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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
'They're being hacked faster than we can count' with security researchers at F-Secure identifying tens of thousands of attacks targeting organisations around the world |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
However, Intel has repeatedly missed manufacturing targets over recent years.Crawling out of the pothole? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Working from home due to Covid? Don't leave your computer unlocked |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Hi guys, colour me dumb as never experienced this before. Received a text message at 17:28. Checked it. It's a voicemail message. Huh? No missed call. No call received & ignored. So, how was voicemail possible? Never mind. Found the answer. Persistent sod. He's blocked. Still, a blocked number shouldn't be allowed any access. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Hi guys, colour me dumb as never experienced this before. Ah, block applies at the phone, not the phone line. Your phone company might have a block available that applies to the line. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Does that also apply to mobiles? |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20140 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Does that also apply to mobiles? On your mobile, you should have a block feature that is your phone itself doing the blocking for any numbers that you have told it to block. You might have further settings on your phone to specify what message/indication the blocked numbers are sent when blocking (not answering) them. Voicemail is usually a feature provided by your service provider that is set up on their servers/equipment. You will need to either use their caller block features or see if they can selectively not offer voicemail to certain numbers. That feature might be a 'cost extra'... Your service provider might even have an app for that! See what features you have available on the online (web) account for your service? Hope that helps, Good luck, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20140 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Intel gets desperate? ... By "redefining" what is called 'performance'!?... See for yourselves: (Especially note how the Marketing comparison slide data ends at 2017... Whereas we are now in 2021...) Forget 10nm? Intel May Change CPU Naming Scheme wrote: Team Blue would rather not compare 7nm to 10nm... Confused? Well, see this for the explanation: Linus Tech: How far will Intel GO? wrote: Intel’s 11th-gen Core architecture wasn’t supposed to be on 14nm - But it is. Let’s find out what kinds of trade-offs they’ve had to make... All just the wonders of Marketing? Or from my most humble personal viewing: Just a continuation of Lies and Deceit and Obfuscation and Naughty Intel reborn? IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Does that also apply to mobiles? A mobile or smart phone has the smarts in your hand, where the block list lives. The voicemail is offered at the phone company HQ which hasn't a clue what is in your phone. A landline phone has no smarts except what the phone company has at its HQ. To make things interesting I've noticed some spam/scam are now calling twice at the same time. They expect the first to fail in a block at the mobile and the second to go to the Phone Company offered voicemail. I'm fully confident there is a special place in hell reserved for spam/scam people. Now if we could just make them all catch Covid and arrive there sooner. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
2 WSL teams (World Super League) go head-to-head. Facebook v Apple Never thought I would welcome an Apple update. :-) Meanwhile... ...a 3rd WSL team loses track of its team. :-) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20140 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Good for everyone and good for the environment and this should be good for (if done right,) Marketing also: 'It's your device, you should be able to repair it' wrote: A record 53.6 million tonnes of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, with less than a fifth of it being recycled, ... Electronics shouldn't be Marketed as 'disposable items'... And for the latest 'trick': Beware those "cloud connected" devices that become disabled useless when the manufacturer 'upgrades' or otherwise switches the cloud off for your device... Aside: Whatever happened to the USA John Deere gouging money-spinning practices for restricting the repair of tractors?... All in our polluting greedy world, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
revenue streams and the fiduciary duty to the shareholder to maximize profit |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19012 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Good luck with that. My fridge door seal has split, and assuming the freezer door will not be far behind, I tried to source replacements. No luck with any UK supplier, but did find them listed in an EU country. The price quoted with delivery, tax etc. was greater than a cheap replacement fridge/freezer, but not right size. Now trying to find a replacement in stock that fits the height/width dimensions and with preferred split. Not having much luck even though most manufacturers have one listed. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Think Microsoft needs to sit down with their programmers & tell them not to use their fingers & toes to count. :-) KB890830 Normally this is a monthly update & again normally the version increases by 1. For example April 2021 is v5.88 So May is v5.89. Just wondering, just what crap are they installing on people's systems? Todays updates installed, but... ...they want to install it yet again. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/03/politics/supreme-court-cybercrime-law-case/ Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a federal cybercrime law, holding that a policeman who improperly accessed a license plate database could not be charged under the law. Hum, thinking back to Aaron Swartz ... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20140 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Some trickery to watch out for... The Dirty Way Manufacturers are Downgrading Your PC That is nasty... There should be a law against such cheapskate profiteering deceit... Buyer beware?! IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Nothing new. Think back 15+years & Dell. |
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