Are messaging apps REALLY secure?

Are Messaging Apps really secure?Person 1: My messenging app is more secure.
Person 2: No, MINE is!
Person 3: No way, I ONLY use Signal – it’s the most secure!

Okay, y’all are fired.

What if I told you that NONE of the messaging apps you use are really, truly secure?

Sound crazy?

Well, it is. The encryption is as good as you’re gonna get.

The problem is the way it’s used that actually matters…

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AI is full of sh*t!

AI: Liar, liar pants on fire!AI is being pushed from every direction.

There’s only one problem: it tends to “hallucinate”.

What does that actually mean?

Well, it means that AI likes to literally make stuff up… sort of like a pathological human being.

Fun for the whole family, right?

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Artificial Stupidity: Your amazing AI future

Artificial StupidityWhen you imagine your future with the amazing technology of AI, chances are it doesn’t look like what’s happening today.

In fact, it’s not even close.

If you’re sick of hearing about AI while lamenting the lack of actual, cool uses for it, you’re not alone.

On top of that, it’s getting pretty bad out there: from power problems to money problems to ‘model collapse’, AI is on the road to changing… well, nothing at all, actually!

It’s pretty much a mess.

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A REAL fix for low mic volume!

Fix Low Mic Volume for good!Connecting a mic to your PC is pretty essential for good quality sound.

So what do you do when your mic level is suddenly too low?

After going through the usual fixes for mix problems – just in case – I explain what’s probably going on with your mic and how to fix it quickly and cheaply!

This is the LAST video you need to watch to fix low mic volume!

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Firefox’s new tracking and how to turn it off

Firefox Privacy Preserving AttributionWell, here we go again…

A few years ago, Google announced FLoC, which I talked about here.

In short:

Led by Google, a group of businesses and advertisers is pushing a new standard that would have your browser identifying your particular group of interests by a unique ID number.

This number will be sent to all sites you visit. VOILA! No more 3rd party cookies, and supposedly more privacy!

Fast forward three years, and Mozilla is jumping on the bandwagon with their own such technology.

So, how do you turn it off?

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Your WiFi is spying on you – and it’s about to get worse

WiFi SensingA company in Taiwan recently presented a developing WiFi tech that can be used to monitor your location, heart rate, breathing patterns, sleep cycles, and much more.

The company’s techie bossman, Doctor Tzi-cker Chiueh, claimed that, “Channel state in modern Wi-Fi is susceptible to minor environmental changes.” These tiny changes can be used with an algorithm he helped create that can do breathing rate estimation at 95 percent accuracy over 5 meters, and heart rate measurements at 83 accuracy at a 1 meter distance.

As it turns out, using WiFi sort of like radar is nothing new; it’s been around for a number of years now.

But there are two little details that nobody is mentioning which could make this “WiFi Sensing” much, much more common in the years to come…

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The difference between FLA, SLA, VRLA, EFB, and AGM lead-acid batteries

Lead Acid Battery TypesIn the olden days, you had this thing called a car battery. Lead, acid, you’re done.

Nowadays, there are so many different types of lead-acid batteries. Plus, everyone will give you different advice on which battery to choose.

Is it for a car with Start and Stop? Can you use a new-fangled battery in an old-fangled vehicle?

Which one lasts longest? Gives you the most energy? The best bang for you buck?

Read on for a simple guide to lead acid batteries!

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Is your DNA an EMF antenna?

DNA is a Fractal Antenna?!There are hundreds and hundreds of studies showing that our wireless wonderland of EMF is not good for our health.

But you might ask: Well, HOW?

When we say “EMF”, we’re talking about many different types of electromagnetic waves, different frequencies, different power levels, and so on.

How could it possibly work?!

It turns out that the answer may very well be in our DNA!

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