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Saturday Random Stuff…

March 23, 2019, 10:08(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox
Version: 3.5.10 (Latest) Date: 3/18/2019
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Windows 7 Nagware Update
KB4493132 showed up on my lappy running Windows 7 Ultimate. Apparently it will not show up on Pro and Enterprise editions. Hide it and be done with it. IMHO this issue isn’t a big deal.

Reader Emails (may be edited for brevity or clarity)

Q – You stated earlier that you rip your cds to FLAC. What program do you use for this and what music player do you use to play them on for Windows 10?
A – You won’t believe me…Winamp
edit: Ripping done with dBpoweramp Music Converter

Q – I added the Ultimate Power scheme as directed since my pc has only one power plan listed, the balanced plan. If you would be so gracious to provide it, I am looking for the codes to add the high performance power plan since I don’t really need to go all out ultimate.
A – Try https://winaero.com/blog/restore-default-power-plans-windows-10/

Q – When support ends, are you going to upgrade your Windows 7 computers to Windows 10?
A – I have 6 boxes that run Windows 7 full time. 2 of those boxes dual-boot with Win10 for testing purposes. The 4 boxes that only have Windows 7 will not be upgraded. I will unplug them from the internet before I do that (well, maybe Linux on one). The other 2 (one of which is my laptop) will be upgraded only when the use of Windows 7 on those boxes becomes untenable. When that is remains to be seen.

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

FEMA shared 2.3 million disaster survivors’ personal information with contractor
Millions of hurricane and wildfire survivors are learning that they’re at “increased risk of identity theft and fraud” because the Federal Emergency Management Agency shared their banking and other private information.
The Department of Homeland Security inspector general said Friday that FEMA had unlawfully disclosed the private data of 2.3 million survivors with a federal contractor that was helping them find temporary housing.
The 2.3 million people include survivors of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the 2017 California wildfires.
The data includes “20 unnecessary data fields” such as electronic funds transfer number, bank transit number, and address.
Question. Has anyone ever heard of any individual, public or private, being held accountable for this stuff?

This Spyware Data Leak Is So Bad We Can’t Even Tell You About It
A consumer spyware vendor left a lot of incredibly sensitive and private data, including intimate pictures and private call recordings, for all to see on a server freely accessible over the internet. And it still hasn’t taken the data down…This story is part of When Spies Come Home, a Motherboard series about powerful surveillance software ordinary people use to spy on their loved ones…The spyware app that’s leaking this data allows its customers to monitor pretty much everything on the cellphone where it’s installed. The spyware lets its operator read the target’s phone contacts, text messages, listen to calls, record ambient sound by turning on the microphone, and much more.
At first I said, “yeah well, karma.” But, the “intimate pictures and private call recordings” are of the people being spied on.

I Deleted Facebook Last Year. Here’s What Changed (and What Didn’t).
Our personal tech columnist didn’t lose touch with his true friends — but strange things did occur, including Instagram thinking he was a woman.
#DeleteFacebook

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Wednesday Random Stuff…

March 20, 2019, 16:27(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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BleachBit 2.2
Home | Download for Windows (I use portable) | Changes

Intel Graphics Driver for Windows
Version: 15.40.42.5063 Date: 3/19/2019
This release contains security fixes.
Supports Intel(R) Iris(R) graphics, Intel(R) Iris(R) Pro graphics and Intel(R) HD graphics on:
4th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processor Platform (codename Haswell)
5th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processor Platform (codename Broadwell)
Braswell Processor Family
CherryTrail Processor Family
Download & Info
This will not install on my laptop: “This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software.”
Except, it does.

Software Releases
Tails 3.13
Tor Browser 8.0.7

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Windows 7 SP1 support notification
After 10 years of servicing, January 14, 2020, is the last day Microsoft will offer security updates for computers running Windows 7 SP1. This update enables reminders about Windows 7 end of support.
This is the nagware I mentioned last week. Apparently KB4493132 will show up soon. Some reports indicate it is released but I’ve got several Windows 7 boxes and it hasn’t appeared. Anyway, when it does appear in Windows Update > Right-click > Hide update .

Social Media Giants Duck for Cover as Washington Gets ‘Fed Up’
“There is a sea change politically on Capitol Hill,” said Jonathan Tepper, the author of the “The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition.” “The left and right are completely fed up.”

Google bans VPN ads in China
“It is currently Google Ads policy to disallow promoting VPN services in China, due to local legal restrictions,” Google said in an email today.
Google, define kowtow
kow·tow /ˌkouˈtou/
verb
1.
act in an excessively subservient manner.
“she didn’t have to kowtow to a boss”
synonyms: grovel, behave obsequiously, be obsequious, be servile, be sycophantic, fawn on, bow and scrape, toady, truckle, abase oneself, humble oneself, prostrate oneself; More
curry favor with, flatter, court, woo, dance attendance on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with;
crawl, creep, suck up to, brown-nose, butter up, be all over, fall all over, lick someone’s boots;
2.
historical
kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom.
synonyms: prostrate oneself, bow, bow down before, genuflect, do/make obeisance, fall on one’s knees before, get down on one’s knees before, kneel before;
salaam, throw oneself at someone’s feet, fall down before someone, curtsy, bow and scrape;
pay homage, show reverence, show deference, humble oneself before someone, worship
“they kowtow to her in awe and reverence”

Stranger Things: Season 3 | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

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