I’m really getting tired of this false equivalency between identity and a persons means of communication. I had another case today where a service that I’ve used for years now denies my access to that service unless I prove to them that I have the financial resources to pay a phone company every month.…
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I’m trying to part with an old futon sofa. It cost a lot of money new and it’s still in pristine condition. I’m trying to sell it on Facebook Marketplace. For about 20% of the purchase price. After I post it I immediately get inquiries using the exact same script.…
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I found myself this morning in a public location with my laptop and needing to do a bit of work. Typically I use my hotspot but the signal was not good. I checked for available wifi and found the guest network that matched my current waiting room.…
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The folks that brought us Pokemon Go have partnered with the Harry Potter and Warner Brother media empire to bring us Harry Potter Wizards Unite. The media says its like Pokemon Go but better with more character depth. I downloaded the free app to try it out but got stuck when I was presented with only two options to share my personal information.…
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Within a few minutes I received three messages of attempts to access my Apple ID and Facebook accounts.
[box type=”shadow”] The first notification was from Apple. Someone had tried to log into my Apple ID enough times that the account had been locked out.…
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