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Fact or Fiction?

The FBI’s report that a hacker took control of a (US) commercial airline flight is either the latest Orwellian-related post on how invasive technology has become; a post-Snowden, governmental scare tactic and/or a bit of both…

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Hacking Encouraged?

United Airlines has launched an incentive-program (i.e., a ‘Bug-bounty Program’) rewarding hackers finding bugs in their online systems. As for their quality of in-flight service and amenities that is another issue!

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5 Hours?

Either there’s an internal bug; heavy end-user demand; slow throughout and/or problematic servers… whatever the case may be, a posted 5 hour update time for a file that is less 100mg harkens back to the dial-up, analog ‘net access! Clearly, … Continue reading

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