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Tech Talk Show Notes February 13, 2021

Feb 12, 2021 | Anti-Trust, Artificial Intelligence, Best Practices, Big Tech, browsers, Business, Chrome, Chrome Browser, Congress, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Dark Web, Facial Recognition, Google, Government, Hacking, Hacks, Internet, Legislation, Radio Show, Radio_Show, scalpers, Security, Security, Show Notes, Tech Overlords, Technology, Zero Trust

Read. Learn. Share Tech Talk Show Notes February 13. 2021 Strengthening Zero Trust Architecture The invention of the term “Zero Trust” is generally credited to former Forrester analyst John Kindervag more than a decade ago. Although it’s not new, the...

Show Notes January 10 – 16, 2021

Jan 15, 2021 | Amazon, anonymity, Apple, Applications, Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, Business, CES, Consumer, Demonetize, Dragnet, Facebook, Facial Recognition, Fake News, False Positives, GeoFence Warrants, Google, Google, Google, Government, Hacking, Hacks, Internet Service Providers, Law Enforcement, Malware, Millennials, Mobile Phones, Show Notes, Social Media, Tech Overlords, Technology, Zero-Day

Tech Talk Show Notes January 10-16, 2021 WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messenger that claims to have privacy coded into its DNA, is giving its 2 billion-plus users an ultimatum: agree to...

Wink is Short on Cash: Smart Hub Users Notified Pay Up or Lose Access

May 16, 2020 | Applications, Business, Consumer, Home, Internet, Radio Show, Scalability, Security, Smart Home, Technology, Technology, Wink Smart Home Hub

Wink is Short on Cash: Smart Hub Users Notified Pay Up or Lose Access When businesses get short on cash, they only have a couple of solutions. It happened to a Worcester, MA cable smart home alarm system early this year and has happened recently to another smart-home...

Who Is Falling for COVID-19 Scams…Lots of People

May 2, 2020 | Agencies, Banking, Banking, Biological Viruses, Business, communication, Consumer, CoronaVirus, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Financial, fraudster, Government, Hackers, Internet, News, Phishing, Phishing, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, scam, Security, Smishing, Technology, Vishing

Who Is Falling for COVID-19 Scams…Lots of People Hackers are spreading their scams widely in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and unfortunately, tricking many people into clicking on these fraudulent spam offers. Having been sequestered in our homes and feel...

Secure Use of Computers in Public

Apr 28, 2020 | Business, Computers, Consumer, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Features, Hackers, iHeart, Internet, Public, Security, Technology, Vishing

Secure Use of Computers in Public Hi. Craig Peterson here with a blink into using computers in public. Most people have their own computers nowadays, but we are using them more-and-more in public. We are plugging our devices into random USB ports to charge them....

Pandemic Customers Buy but Amazon Can’t Deliver

Apr 25, 2020 | Amazon, Amazon, Applications, Big Tech, Biological Viruses, Business, CEO, Consumer, Coronavirus, Corporate Reputation, Covid-19, Deliveries, Family, groceries, Home, Internet, Online, Quarantine, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Resources, Retail, Retail, Sales, Scalability, Shopping, shopping, Technology, Technology, Third - Party

Pandemic Customers Buy but Amazon Can’t Deliver With our shopping abilities deeply curtailed by this forced government self-isolation to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we have turned to those who can supply our needs through online shopping. Turns out that for many...