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#Signal

Like so many other companies, Synology wants to spy on their NAS customers to improve the user experience. Note that "No thanks" does not get a blue button.

Consumer Reports while using a VPN. They can't be honest and say that the VPN is the reason. And tech support is useless. Sigh.

In yet another example of how the mainstream media fails at covering technology, we have the May 21st obituary in the New York Times for C. Gordon Bell. Note that the obit has already been updated twice to correct errors, yet this is how it reads on May 26th. Two mistakes in two words.

Ed Bott is leaving Substack. Good for him.

NextDNS in action. This is why I use an ad blocker. Anything with an IP address of zero was blocked by #NextDNS.

The firewall in my router blocks outbound traffic to port 137. And idea why Windows 10 tries to contact Windows Update servers on UDP port 137? First IP is sls.update.microsoft.com, second is *.delivery.mp.microsoft.com

Well, its started - Christmas is here. This ad was on just now during the Phillies baseball playoff game.

If you don't use the Mullvad web browser (VPN not required) give it a try. The question in this screen shot is but one of many reasons that I recommend it. On Windows, the browser is portable.

This is promo for Google passkeys is BS. Anything that is easy and simple is not going to be more secure. Security involves a hassle, always has, always will.