Weekly Axis Of Easy #73 This week’s quote: (was another apocryphal one, update to follow) – markjr Last Week’s Quote was “He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.” …by Albert Camus, winner was Gus THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to […]
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A Heretic’s Guide to Deplatforming
[Update: Ironically, after ascending rapidly and fostering vigorous commentary over on Hackernews, this article has been “flagged” there . Update #2: A few hours later it was unflagged and is currently on the first page of HN ] The phenomenon of deplatforming in the internet age, which includes the component of publicly expressed outrage that impels companies to […]
[AxisOfEasy] Nevermind Television, Screen Time Is Rotting Your Kids’ Brains
Weekly Axis Of Easy #72 This week’s quote: “He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.” …by ???? Last Week’s Quote was “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do” by ….Michael Porter, winner was William Hanisch THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be […]
[Resolved] .COM & .NET Whois Outage
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[AxisOfEasy] What Spammers Can Do With All That Breached Facebook Data
Weekly Axis Of Easy #71 This week’s quote: “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do” by ….????? (Hint, it wasn’t Elon Musk) Last Week’s Quote was “The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” …by Thucydides. Solved by Gus. THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the comments […]
What to do about those “You’ve been hacked! Pay me Bitcoin” email spams
We originally reported on this back in #AxisOfEasy 58, it’s the phenomenon of getting an email spam wherein the mailer claims to have hacked or compromised your computer, and will (pick one). encrypt or corrupt your computers, files or data spread embarrassing or compromising information about you to your contacts release an unflattering video ostensibly […]
