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So I'm looking at this item about Trump wanting Canadian water resources for California...and then, over to this item at the Guardian about Pete Hegseth's writings...
No, I can't afford to move. And I live in eastern Ottawa.
No, I can't afford to move. And I live in eastern Ottawa.
Password News
Jan. 21st, 2023 09:07 pmYou might want to look at this if you ever had/have a LiveJournal account.
https://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/41571.html
https://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/41571.html
Anti-Spam Measures Coming In
Jan. 15th, 2023 03:43 pmSome of you have already seen and/or shared this one from ![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png)
denise:
https://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/41273.html
Apologies for the repetition. Someone is likely to have this link/notice be their first such, so...
denise:https://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/41273.html
Apologies for the repetition. Someone is likely to have this link/notice be their first such, so...
Secure Your Security Cameras!
Jun. 29th, 2021 10:53 amSo this is a continuing issue for lots of people. My household doesn't have such security arrangements, but there are people on our block and elsewhere across the wider Orléans/Ottawa area - households and businesses - who may want to take another look at theirs!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/website-live-streaming-security-cameras-private-1.6083168
For that matter, the rest of the security-cam-equipped world might want to be more careful.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/website-live-streaming-security-cameras-private-1.6083168
For that matter, the rest of the security-cam-equipped world might want to be more careful.
About the "Great Firewall"?
Jun. 7th, 2021 03:59 pmNew research!
https://twitter.com/NP_tokumei/status/1401716316394844161/photo/1
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.02167.pdf
Also, new terminology: "DNS poisoning"...?
https://twitter.com/NP_tokumei/status/1401716316394844161/photo/1
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.02167.pdf
Also, new terminology: "DNS poisoning"...?
I think we have a problem here with this deal.
I'm annoyed that I missed or forgot to notice the implications of it for the better part of a year. Because Thomson Reuters owns the Globe and Mail as well, I think I'm going to have to stop buying that newspaper, regardless of what I think of the people working there. Am I wrong to believe that a realistic prospect?
I'm annoyed that I missed or forgot to notice the implications of it for the better part of a year. Because Thomson Reuters owns the Globe and Mail as well, I think I'm going to have to stop buying that newspaper, regardless of what I think of the people working there. Am I wrong to believe that a realistic prospect?
The talks to start building that infrastructure HAD to have begun at Stark's funeral. Potts, Hogan, Fury, Hill, T'Challa, Okoye, Shuri, Danvers, Quill (okay, maybe not Quill), Strange, Secretary Ross...
Am I wrong?
We're not seeing much of that in WandaVision or Falcon/Winter Soldier but we do seem to be seeing it in Spider-Man: Far From Home...
Am I wrong?
We're not seeing much of that in WandaVision or Falcon/Winter Soldier but we do seem to be seeing it in Spider-Man: Far From Home...
SAFETY: Police Data Breaches
Sep. 22nd, 2020 05:58 pmMaybe it's the superhero comics fan in me, but this is the kind of thing that should get a Batman or an Iron Man's attention. Or more likely, Alpha Flight.
Thirty-eight police agencies across Canada?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/blueleaks-published-thousands-of-documents-from-canadian-police-agencies-1.5734311
Thirty-eight police agencies across Canada?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/blueleaks-published-thousands-of-documents-from-canadian-police-agencies-1.5734311
Insecurities Revisited
Jul. 27th, 2020 07:23 pmAnd I just got informed by Firefox Monitor that, on 1 January 2017 - two months before I permanently called it quits with LiveJournal - my account there was hacked.
"What data was compromised:
Passwords
Email addresses
Additional information, including: Usernames
Breach data provided by Have I Been Pwned"
I didn't even know they were watching for this. I should have known.
"What data was compromised:
Passwords
Email addresses
Additional information, including: Usernames
Breach data provided by Have I Been Pwned"
I didn't even know they were watching for this. I should have known.
Threat Assessment
May. 12th, 2020 03:31 pmFiled by Garrett M. Graff with Politico:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/07/experts-knew-pandemic-was-coming-what-they-fear-next-238686
Call it stuff that civil defense planners, science fiction writers and citizens in general need to take interest in.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/07/experts-knew-pandemic-was-coming-what-they-fear-next-238686
Call it stuff that civil defense planners, science fiction writers and citizens in general need to take interest in.
