A few days ago I came across the CBC story on how a Canadian man had been defrauded out of $800,000 when cybercriminals inserted themselves into a real estate deal and had the funds diverted to themselves:
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Future Fibre: Grow Your Own Internet
We are pleased to announce our sponsorship of Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tooks” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. This is the first installment wherein Jesse takes a look at the state of broadband access in rural Canada and the growing micro-ISP movement to address the shortcomings of the space. Let’s Seize […]
[Axis of Easy] Amazon Doorbells Exposed Home WiFi Passwords To Hackers
Weekly Axis Of Easy #122 Last Week’s Quote was “Image is reality, and reality is nothing more than one long propaganda film” by Peter Levenda, winner was Marco Maske This Week’s Quote: “The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.” by….??? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the […]
[Axis of Easy] Google’s Secret Program To Gather Health Data On Millions
Weekly Axis Of Easy #121 Last Week’s Quote was “The greatest barrier to progress is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.’ …by Daniel Boorstin, which nobody got. H/t to Jonathan Harder who suggested it. I didn’t know who Boorstin was, but by some weird coincidence I have since picked up his book “The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in […]
[Axis of Easy] Don’t Read This Until You Upgrade Your Google Chrome First
Weekly Axis Of Easy #120 Last Week’s Quote was “What is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.” by Richard Feynman, winner was Dave This Week’s Quote: “The greatest barrier to progress is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.’ …by ????? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the blog The […]
[Axis of Easy] WSJ: Tech Giants Have Hijacked The Internet
Weekly Axis Of Easy #119 Last Week’s Quote was “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent” by… closest guess was Warren Buffet, it was actually his business partner Charlie Munger. This Week’s Quote: “What is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be […]
