by jnelson | Aug 7, 2021 | How the Net Works, Interesting Items, Our Blog, Security, Warnings
Some people think everything on the internet should be free, including software. A small number of them go beyond freeware and shareware to try to acquire desired programs that are only offered by their creators for money. These people are not all necessarily...
by jnelson | Feb 21, 2020 | How the Net Works, Interesting Items, News, Our Blog
Every day there’s more exciting news about self-driving automobiles. Unfortunately, much of it is bad.
by jnelson | Nov 1, 2018 | Events, News, Our Blog
The headlines say it all: First from ABC News: Fewer than half of US states have undergone federal election security reviews ahead of midterms With only a week left before the 2018 midterm elections, fewer than half of U.S. states have submitted to a Department of...
by jnelson | May 24, 2018 | News, Our Blog, Security, Tips and Tricks, Warnings
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg does it. Former FBI Director James Comey does it, too. And SWCP Vice President Jamii Corley has been doing it for decades. They all cover up the lens of the camera in their laptop to make sure that someone is not spying on them with...
by jnelson | Mar 21, 2018 | News, Our Blog, Security, Warnings
UPDATE: Meltdown and Spectre are critical security flaws in Intel chips, but recently 18 or so similar problems have been found in AMD chips. As Intel produces 77% of the world’s computer processors and AMD the other 22%, this means basically that virtually all...