Scam Artists
Mar. 26th, 2020 02:52 pmAn acquaintance of mine on NCF is keeping an eye on computer security news, and flagged this to the attention of our membership. Seeing as NCF is a co-operative-style ISP, it's a good idea to pay attention to such advice.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/26/watch-out-scummy-scammers-target-home-deliveries/
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/26/watch-out-scummy-scammers-target-home-deliveries/
Since the topic came up in in last week's episode of Star Trek: Discovery...thanks to the suggestion of the Emperor Emeritus of the Terran Empire...which was rightly condemned by the rest of the people at that particular table.
https://twitter.com/marsrader/status/1120097175197900801
50-100 lightyears. And that's even before we get into the discussion of subspace effects propagating far faster compared to normal-space damage-waves, as established in Trekkish lore in movies VI and XI.
Noting also this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supernova_candidates
Alpha Lupi, cited in Michael Burnham's backstory in "The Red Angel", is definitely on that list. A good thing that it's about 460-465 lightyears away from us. Eta Lupi/Cerberus is about 150 lightyears closer to us...but still at least as safe, given current theory on supernovae.
(Would IK Pegasi be in Breen territory? Apparently not, going by Geoffrey Mandel and Jed Whitten. More likely, it's on the far side of what the former had pegged as Breen space in 2002.)
https://twitter.com/marsrader/status/1120097175197900801
50-100 lightyears. And that's even before we get into the discussion of subspace effects propagating far faster compared to normal-space damage-waves, as established in Trekkish lore in movies VI and XI.
Noting also this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supernova_candidates
Alpha Lupi, cited in Michael Burnham's backstory in "The Red Angel", is definitely on that list. A good thing that it's about 460-465 lightyears away from us. Eta Lupi/Cerberus is about 150 lightyears closer to us...but still at least as safe, given current theory on supernovae.
(Would IK Pegasi be in Breen territory? Apparently not, going by Geoffrey Mandel and Jed Whitten. More likely, it's on the far side of what the former had pegged as Breen space in 2002.)
An Older Fight Than Most of Us Know?
Mar. 16th, 2019 09:33 pmSome of you have already seen this.
To the rest of you, I suggest this: arm your minds..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/03/14/feature/the-strongmen-strike-back/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f61bd6a83e84
To the rest of you, I suggest this: arm your minds..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2019/03/14/feature/the-strongmen-strike-back/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f61bd6a83e84
IBM vs Flickr Users?
Mar. 12th, 2019 06:17 amCourtesy of NBC News:
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/facial-recognition-s-dirty-little-secret-millions-online-photos-scraped-n981921
If I understand this correctly, IBM's people didn't even talk with Flickr, let alone Flickr account-holders...?
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/facial-recognition-s-dirty-little-secret-millions-online-photos-scraped-n981921
If I understand this correctly, IBM's people didn't even talk with Flickr, let alone Flickr account-holders...?
Brexit, Trump, Putin: Resisting All Three
Dec. 27th, 2018 08:29 pmI believe this to be true. I suspect the same goes for most of my friendlist here. Which is why I'm going to leave this linkage out in the open where other users can see it too.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/27/putin-trump-brexit-europe-britain-eu
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/27/putin-trump-brexit-europe-britain-eu
RIP Google Plus - Effective August 2019
Oct. 9th, 2018 06:08 amSeems (relatively) quick on the trigger, but...oh well. It's nice having that service available to me while it lasts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/alphabet-google-1.4855092
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/alphabet-google-1.4855092
If this helps: apparently, if you've dealt with any EU member state-based company, you've got specific rights. Ideally, no matter where on or off Earth you call home, those rights attach to you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/opinion/gdpr-eu-digital-privacy-law-data-subject-europe.html
This is probably the kind of thing that Messrs. Putin, Xi and DT-45 - among others - intend to make problematic to enforce if/whenever they can. So getting the word out as far and as fast as possible is likely a good thing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/opinion/gdpr-eu-digital-privacy-law-data-subject-europe.html
This is probably the kind of thing that Messrs. Putin, Xi and DT-45 - among others - intend to make problematic to enforce if/whenever they can. So getting the word out as far and as fast as possible is likely a good thing.
