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2019-04-29 MUGOO iMeeting (1 week late!)

Started by AdminMan, March 26, 2019, 12:56:37 PM

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AdminMan

Greetings MUGOOites!

Our next iMeeting will be on Monday April 29, 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.

MEETING AGENDA  ...

1 - News, Views, New Toys and
     Neil's Nervous Nellie Notions                25 min - with Neil Herber

2 - Tiptoeing through Apple's New
     News Garden                                      20 min - with Marc Servant

3- The Apple Support app                         15 min - with Wally Kuzmicz

    BREAK                                             ~ 20 min - extra talk time!

4 - Photo Books alternatives and
     Marc's Mac Mini Madness                     25 min - with Marc Servant
                 
5 - Keychain on the iPhone                       15 min - with LeRoy Lees
     
     
... after-meeting blather across the parking lot at the Royal Oak Pub, featuring half-price wings and delightfully digestible desserts

AdminMan

News and Views - with Neil Herber

1) None of Wild and Woolly Wally's "Nervous Nellie Notions"

2) Longer break -- how did that work??

3) Timing is everything ...

4) News, scams, & opinions:

--- Apple, Microsoft Top Orgs Used in Spear Phishing  https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/apple-microsoft-top-orgs-used-in/

--- Attacks Target AmEx, NetFlix Users with Phishing    https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/attacks-target-amex-netflix-users/

--- Facebook uploaded 1.5 million users' email contacts without permission  https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-uploaded-1-5-million-users-email-contacts-without-permission-2019-4

--- Privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court, says company breached privacy laws   https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/privacy-watchdog-cambridge-analytica-facebook-1.5110304 
Therrien also said his office will take down its Facebook page because it doesn't want to be associated with the platform's privacy rules.

--- Consumers Donate Data with Recycled Electronics   https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/consumers-donate-data-with-1/

--- FamilyTreeDNA says it has a responsibility to share data with FBI   https://www.fastcompany.com/90329332/familytreedna-says-it-has-a-moral-responsibility-to-share-dna-data-with-fbi

--- From Fraud to Fintech, Quadriga Co-Founder's Past Crimes Emerge      https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-19/from-fraud-to-fintech-quadriga-co-founder-s-past-crimes-emerge

--- Fun fact GPS uses 10 bits to store the week. That means it runs out... oh heck ? April 6, 2019    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/12/current_gps_epoch_ends/

--- Is Anyone Listening to You on Alexa? A Global Team Reviews Audio   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio

--- Have You Noticed Those Weird New Mailboxes? Here?s Why They Changed   https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/nyregion/mailbox-theft-fishing.html

---  And to end on a happy note --- The Most Efficient Way to Destroy the Universe ? False Vacuum   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFm6DxNVyI&feature=youtu.be

... the end

marcservant

#2
Meeting Notes for 29 April, 2019

1 - News, Views, New Toys and Neil's Nervous Nellie Notions
- See Neil?s notes as separate reply.

2 - Tiptoeing through Apple's New News Garden

www.apple.com/ca/apple-news

- Apple News
   Access to hundreds of newspapers all in one place
   Show News Folder)
   Family Sharing up to 5 + 1
   For You - curated based on your selections
   Apple News for iOS and Mac but Mac only in UK, US, Australia

- Apple Newss+
   Hundreds of magazines
   expanded coverage may mean more articles from newspapers that they don?t publish for free
   Biggest issues:  Hard to read on iPhone and Not all use the new apple news format

3- The Apple Support app with Wally Kuzmicz
- Presentation to follow

BREAK

4A - Photo Books alternatives
- See attached presentation: https://mugoo.com/bigfiles/2019-04-29-Photo Books web.pdf

4B - Marc's Mac Mini Madness
- See attached presentation: https://mugoo.com/bigfiles/2019-04-29-Mac Mini Purchase web.pdf
                 
5 - Keychain on the iPhone
- See attached presentation: https://mugoo.com/bigfiles/2019-04-29-MUGOO iOS Keychain Demo web.pdf
Marc Servant