Google voice to do away with voicemail-to-text
As reported on Cnet Google will apparently be removing a Google Voice feature over carriers’ efforts to fight robocalls. In a message shared on Twitter by journalist Brian Krebs, the company has seemingly begun alerting users that by the end …
Defcon News: Vulnerable Windows Drivers
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Another privacy story: Facebook transcribes audio chats
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/08/13/200217/facebook-paid-contractors-to-transcribe-users-audio-chats Facebook has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of its services, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the work.
FBI to monitor and collect Social Media Data
I am sure this has been going on for awhile, but now it is being ramped up. https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-seeks-to-monitor-facebook-oversee-mass-social-media-data-collection/ The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to aggressively harvest information from Facebook and Twitter, a move which is likely to …
EMP Shielded Data Center preview – Lifeline Data Centers
From our friends over at Lifeline Data Centers We’re making incredible progress on our new, state of the art Data Center located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We’re looking forward to meeting local press, officials, and the business community so we’re …
Quick tidbit on Cambium GPS sync source
Synchronization source– Synchronization mode supports two types of timing sources: the timing signal provided by a Cambium Network’s Cluster Management Module (CMM) or by the AP’s own on-board GPS receiver. Both these sources require GPS Synchronization capable AP hardware and …
When an SFP looks like Johnny5
An 80’s reference. The optics from an SFP look like Johnny 5
Articles in the works
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DOCSIS 4.0 and you
While DOCIS 4.0 is still quite a ways off here are some links for those of you interested in DOCIS 4.0.
Udemy course of the week August 12 2019
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