



Vizio's smart TVs are snitches, lawsuit alleges

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man is suing TV manufacturer Vizio for collecting data about his viewing habits and selling it to third parties.

He also contends that people did not consent to and or know about Vizio’s practices, which are facing several legal challenges in other states.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2016/02/18/vizio-class-action-lawsuit/80571054/

Worse than that, I heard recently that Samsung is warning owners of its smart TVs not to discuss personal information within hearing range. These TVs are always listening for you to tell them to change the channel, or turn up the volume, or even just turn on. The sound the TV picks up is sent through your internet connection to a server somewhere, which parses any valid commands and send them back to the TV to be executed. Apparently, Samsung used to have its own server for this, but now it's owned by a third party and Samsung feels it can no longer guarantee the privacy and security of the audio it picks up, or that said audio won't be stored and mined for things like bank account numbers and passwords.

Similarly, did you know that when you ask Siri for something, or say "OK Google," or whatever it is you say to Cortana, it sends the audio to a server to be parsed... and uses some of your data allowance if you're not on wifi.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I thought it was funny that Mulder had tape over the camera lens on his laptop, in the "Rebirth of the X-Files".
But then, maybe not so funny.

I recently tried to use the camera on this laptop and found it's not working. The computer doesn't even seem to know it's there. It used to work; I took my original Facebook profile pic with it.

I also recently learned that my newer laptop doesn't even have a camera.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

My Samsung TV is only hooked up to HDMI, component video and such, no ethernet or even wireless is connected or even activated, the TV is used as a monitor, nothing more, My routers wifi is heavily encrypted no matter what and is so far only used by My phone and a Macbook.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I also recently learned that my newer laptop doesn't even have a camera.

Maybe your camera doesn't work (within the OS) because it's functionality has been hijacked.
I pointed a flashlight at my laptop screen, and yup the little circle with the camera lens is still there near the top of the screen.
I find it hard to believe that newer laptops would get rid of the camera, unless there really was a security problem.
I do have same duct-tape.
Will that work?

Yes, but electrical or painters tape is probably better.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I bought a Shamrock Shake thinking it would taste like Mint. Well, it does, sort of, but mostly like artificial vanilla and some weird chemical taste.
I have trouble seeing pictures on my phone so I don't think I need to be afraid of TVs. 8P

Triple-murderer prisoner keeps mobile phone in his butt for a week
Corrections Minister won't ask guards to don gloves and go where he won't to retrieve it

-snip-

“The first rule of command is never expect your people to do something you're not prepared to do. This includes asking officers to put on a rubber glove and extract a phone from (prisoners) bum.”

“The prisoner is in isolation in Super Max and is refusing to eat.”

“Frankly, I'm happy for him to rot there until the phone is passed.”

“I don't care if that's in the next hour, the next week, or future.”

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Eew, gross...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

My best mate bought me a pocket knife. It has a damascus blade and snakewood handles.I think snakewood is probably the most beautiful wood I have ever seen.

PS- It's also one of the hardest woods on the planet.

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Spotted at Jack, an embarrassed MickeyD's worker hurriedly covering the logo on their uniform shirt.

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Bit-tech has an article up about Linux Mint, the 64bit ISO, it's not a good one either, some slimeball installed a Trojan Horse version online recently.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2016/02/22/linux-mint-isos-infected/1

one attacker hit the mother lode this weekend: accessing the official Linux Mint website and replacing the 64-bit ISO files with a version containing a backdoor Trojan.

Based on the Tsunami Trojan, the code inserted into the ISOs would make any system installed from the infected media join an IRC-controlled botnet. From there, anyone with access to the control server could use the systems in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks or upload and download arbitrary data - including running any code they desired on the system.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Bit-tech has an article up about Linux Mint, the 64bit ISO, it's not a good one either, some slimeball installed a Trojan Horse version online recently.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2016/02/22/linux-mint-isos-infected/1

one attacker hit the mother lode this weekend: accessing the official Linux Mint website and replacing the 64-bit ISO files with a version containing a backdoor Trojan.

Did you (or anyone) post this in NC?

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Bit-tech has an article up about Linux Mint, the 64bit ISO, it's not a good one either, some slimeball installed a Trojan Horse version online recently.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2016/02/22/linux-mint-isos-infected/1

one attacker hit the mother lode this weekend: accessing the official Linux Mint website and replacing the 64-bit ISO files with a version containing a backdoor Trojan.

Did you (or anyone) post this in NC?

No, but it is mentioned here, http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=72655&postid=1767018. ;-)

Cheers.

Bit-tech has an article up about Linux Mint, the 64bit ISO, it's not a good one either, some slimeball installed a Trojan Horse version online recently.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2016/02/22/linux-mint-isos-infected/1

one attacker hit the mother lode this weekend: accessing the official Linux Mint website and replacing the 64-bit ISO files with a version containing a backdoor Trojan.

Did you (or anyone) post this in NC?

No, I didn't, go ahead and post there on this, if you want to.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Crook Learns Painful Lesson: Don't Try to Rob a Guy Walking a Pit Bull Mix

Man's best friend got the job done in Rogers Park this month when an armed robber tried to mug a man walking his dog, only to have the dog attack, bite and chase him off, police said.

Meet Smokey, a 1½-year-old Pit Bull/Cane Corso Mastiff Mix...

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"I told him the only reason my dog hasn't got you is because he's wearing a choke collar," Espinoza said.

But the robber stepped in anyway and Espinoza loosened his grip on the leash, allowing the dog to jump full force into the man's chest.

"Smokey got up on his two back legs and and bit him. I could see at first his jacket was being pulled, but then his neck got big and hard and I knew he'd got the right grip," Espinoza said.

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Neither the dog or Espinoza were hurt during the attack. The extent of the robber's injuries is not known.

As for Smokey, he was treated to chicken breasts back home, Espinoza said, hardly aware of the heroic act he had performed protecting his owner.

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Ouch!
http://abc7.com/news/financial-data-of-80000-uc-berkeley-students-alumni-hacked-/1222640/

Sunday, February 28, 2016 10:16AM
BERKELEY, Calif. --
The University of California, Berkeley says a hacker broke into a computer system holding financial data of 80,000 students, alumni, current and former employees.

The university said Friday that although there is no evidence that any information has been stolen, it has notified potential victims of the breach so they can watch for signs of possible misuse of their personal data.

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