Posts by Jerry G.

If this was possible, and most likely would be, the computers managing Bitcoin, and also the users would have improved computers by then. Bitcoin management may also be managed by Quantum computers if this would ever be possible, and thus be caught up.

Choice of Technology...

Before making such a serious investment in to anything, the first thing to check is the end of life for support, or what we can call support horizon. As for any smart phone, after about 3 to 4 years it will be too obsolete to be efficiently used. The OS and security would be through many updates, and becoming more demanding on the phone's hardware capability. It would not be a good idea to operate without security and bug updates.

As for custom written software that is OS version sensitive, there should be an agreement with the authors to make sure the software can be easily upgraded, or can be designed to not be version sensitive if possible. It is also apparent, nobody can know specific necessities of an OS that is not yet published or officially distributed.

Personally, for a Smart Phone of any type I would be going with Android. The reasons are simple. Very versatile, not a closed system as like most of the others, and is not a locked in system. If you require ultimate security with Android. the Blackberry is the most secure phone on the planet. Regular Android using a decent Android phone, if properly set up is very secure.

I play them along for a while... I go through the motions of their crap and misinformation about my system until the point where they want me to download a public type of remote computer entry program. At this point I pretend to be installing it. I keep telling them I get an administrator rights error not allowing the program to install. This gets the Scammer very annoyed. Some of them ask me to see if I can call the administrator and tell them I have a call from MS and there is a serious problem with the computer. I pretend to be dialing the admin person on my other phone. I act like I am talking. I then come back and tell the Scammer they want me to bring the computer back to where I work. Most of the time the Scammer hangs up right away! This is after wasting at least an hour of their time, and being entertained at how they work.

What gets rid of them very quickly, is right away you tell them your computer is on Linux, and you have no admin rights. Tell them it is a company computer that does not belong to you and there is no local email installed. The Scammer will usually hang up on you right away.

This article has many valid points. With aggressive advancements in AI robotic systems will be able to learn skills from people and each other, teach what they have learned and do direct information sharing with other robots, reproduce themselves, and service each other. In a very advanced AI environment (world), there will be no need for human interaction. The robots will end up being a self surviving entity as like a new race.

This may all sound very much science fiction, but in reality think not! Most of what we are seeing today was pure science fiction just a few decades ago. Back in the 1960's when advanced computer systems were starting to show their presence these were an impressive advancement from what was in existence in the 1950's. The rate of advancement is exponential. Moor's Law which dictates the advancing rate of information being doubled.

The next century can either be awesome, or our worse nightmare coming!

Home Router Security, and Any Router Security

When you first purchase your router the very first thing you do is change the main admin password. When turning on the WiFi section you also change the password for the WiFi access. You restart the router and log back in again under the new password. Now you can complete whatever setups necessary.

Most users use the default passwords from the time they buy their router. They figure since nobody knows their system exists along with the many millions of others there should not be an issue. It is true your system may not be discovered until one main exception. If you somehow install a malicious software from opening an attachment or visiting an infected web page, that malicious software may be the type that steels information for theft of information, and or to take over the user's network to use it for its own distribution or whatever.

Most of the time systems get a Trojan or malicious software because they let it in somehow. One of the most common ways is from opening unsolicited emails that contain executable code in its attachment or its main content (hidden code). Email programs are supposed to be protected against auto execution, but when the user opens a malicious attachment they are inadvertently allowing it to run. There is only so much capability the protection can offer. Common sense and understanding is a very important aspect of using a computer.

Downloading and installing infected programs is another common way malicious software gets in to systems. There is also visiting infected web pages, and especially clicking on the banners and links out of curiosity.

Location of Phone and User

Google or anyone else is not looking directly at who anyone is. It is a mass tracking system with millions of users. Nobody would have the time to manually look at each individual, and then for what direct purpose? This would take more than a lifetime. I would not think the system is even set up that way. If someone who had access to get in to their tracking system, they would certainly require the phone's ID such as the user name just to start to make a basic search. The info is all encrypted to begin with.

I know from what I've read in business publications Google and other companies sell demographic information. They sell information about the average user shopping habits like what products people are buying, and where they do their buying. Women and men each have their own types of shopping habits on the average. They want to know things like how many people are buying pet food, and the ratio of quantity for dogs or cats, and in what areas of the cities. They like to know in the various areas what income level of people tend to buy what product types. In the various areas the types of foods that are being consumed the most.

We have to consider when we use Google we do not pay any fees to use their services. There are other services that are also tracking us and we do not pay fees to use them. We get a lot of music, news, and videos from these services on our computers and on our portable devices. Someone has to pay for this. I would rather them do what they are doing than having to pay out fees every month for everything I access.

This type of info has value to advertisers, product distributors, and marketing companies. They are not interested directly about each individual. With the millions of users out there who's shopping and their travel habits are being monitored it would be a lifetime daunting task to start looking at them one by one and taking note of each one! And then who is going to read all that info? This is all done by computers using AI systems. They are generating consumer density maps, and huge bulk consumer data lists in numeric sequences. The various product retailers can then determine the required quantities and types of products to place on the shelves for consumers to purchase at the various locations. In a way in the end we also get better supplied services from these retailers.

