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    Arctic MX-5 Thermal Compound Listed Ahead of Launch

    Thanks for the laugh.... made me think of this
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    YouTube will put ads on non-partner videos but won’t pay the creators

    Wished this would work on the Roku platform. DNS ad blocking on Youtube doesn't work consistently / effictively. I'm currently running Diversion / Pixelserv via my Asus router. uBlock Origin is a god send for my PC though.
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    Amazon Prime Day is Oct 13-14

    Not a bad price. Just a heads up though, if you want to do some serious cutting, you need to use a big battery (5 Ah +) with this otherwise it will cut out.
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    HOT - Dell S2825cdn Multifunction Color Laser Printer $150 shipped!

    After my last post in this thread about having poor scans I ended up having a 065-225 error. I got lucky and manged to stop this error from appearing by cleaning the scanner, resetting to factory defaults and clearing the NVRAM. This made the printer function but two sided scanning was / is...
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    Looking for program to edit iPhone phonebook on PC

    Hey guys, Just wondering if any of you have successfully used any programs that will allow me to pull my phonebook off my iPhone, edit it on my PC and then put it back on my iPhone. I'm asking because it's a hell of a lot easier to copy / paste / move / edit things around using a mouse and real...
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    iPhone X and more recent iPhones with the use of screen protectors

    Well worth the watch if you're in the market for a new screen protector. Shipping is bit slow from flolab (Japan to the US). My order should be here by the end of the week.
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    Routers running Tomato firmware under attack

    Tomato is alive and well. The current branch(s) are known as "FreshTomato". FreshTomato-ARM FreshTomato-MIPS
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    Routers running Tomato firmware under attack

    https://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/muhstik-botnet-targeting-iot-devices-including-4-600-tomato-based-routers.75136/
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    Private Internet Access sold to Kape Technologies (a shady company known for bad privacy ethics).

    Worth a read: Which VPN Services Keep You Anonymous in 2019?
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    Google created an iMessage like messaging system called "Chat".

    +1 for signal. I think I use the desktop app more than the phone one. I mostly use it to send files / links that I don't want to be freely accessible to a third party if I were to use classic email or messenger. But I also must say that I have had a hard time getting other people to install and...
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    Lesson Have Not Been Learned: Unsecure DB Holds 80 Million Records

    Saw this on borncity.com this morning. Reminds me of the phrase: “The cloud is just someone else’s computer.”
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    HOT - Dell S2825cdn Multifunction Color Laser Printer $150 shipped!

    What firmware revision are you using? Maybe there is a fix? Latest is Version 20180912.0649, A09 Link --> Printer_H625_H825_S2825_Firmware_Dell_A09_WIN I'm also going strong ~400 pages with black toner 3/4 way gone. Looks like I am also due for a firmware update... currently running Version...
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    According to Google’s JavaScript team; Spectre mitigation doomed to failure

    Working Link --> blog/spectrev8.dev/blog/spectre
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    Another data “accident” at Facebook

    More bad news from Facebook. Link --> Facebook Keeping Passwords Secure
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    Serious flaws leave WPA3 vulnerable

    Serious flaws leave WPA3 vulnerable to hacks that steal Wi-Fi passwords Next-gen standard was supposed to make password cracking a thing of the past. It won't. Link--> arstechnica.com <--
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    Researchers Find a 19 Year Old Bug In WinRAR

    Well... This was fixed in 5.70 beta 1 now we are on 5.70 beta 2
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    Fujitsu 4 pack AA $9.27

    Link --> Fujitsu AA 2000mAh 2100 Cycles Ni-MH Pre-Charged Rechargeable Batteries 4-Pack (Made in Japan) <-- $9.27 (29% off) 4-Pack AA 2000mAh (Min. 1900mAh) Rechargeable up to 2,100 times Low self-discharge - Retains 70% after 5 years of storage Suitable for low temperature as -20...
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    Free Shipping,$20., Rosewill Micro ATX Mini Tower Desktop Gaming PC Computer Case, USB 3.0 - FBM-X2

    Looks like this case is now on sale for $19.99: Rosewill FBM-X1 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mini Tower Case with Side Panel Window 15 hours left as of this posting. Steel / Plastic ATX Mini Tower PC Case Side Panel Window 1 External 5.25" Drive Bays 1 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays 2...
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    Facebook Reveals Photo API Bug

