Sundayitis: No, crystals won't stop malware
I’d almost throw this up as a straight consumer warning, were it not so blatantly ludicrous. Nobody’s actually falling for this… are they?
Malware
Microsoft Scam Call: Special director's cut edition
Once more, unto the phone lines with the crackly digital noise and “the viruses that are harming your computer”. Only this one was a stayer. Real endurance.
Why we do dumb things on smartphones
Merely having a smartphone in your pocket doesn’t make you smart. It may make you considerably less smart with regards to your online actions than you might think.
Waste the time of Microsoft Phone Scammers (and have fun in the process)
I got a call “from Microsoft Technical Support” this afternoon. It was fake (of course), but it allowed me to waste some of their time along the way, and have a little fun. As an added bonus, I discovered something about the ex-CEO of Microsoft that nobody else knew.
Online Scams: Everything old… is still around
Online scams continue to proliferate, largely because they only need a really small strike rate to actually be profitable. It doesn’t take too much work to eliminate one of the most frequent points of failure — and that’s you.
The old man said to me, said don't always take life so seriously…
So, a new sparkly look for the ol’ blog. I spent hours on Sunday mucking around with various themes and bits of style sheet hackery, most of which plain didn’t work. Then found this theme, which I mostly like. Still need to get something to replace the default clouds, though. I’ve also been busy writing …
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