Recently I came across this story by Todd Haselton that describes how the author located an obscure “purchases” page in his Google account settings and there found a methodical list of his online purchasing history, from third-party outside vendors, going back to 2o12. The upshot of the story was that: Google saves years of information […]
The End of an Era for easyDNS…
It all started about two or three years ago, I walked into the office one Monday morning around 10am… and I set the alarm off. My initial shock that I was the first person in on a Monday at 10am was quickly overridden by the realization that I had no idea what my alarm code was. […]
Network Solutions’ scammy bullshit signup funnel
It remains to be seen whether by the time I finish venting into this post, cooler heads will prevail and I will just byte my tongue and not post it, or at least go back and take the f-bombs out and clean up the title. Going negative against competitors runs somewhat contrary to our nature […]
What to do with that malware file you found?
Last week a customer emailed me about an item he had read in that edition of our #AxisOfEasy newsletter. He mentioned that he had received an obviously malware email with a .iso file in the attachment and he was wondering what to do with it. Not in terms of “how can I infect my computer […]
easyDNS: Social Justice Pricing Goes Into Effect Today
Background: Owing to its nature as a hierarchical inverted tree, the DNS system is problematic in that it imposes a pseudo-scientific hegemony based on culturally unfounded technological determinism which constrains the labeling narratives for disadvantaged classes of people and devices. DNS names, web addresses, Qtypes and Class Values are social constructs, those who initially formalized […]
[AxisOfEasy] Stop What You’re Doing and Update Chrome. Do It Now.
Weekly Axis Of Easy #88 This week’s quote: “Love your country, but never trust its government” by ????? Last Week’s Quote was “Congress truly is America’s only native criminal Class” by Mark Twain. Winner was Roger Loeb. THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted in the comments below: The Prize: First person to post, […]
