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December 21, 2017, 14:30(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Bye Bye HomeGroup
“with today’s build you’ll start to see us retire the HomeGroup service.”
As an ex-network guy I never used the HomeGroup and disabling the HomeGroup Provider service is one thing I’ve always done.

Exposed, Again
“a California-based data analytics firm, was left publicly exposed, revealing massive amounts of sensitive personal information for 123 million American households. Exposed within the repository are massive data sets belonging to Alteryx partner Experian, the consumer credit reporting agency, as well as the US Census Bureau, providing data sets from both Experian and the 2010 US Census. While the Census data consists entirely of publicly accessible statistics and information,”
Jail. People need to start going to jail.

GET OFF OF FACEBOOK
In 2017, key Facebook builders disowned their creation – iVerge
“We have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works.”
“It probably interferes with productivity in weird ways. God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains.”
“Facebook did not set out to increase political polarization and empower bad actors to undermine democracy, but this outcome was inevitable,”

Facebook Aiding Discrimination
Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older Workers From Job Ads
“Among the companies we found doing it: Amazon, Verizon, UPS and Facebook itself. “It’s blatantly unlawful,” said one employment law expert.”
GET OFF OF FACEBOOK

Package Thieves – Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold

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