My annoyance would be the battery usage from apps that I would not need to have tracking. I am using a Blackberry PRIV. I have not found any problems with battery usage. I did notice that when I use Google Search, at below the entry prompt I am seeing where I have been, and where I am. I also sometimes see suggestions. I was in a dining place just the other day, and when I opened Google Search it told me where I was, and if I would like to see their menu on their web site. It also told me where I last parked my car. It also made suggestions about the closest place I can get the best price for gasoline. As I scrolled down I saw more suggestions and more info about my activities.

Another one that may surprise many people. Our debit and credit cards are also being tracked in a similar way. They know the types of purchases, amounts of cash withdraws, and etc. Many of the large retailers are now taking electronic photos of the customers when paying out at the cash in their stores. Their systems are correlating the customer's face with their credit or debit card. They are also tracking the purchases. This is how they know what types of advertising to direct to the customer. They also add this info to their security system so they can know who their customers are. The security systems of today use bio-metrics to ID people from their collected database. Even many types of consumer photo cameras are capable of using basic bio-metrics to ID people. Our smart phones are capable to use this type of system.

Interesting Talent!

I am sure that when this kid gets out of trouble, or serves his time, or whatever, he will have some interesting job offers.

Modular Smart Phone

I was anxious to soon see this type of phone available. I like the idea of being able to have a number of different types of modules to allow specific customization of the phone at any time to fit particular situations. There is also a huge advantage as when a function becomes defective a simple module replacement can fix the phone rather than sending it out for expensive service, or having to replace the complete phone.

A few years ago, I had a phone where the camera went defective and the rest of the phone was perfect. I had to send the phone for service. I had to have a loaner phone for over two weeks. The factory service told me the problem was not feasible to service. I had to replace the complete phone to have the camera back. If I had a modular phone, this may have been a simple very quick module replacement.

Phone Security

If you want to have privacy and security with a phone Blackberry is the way to go. With Blackberry we don't hear about these problems as like we are hearing about with the others. This is why governments, medical field where privacy is a concern, leaders of countries, and high position people in corporations only use Blackberry.

I myself and my family have been using Blackberry. I have no issues with this phone, and I feel very secure with it.

Swimming in a Fishing Lake!

WTF... How does someone choose to swim in a lake belonging to a fishing club and expect to not have a mishap???!!! This man most likely has less brains than the fish being caught in the lake!

I would like to see that guy try nude swimming in the fishing lakes up in Northern Canada that are full of Great Northern Pike. He would have a much bigger problem than getting a fish hook stuck in to a critical place! He would be running out of the water with maybe some pieces of skin missing.

You can fix a lot of things with a hammer, but with a hammer no matter how many times you pound it down you cannot fix stupidity!

Trust

This man is an idiot. He will never be able to have an IT or systems analyst job most likely for the rest of his life. This man will never be trusted. He will be lucky if he can get a floor sweeping job. Employers would never want to employ someone who can turn on them.

It's interesting only a number of months ago they were talking about the idea to ban Bitcoin, or find a way to regulate it. The reason is with Bitcoin they would not have control over it as like regular currency, and be able to track it for taxing the users who make profit it.

To add to all of this, when the first LCD monitors came out in mass production they started to be produced slowly. At the beginning when they were targeted to be mass distributed during the first year or so many of the models were selling at below the actual manufacture price. The manufactures were putting these out on mass as an investment to get the cost down over the volume of sales for a targeted time duration. They were looking at after two years they should be starting to have a profit.

Back in 1996 a 14 inch LCD monitor with a contrast ratio of 250 was selling for over $8000 US. In the year 2000 an equivalent which was improved a bit was selling for about $1600. Now we can purchase a far superior LCD screen at 24 inches for a few hundred dollars. The R&D to develop this technology was in the billions of dollars. The cost to bring these in to mass production was at a huge cost, but in the end they did it.

It would be best to have the phone enabled to be operated by any of the passengers. There was a system devised where the vehicle has a device installed that senses if the phone is in front of the steering column and being held by the driver. It is designed to be very difficult to bypass. Only the local emergency number can be dialed, or the phone can be answered or hung up. There would be some logistics where the phone can not be used for other than emergency (911) unless a hands free unit is working with it.

The automobile companies would have to get involved. Royalty and patent issues would have to be worked out. This type of system would save a lot of lives. There has to be a serious and costly penalty for those who implement a way to bypass this safety system. The fine has to be at least a few thousand dollars with a court hearing. If the fine is only a few hundred dollars and no court appearance there are many people who would still bypass this. I have personally seen people texting and talking on their phone to their ear while driving. When mentioning they can get a ticket they tell me they don't care because the ticket is not expensive.

I hope any browser that will browse cached web pages will at least display a warning showing the internet connection is lost! Not knowing the connection is down can cause some frustration when the user has to access it.

MS Browser IE with Windows Operating System

Something I cannot understand...

I don't see the big deal in having Internet Explorer installed with Windows or any other programs that comes with Windows. The user can still go out on the net, and download and install any other browser or program he wants. Windows does not block any other browser or programs from going in.

When I install Windows on any computer I find IE a convenient starting point. I then install Chrome and Firefox because I like them. I end up using all three browsers. I found some have weak and strong points for different approaches in how I like to cruse the net, and use the user groups.

Taxes For News Site Searches!

Everyone is over taxed to begin with. Once this type of thing starts with an open service such as usage of the net, then it will never end.

Google should simply remove all the France web sites to show them how the loss of millions of visits will affect them. Then they can think about this. The losses will reduce the value of the advertizing revenue that they presently have.

Soon will will be taxed for sitting on a park bench or simply taking a walk outside on the street!