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The UK Court of Appeal ruled what many thought since the beginning: The UK government is breaking the law when it grants public authorities, such as the police or tax collection agencies, the power to access mass surveillance data collected by intelligence agencies.

Microsoft pushed an unscheduled update to its Windows customers that will disable the patch that was supposed to mitigate the Spectre variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715 Branch Target Injection) CPU flaw.

Prease to read more here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-disables-spectre-...

..."the US Air Force will be conducting combat tests in the western US which will involve the jamming of GPS, resulting in GPS being disrupted temporarily.

This week we’re recognizing nandyesc and tli!

Thanks to nandyesc for providing a download option for members needing Large JCV (CNNANT_201910) and to tli for helping get that information to our community.

Your contributions are appreciated!

~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

by Paul Alcorn January 25, 2018 at 5:25 PM

Intel reported its fourth-quarter financials today in what was probably one of the company's most anticipated briefings in recent history.

by Lucian Armasu January 26, 2018 at 10:10 AM - Source: Cisco

JM or Angela, I was trying to lookup a user by his username. There doesn't seem to be a way to search on username. Not even from the User List, since Search only takes you to results in the discussion. Then you have to scroll through many pages to find a post that the user you are looking for, made, and click on the name.

Would it be possible to make the User List searchable?

Off topic but this is a pretty tech savvy group so.

I get my TV trough a box (DVR) that has an optical out that is unused. I would like to use that output to send a BlueTooth signal to my Bose head phones. I am hoping that by tapping this source of audio it will not affect the signal (audio) going to the TV. All.. to accommodate two levels of desired volume.

Is there such a gadget?

Dark Caracal stealing SMS messagesThe EFF and mobile security company Lookout uncovered a global espionage campaign targeting primarily mobile users that downloaded fake secure messaging applications. The EFF and Lookout traced the “Dark Caracal” malware to a building belonging to the Lebanese General Security Directorate in Beirut.

EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin said that:

This week we're recognizing Box Car!

While there were a number of great responses to the I Am New Here And Have A Question (Downloading Icons) thread.

Box Car jumped into action uploading a couple mushroom BMP's for the new community member in need.

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

More than 100 nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and government agencies around the world help police YouTube for extremist content, ranging from so-called hate speech to terrorist recruiting videos.

Hello all

After updating the bios from 1.2.7 to 1.4.1 Windows 7 will no longer complete the boot process.

Of course, the system is out of warranty, and the fine people at Dell can't seem to help. They claim it's a software issue.

The Meltdown/Spectre saga is not over yet, at least not until everyone has patched both their operating system as well as their BIOS firmware. However, we’re already starting to see attackers try to take advantage of this situation by publishing fake patches that contain malware.
Meltdown/Spectre Patch In Disguise

I am wondering if anyone has any Experience with these Products?

I am thinking of getting Floor mats for my 2018 Honda Odyssey. The snow and Salt is killing my new rug in the MiniVan!! Also Thinking of getting Window Guards for the doors

What do you think?

Wednesday Jan 17 2018 07:40 EST

A bug is causing Google devices to pound networks with 100,000 packets at once.
1/16/2018, 12:19 PM

Users on the Google help forums and Reddit are reporting that Google Home and Google Chromecast devices are causing issues with their Wi-Fi networks. Users say hooking up these Google hardware products leads to an unstable Wi-Fi network or a network that goes down entirely.

Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia today kicked off a lawsuit to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules. Advocacy groups are also suing the FCC.