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Message 2083187 - Posted: 27 Aug 2021, 14:05:35 UTC

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Message 2083192 - Posted: 27 Aug 2021, 15:19:18 UTC - in response to Message 2083187.  

Now am I surprised at that.

How long before corporates realise that "the Cloud" is just a way of pouring money away while watching one's corporate data seep slowly into someone else's hands and start to roll back to their own data centres?
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Message 2083211 - Posted: 27 Aug 2021, 18:38:03 UTC - in response to Message 2083192.  

But they said it was secure and they are better than we are ... besides we can make experienced people redundant.

Why is this happening?
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Message 2084307 - Posted: 14 Sep 2021, 15:16:22 UTC

Poor Apple. Can they make it 3 on the trot?
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Message 2084772 - Posted: 22 Sep 2021, 12:03:30 UTC

I'm surprised that this has taken so long to come to light:


Lithuania urges people to throw away Chinese phones
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Consumers should throw away their Chinese phones and avoid buying new ones, Lithuania’s Defence Ministry has warned.

A report by its National Cyber Security Centre tested 5G mobiles from Chinese manufacturers...

... Xiaomi’s flagship Mi 10T 5G phone was found to have software that could detect and censor terms including “Free Tibet”, "Long live Taiwan independence" or "democracy movement", the report said. It highlighted more than 449 terms that could be censored by the Xiaomi phone's system apps, including the default internet browser.

In Europe, this capability had been switched off on these models, but the report argued it could be remotely activated at any time...

... The research also found the Xiaomi device was transferring encrypted phone usage data to a server in Singapore. "This is important not only to Lithuania but to all countries which use Xiaomi equipment," the Centre said...

... The report also highlighted a flaw in Huawei’s P40 5G phone, which put users at risk of cyber-security breaches.

“The official Huawei application store AppGallery directs users to third-party e-stores ... malicious or infected with viruses,”...

... A further 5G model by OnePlus was also examined by the team, but was found to have no issues.

The report comes as tensions between Lithuania and China are rising...


Who has control of your phone to 'monetize' your very personal and intimate data, or worse?...


IT is what we allow it to be...
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Message 2088315 - Posted: 17 Nov 2021, 20:02:05 UTC

More supply chain and power supply strain:


Cryptominers Target AMD Ryzen CPUs for Their Big L3 Caches
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A new victim in cryptominers' sights...



Yet another cryptocoin bursts upon the scene...

We really do need to reign back this unrelenting electrical-power-to-money greedy grab (crypto-ponzi schemes) before we smash all the supply chains and burn up our planet all too soon.

Total madness all round?!


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Message 2090024 - Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 12:20:26 UTC

Don't call use we won't call them......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59609998

A very dangerous bug - I hope nobody died as a result of MS's continued use of its customers/victims to do their alpha testing...
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Message 2090033 - Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 14:37:16 UTC - in response to Message 2090024.  

"I'm supposed to trust that a phone will do the main thing [it] is built for, and place the call, and let me speak to the human on the other end."
It seems "smartphones" are not so smart after all.
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Message 2090044 - Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 20:27:45 UTC
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Another millions of eyeballs bug ...
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-software-apple-inc-aed3cc628fc602079b100757974c8f01
in the 12 hours since the bug’s existence was disclosed that it had been “fully weaponized,” meaning malefactors had developed and distributed tools to exploit it.


for those that have to deal with it
https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/10/log4j_remote_code_execution_vuln_patch_issued/
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Message 2090575 - Posted: 19 Dec 2021, 14:19:34 UTC

Unbelievable!


$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles From Cash


That is for a 5 port network switch (or router?) housed in black anodized aluminium...

Wow?...


All in our overly greedy world!
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Message 2090584 - Posted: 19 Dec 2021, 16:39:36 UTC - in response to Message 2090575.  

All in our overly greedy world!
This where the MCAS designers landed?
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Message 2090586 - Posted: 19 Dec 2021, 17:46:01 UTC - in response to Message 2090575.  

Yup, very effective at separating "audiophiles"/"audiofools" from their cash.
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Message 2091699 - Posted: 8 Jan 2022, 6:33:46 UTC

Now here's an Apple product that definitely needs to be banned.

Sports Illustrated model Brooks Nader says Apple AirTag was used to stalk her.

....Nader is hardly the first woman to be stalked with the aid of Apple tech.

In Mississippi, a 27-year-old woman called police on December 27 after receiving a notification on her iPhone that she had an unregistered AirTag on her person.

Also last month, a Maryland woman took to Twitter to share her disturbing tale of a stalker attaching an AirTag to her car before she left a bar in the early hours of the morning.

And, back in July, a Texas woman went viral on TikTok after revealing an AirTag had been placed in her purse and used by an unknown person to gauge her whereabouts.

They’ve been a useful tool in recent thefts, too, particularly carjacking. In such cases, thieves will attach an AirTag to a vehicle in a parking lot and wait until the car and driver head back to their homes — where crooks find themselves more out of public view and steal the car right out of the owners’ driveway.
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Message 2091719 - Posted: 8 Jan 2022, 16:21:48 UTC - in response to Message 2091699.  

The stupidity of walking around flashing huge amounts of bling may play a large part.

There is no difference between an air tag and find my phone, except for the price of the tracker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c584TGG7jQ

Oh and https://beebom.com/best-apple-airtag-alternatives/

So I don't think there will be any ban. Especially as the police will want this less expensive tracking of suspects.
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Message 2092550 - Posted: 20 Jan 2022, 16:34:19 UTC

Nice one, Apple
What's your next party trick?
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