Greetings MUGOO-Mates,
Our next iMeeting will be on Monday June 3, 2019 (1 week late!) at 7:30 PM, Room 1B at Ben Franklin Place 101 Centrepointe Drive. Guests are welcome for a nominal $5 fee. We have a ripe and ready agenda...
1 - News, Views, Scams, Existential Threats - 20 min - with Neil Herber
2 - Massaging Photographs Into Your Digital Mausoleum - 30 min - with Marc Servant
BREAK - extra chin-wag time ~ 20 min
3 - Virtuous VPNing - 35 min - with Neil and Marc. Presentation attached below. Tunnelblick is free software for OpenVPN on macOS.
https://tunnelblick.net/index.html
4 - Presidential iPhone Nuggets - 15 min - with Wally Kuzmicz
And of course ... after-meeting blather across the parking lot at the Royal Oak Pub, featuring half-price wings and delightfully digestible desserts. WARNING: Do NOT allow El Presidente to tether to your phone during this munch-fest.
News, Views, Scams, Existential Threats - with Neil Herber
1) All this bad news is depressing, so how about a brighter start to the summer?
2) The items ...
--- Really?? Do we need this??
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/06/alexa-has-been-eavesdropping-you-this-whole-time/
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516004/amazon-warehouse-fulfillment-centers-productivity-firing-terminations
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/millions-people-uploaded-photos-ever-app-then-company-used-them-n1003371
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/password-123456-used-by-23-million/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/used-drives-sold-sensitive-data-1-1/
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-church-hit-in-18m-bec-scam-1/
--- The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user
https://jameshfisher.com/2018/04/07/the-dots-do-matter-how-to-scam-a-gmail-user/
just remember to never click on email links - and check your OWN email address
---Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft - Schneier on Security
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/05/protecting_your_2.html
read the comments below the post too.
My favourite is: "I do what you've suggested. I generate answers to security questions the same way I generate my real passwords, and I store them in my password manager. If anyone ever questions whether or not my mother's maiden name was really "xC_Ld@9yEvgR?44*^9l~N" I just tell them that she was Norwegian."
--- Black-hole & neutron-star merger may have been spotted by LIGO & Virgo
https://physicsworld.com/a/black-hole-neutron-star-merger-may-have-been-spotted-by-ligo-virgo/
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/ligos-ifo
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gravity-wave-detectors-spot-more-black-hole-mergers/
... the end
Someone, who shall remain nameless, complained that the LIGO/VIRGO news item above had no connection to Apple (and chose to ignore the "good news aspect"). However:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gravitational-wave-events/id1441897107?mt=8
Hah!
Meeting Notes for 3 June, 2019:
1 - News, Views, Scams, Existential Threats with Neil Herber - See posted reply
2 - Massaging Photographs Into Your Digital Mausoleum with Marc Servant - See Attached Presentation
3 - Virtuous VPNing with Neil Herber - Presentation attached below. Tunnelblick is free software for OpenVPN on macOS ( https://tunnelblick.net/index.html ).
4 - Presidential iPhone Nuggets with Wally Kuzmicz - Links below.
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/01/14/15-useful-iphone-tips/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_g4tgO1HEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Koa__7jMM