    Why are they just now disclosing this on the developer website? It was widely reported at the end of September: thehackernews.com/2018/09/facebook-account-hacked.
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    Factory Worker Is Impaled by 10 Steel Spikes from a Robot Arm

    Balls... I thought this was an elaborate photo shop job when I saw it a day or two ago. I would really like to see the robot that these spears were threaded into and how they manged to un-thread them with Mr. Zhou still attached. :nailbiting...
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    New Yorkers Are Unhappy With Amazon's New Headquarters

    I agree on this ^^^^. Another thing to consider is how much free data the 238 cities in the US and Canada handed over on infrastructural plans, demographic data and information about future investments to Amazon.
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    FCC Panel Suggests Taxing Business Internet Usage to Pay for Rural Broadband

    I'm not sure this is even needed... The 2018 Farm Bill will increase funding for high-speed internet in rural communities from $25 million to $350 million annually. If your curious look under H.R.2-245 paragraph 9(A). On a slightly side note... Wasn't the whole point of those shady broadband...
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    Tumblr Bans All Porn from Its Service

    The reason Tumblr vanished from the App Store: Child pornography that slipped through the filters
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    [H]ot - Newegg via Ebay: 512GB Intel 545s $55

    Pulled the trigger. Thanks OP!
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    Samsung 860 Evo 1TB $127.99 before tax

    Tempting.... Links for the 2.5" Newegg MZ-76E1T0B/AMAmazon MZ-76E1T0B/AM Don't forget to use the smile account option if you buy from amazon!
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    Researchers Discover Seven New Meltdown and Spectre Attacks

    You might find this usefull: VMware CPU Microcode Update Driver Applies to Windows 7 and 8 but NOT Win 10. Microsoft is pushing some microcode updates / mitigation via windows 10 updates. And some other relevant links:How to extract Microcodes from Intels’ Linux package and patch them into AMI...
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    Microsoft Patches Problematic OS to Deal With SSD Woes

    Patch and then forced "upgrade" to 1803. Sounds like fun to me.
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    Facebook Ads Show Russian Effort to Stoke Political Division

    For those of you that are willing to see why this matters and how easily people are influenced (reaffirm their bubble) PBS has a great 4 part series currently taking place. A few discussion questions from the series "Who, what, when, where, why do hyperpartisan news sites exist?": Essential...
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    Facebook is Reportedly Very Serious About Launching its Own Cryptocurrency

    I was thinking the same thing... Middle-Out Compression!
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    Full Scope of Equifax Data Breach Revealed

    Thanks for sharing that link. The Brian Krebs article linked from there is worth the read.
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    Is There Anything That Can't be Built of Lego Bricks?

    That's nothing compared to:
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    Full Scope of Equifax Data Breach Revealed

    I completely agree with you. It blows my mind why there is such a push for biometric security. Once compromised always compromised.... I'll stick to my passwords and pins with multi-factor authentication. It's my body, and I choose not share it with anyone!
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    Full Scope of Equifax Data Breach Revealed

    Link to check can be found here: equifaxsecurity2017
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    Cambridge Analytica is Shutting Down

    KEK... take a look at my post (5 above yours) most of your questions are answered. Funny how triggered people get before the actually read / look for the truth. Especially if it might conflict with their assumed beliefs. Please watch video below about "junk" news and how easy people are...
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    Cambridge Analytica is Shutting Down

    No. It was a violation of Facebook policy. newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/03/suspending-cambridge-analytica Also keep in mind that starting in 2014 and being fully implemented in 2015 that Facebook Shut Down Its API For Giving Your Friends’ Data To Apps. Now I will agree that we do not know...
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    GitHub Accidentally Stored Some Passwords in Plain Text

    It's already here: Pied Piper ;)
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    Cambridge Analytica is Shutting Down

    Have you been living under a log? I've included a screen shot of what Zuckerberg has admitted to. Please show me how this is anything similar to what the Obama election campaign participated in. This political tribalism has to end. Wrong is wrong and a lie is a lie.... (this goes for...
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    Facebook Announces New Dating Feature

    Hmm... I wonder what this means for the facebook using spying dating app Coffe Meets Bagel?
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    Foxconn Will Drain Lake Michigan to Make LCD Screens

    For those of you that don't mind reading a little; WisContext has some interesting articles pertaining to this subject. Series: Foxconn In WisconsinSeries: Waukesha And Lake Michigan Water Slightly off topic. But if you are interested in a little more history of the Great Lakes Dan Egan's book...
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