The Brain-bending Microsoft Account
When Microsoft introduced Windows 8 they introduced a new “feature” in the wizard that walks you through the process of setting up your new PC. This new feature was the ability to use a Microsoft account as your user login on the PC instead of the traditional user account that has been used for years
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Confidential data from 533M Facebook accounts resurfaces on internet
Despite the fact that a database containing personal information scraped from Facebook on over half a billion people has appeared on the internet and is available for anyone with a modicum of technical skill, Facebook doesn’t appear to be concerned at all, dismissing this particular news with a hand wave, “This is old data that
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AT&T doesn’t believe you need faster internet
Last week I wrote an article about another mega-corporation that starts with “A” that presents a more benevolent public image than they actually behave, but in the case of AT&T, I don’t think anyone mistakes them for a business with a progressive ideology. As a matter of fact, you could say their latest blog as
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Apple choses profit over ideology
If there is one thing that has been consistent with the Apple brand throughout the years, it’s that they have a fiercely loyal customer base that has expanded from what was once a very small percentage of the market, to worldwide dominance through their mobile devices. The reasons why Apple’s brand is so popular could
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Handful of accounts responsible for vaccine distrust on Facebook
I would hazard a guess that a large percentage of Facebook’s user base was actually alive at the time it was first created as a dating app for college students, but it’s very clear that a significant portion of Facebook users now look upon it as an (if not their only) authoritative information source, valuing
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60K Exchange Email Servers Compromised by Exploit
As if the SolarWinds fiasco wasn’t enough to completely undermine any trust in technology security, Microsoft is warning everyone about a significant exploit in its Exchange email platform that is actively being leveraged by a Chinese advanced persistent threat group dubbed “Hafnium.” According to Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, this group is known for targeting entities
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