Welcome / open talk

What Do You eat

You throw away the outside and cook the inside.
Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.

Answer will be posted tomorrow.

This week we're recognizing, bwarden!

Bwarden has been updating TriMet and other transit locations for our community for over 10 years!
The one where I live can barely call itself a transit system, but in about 5 years we might be able to make Bwarden's list!

Thanks for your continued contributions to our community, Bwarden!

~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

I just noticed that City Navigator Europe NT 2019.10 has been released. Sorry if this has been reported previously.

Starting this month If you need to apply or renew you driver License must do the following

1) Complete a form at the BMV near you.

2) your current drive license will be stamps with Holes and will be return to you

3) a New Temporary Certificate will be issue to you (that will be your new driver permit.

4) The new driver license will be mail to you from 7 to 10 days.

Where can I configure my account to receive email notifications when a thread I've posted to or subscribed (is this even possible) receive new posts?

There has been a lot of talk about the VPNFilter router virus recently. There was request to reboot your router. But that did not remove the core of the virus. Only a factory reset would. So to help with that decision of what steps you could take. It would be handy if you actually knew if your router had the virus. Here is a test from Symantec that is quick easy and free.

May everyone have a safe and happy 4th of July. We should be thankful for our independence, freedoms, and the forefathers who gave their lives to create our country.

According to an article from the Wall Street Journal, one of Google’s many dirty secrets is that it allows application developers to sift through users Gmail addresses. Basically, Google allows third parties to read your email. There’s no other way to describe it.

This week we're recognizing, Abeebe!

Abeebe has been with us for over ten years and recently updated his BBQ Restaurants Mom and Pop Locations and his VFW Posts POI files.

Seeing these updated files caused me to pause and think about the holiday we're celebrating this week from a couple different angles which I haven't considered in some time.

Hope everyone in the U.S. enjoys a safe holiday week!

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

Recently reporters have discovered that Facebook filed a patent a while back for a technology that would embed “digital fingerprints” in TV ads or other audio that would trigger smartphone mics to start recording everything in the surrounding area.

Happy Canada Day 151 years old.

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

https://www.cnet.com/news/how-what3words-pinpoints-every-spo...

When it comes to navigation, we live in an age of miracles. Speak a few words to your phone and it'll lead you to your friend's house.

But there's still room for improvement.

What3words

Help Net SecurityJune 20, 2018

3,000+ mobile apps leaking data from unsecured Firebase databases

Appthority published research on its discovery of a new HospitalGown threat variant that occurs when app developers fail to require authentication to Google Firebase databases.

Zeljka Zorz, Managing EditorJune 22, 2018

Office 365 users targeted by phishers employing simple HTML tricks

Phishers are using a simple but effective trick to fool Microsoft’s NLP-based anti-phishing protections and Office 365 users into entering their login credentials into spoofed login pages.

Zeljka Zorz, Managing EditorJune 28, 2018

How Facebook and Google nudge users to make anti-privacy choices

Facebook, Google and Microsoft use design techniques and tricks to steer users toward sharing more information about themselves to benefit those businesses, the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) has shown.

Zeljka Zorz, Managing EditorJune 27, 2018

Researchers release app that masks printers’ tracking dots
McAfee - We Support Fearless Innovators Who Are Making Our World A Better Place

Did you know that nearly all modern color laser printers put tracking patterns of tiny yellow dots on each piece of paper they print?