Overview For those of us living in a hemisphere where Vegemite is NOT considered fine cuisine, summertime is approaching. That means surf, sun, travel, and time with family. It also means you may need to use public Wi-Fi. Public Wi-Fi is an open network often […]
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Background After a recent update to my Brave browser, I noticed that visited links no longer appear visited (i.e., the link is not displayed in a different color, commonly referred to as “purple links”). I opened Chrome and it was present there, too. This makes
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Overview On Thursday, April 10, in a televised cabinet meeting, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard confirmed that investigators uncovered evidence that electronic voting machines were tampered with to rig the results of past U.S. elections. The intel community has known that voting machines
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The other day, I updated Windows, and now I have a new folder on my drive. The Windows April 2025 updates are creating an empty “inetpub” folder in the root directory of the C:\ drive. Traditionally, Windows would create the “inetpub” folder when
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In parts 1, 2 and 3 of this article, I explained what a VPN is, the reasons to put a VPN on a router, equipment concerns, how to add a VPN client to a router, what modifications to make to the default settings, how to
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In Parts 1 and 2 of this article, I explained what a VPN is, the reasons to put one on a router, equipment concerns, how to add a VPN client to a router, and what modifications to make to the default settings. In this part
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In Part 1 of this article, I explained what a VPN is, the reasons to put a VPN on a router, and equipment concerns. In this part of the article, I will cover how to add a VPN client to a router and what modifications
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I decided to turn my router into a VPN router by adding a VPN client to my home network. Note: A VPN Client is different than a VPN Server. A VPN Server allows a secure connection to the home network (for access to the home
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Mozilla, the parent company of Firefox, just changed its Firefox FAQ. The old Firefox FAQ included a promise that Mozilla would never sell a user’s personal data. But Mozilla removed that promise in its new FAQ. The Old FAQ If we go to the Internet
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In a recent security update, Google is loading a new application, Android System SafetyCore, to Android phones. The application has permissions to do almost anything on the device. Google has been secret about what this application really is. In a blog post, Google states that
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Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May 2025. The company announced this in an X statement. Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available. Over the coming days you can sign in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account to stay connected
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Today, I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about a Disney employee whose life was destroyed because he didn’t have two-factor authentication (2FA) turned on in his password manager. I thought, “What an idiot! He certainly was not a DCT reader! All DCT readers
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Overview Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities developed by Microsoft for use with the Windows operating system. These programs add or change features to improve productivity or add customization. Previously, I have written about Microsoft PowerToys with my Top 5 Microsoft PowerToys article. Later, I
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A few weeks ago, our own Jim Hillier wrote an article about how Stardock’s Start11 will soon support a vertical taskbar. Start11 is a Windows 11 Start menu replacement utility. It allows a user to personalize the Windows interface and restore functionality that Microsoft has removed.
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