We, like many people around the world, have been appalled by resent Governmental suppression of political activity in places like Iran and China. But sadly the attempt to suppress information is not limited to repressive governments, as we have seen in places like the UK, Australia, and Germany with their attempts to “censor” the Internet. [...]
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Jun
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23
Jun
Windows Defender is Dead, Long Live MS Security Essentials (Morro)
Posted by mckinleytabor Published in UncategorizedWe’ve know about this for the last 9 months, but the day is finally here. After a failed attempted at a subscription anti-malware product called Onecare, Microsoft has released a free anti-malware suite called “Security Essentials”. This is the product code named “Morro” that was talked about last November. It works in much the same [...]
23
Jun
According to Apple, the iPhone 3G S has “Hardware Encryption” which is supposed to make the unit “highly secure” and enable “instantaneous remote wipe”. However I have been unable to find any additional documentation on this subject or details on what exactly is being encrypted. Looking at these 21 words, I can presume that the [...]
18
Jun
Well, I found a super easy way to enable tethering on my newly updated iPhone 3G with OS 3.0. Details can be had here. The setup on the iPhone took about 30 seconds, and setting up the Network was even easer. Once I had enabled tethering in the iPhones Network Settings, I simply connected back [...]
17
Jun
“Find My iPhone” on OS 2.2.1, Apple Retaining Data?
Posted by mckinleytabor Published in UncategorizedIt would appear that iPhones with MobileMe are already reporting their location to Apple, evening with iPhone OS 2.2.1 and even with the “Find My iPhone”switched of in the Setting panel. This would be BIG news because it would mean that iPhone users, with MobileMe, can be geo-located by Apple and it’s employees, even with [...]
15
Jun
More TSA Shenanigans: Brian Burton needs to be publicly flogged
Posted by mckinleytabor Published in UncategorizedMy last anti-TSA story “Pythias Brown needs to be Water Boarded” generated some nice responses. Including one from a semi-literate TSA Agent code named “blackthunder2468@aol.com” who’s commitments included such wonderful zingers as “YOU SEE THE PHRASE I USED PLANE SPLITTER . DOESNT SOUND TO GOOD HUH ?” I honestly didn’t post the entire comment on [...]
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