Welcome / open talk

Last year, we learned that eight Geek Squad employees were being paid as informants by the FBI to report child pornography when they see it on their customers’ computers. The EFF then filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to learn more about this relationship between the FBI and Geek Squad employees.

Equifax released new information from its on-going data breach investigation, including the fact that it found another 2.4 million people who were affected by the attack.
Equifax Data Breach Gets Worse

Microsoft released a patch that delivers Intel’s microcode updates for Spectre to Windows 10 systems with certain 6th-gen (Skylake) CPUs. You should know, however, that this patch isn't as permanent a solution as patching via BIOS updates.

New To The Group And Looking For Some Creative Thoughts

This week we’re recognizing, Soberbyker!

He’s been with us for nearly 7 years and last week he put together a pictorial to help people in the 2019.10 Map Not Available To Me discussion.

Thanks for your contributions and the time you put in to helping your fellow community members!

~Angela

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

It will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

Please read the forum rules before posting.

"POI Factory is not a forum for politically charged debate.
Let's avoid topics that already have a long list of Democrat or Republican talking points or that name specific politicians."

~Angela

In danger of losing your windmill?

Maybe you can share the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you used it to seek out special places to go (like Thai Food, ice cream shoppes, etc.).

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

Tonight I saw on ABC news about Amazon delivery (AMZL) taking pictures of delivered packages. I have seen the pictures of the package on my front porch on my last two deliveries from Amazon. I think this is a great idea.

This month’s fourth-Tuesday patches includes a bevy of bug notices and a warning to uninstall old Previews, the fourth “Monthly Channel” update this month for Office 365, and our old snooping friend KB 2952664.

Two of the most active posters last week were dobs108 and muell9k, so we’re recognizing them both!

Dobs108 has been with us for over 8 years and helps keep me update on RLC cameras in his area!

Muell9k has been with us for 9 and half and we’re so impressed with the recovery he’s made after his stroke two years ago!

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

I am about to buy a new phone (I am a Verizon Customer) and would like some input from my friends here on POI-Factory. I trust what you guys say. (No fake Reviews here!!) I have had a Samsung Galaxy since they came out.. The one I am now replacing is the Galaxy 5.

This week we’re recognizing, BCfromKY!

He’s been hard at work on the Comic Book Stores file, updating state by state.

Who knew there were still so many?!

Stefan Kanthak, reporting on the Bugtraq mailing list, shows how Microsoft’s own security patch download links are based on HTTP, not HTTPS.

The Microsoft Update Catalog uses insecure HTTP links – not HTTPS links – on the download buttons, so patches you download from the Update Catalog are subject to all of the security problems that dog HTTP links, including man-in-the-middle attacks.

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

Just found this story it's long but good

A Brother and A Sister

Let me tell you another story. When I came home from school one day, I said to Mom, “Mom will you tell mea story? Tell me a story about God because I’m always searching for God.” So she told me this story that she heard when she was a small child. A brother and a sister, Harpreet and Simran.

A pair of bugs has silently infested CPUs from Intel, AMD, and ARM for years, and eradicating them has some potential downsides. We're referring of course to the Meltdown and Spectre bugs revealed earlier this week, which are present in modern processors.

Eric Lundgren, a recycling entrepreneur, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for duplicating Dell Restore CDs, which contain Microsoft software. All he wanted to do was extend the life of old computers.

Any of us who want to make a clean install of Windows on our old Dell computer without the original Dell Restore CD are taking the same risk.

Link to the Washington Post (pay site):

by Lucian Armasu February 15, 2018 at 1:15 PM - Source: MacKeeper herre -> https://mackeepersecurity.com/post/fedex-customer-records-ex...