If you use the Firefox browser, you might have noticed that sometimes you are redirected to Google.
How to stop your queries from being sent to Google.
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Here is one policy where I agree with Obama: Kids should not be set loose on Facebook. Apparently, the president and the First Lady do not let their children on Facebook…
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Social media could be used more for good and is an under-used tool for spreading peace and truth. Websites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are used by people all over the world. Imagine if people around the world would try harder to be friends, how our world would be a happier, safer place.
Avoid: hate, lies, rumors, fear.
Try to spread: Truth, courage, and love. (That’s what Jesus Christ taught us.)
I used to try to encourage people to garden, to grow healthy fruits and veggies at home, to capture clean, renewable energy like solar and wind. Now that I know more about what is really going on, I am trying to use social media to spread the gospel, as Jesus commanded.
“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Mark 16:15
Did you get a copyright dispute from Youtube like the Global Warming Mashup video?
Here is how to dispute it, but Youtube might not respond.
UPDATE, a few weeks later, Nov-10-11: YouTube did not respond.
My mother forwarded a suspicious email to me for me to take a look at. It appeared to be a clever hacking attempt. I looked into the issue and decided to take a few actions.
I will share some steps with you that might help.
Continue reading ‘Microsoft/Hotmail Security Vulnerability’ »
I was updating Mozilla Thunderbird, the free email program, and noticed an unwanted internet connection.
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I caught my computer making unwanted connections to a server with the IP 89.149.228.199.
What data is being sent and how to stop this? I share my results and tips with you.
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I accidentally deleted an entire folder of videos from my Nokia N810. To make matters worse, there is no “undo” and no recycle bin. So how did I recover the erased folder?
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I’ve been watching the packets of data fly in and out of my computer’s network card and I’m surprised how much unsolicited traffic there is. From my observation, the biggest consumer of those packets is Google.
Here are some things you can do to keep Firefox from sending too much information to Google. Break the tie between Firefox and Google.
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Using the network monitoring program, CurrPorts, we can see which websites we visit send data to Google’s servers. I’m talking about websites that are neither owned or operated by Google. It might be surprising that data is being sent to Google as we visit other websites along the web. For example, going to truveo.com causes many unwanted internet connections…
Above, Currports tells us that we are connecting to not only Google’s servers, but Facebook’s servers as well. (1e100.net is one of Google’s servers.) We can block both of them and more.
How to Block Google Analytics, Google ads, Facebook, etc…
Why does wmplayer.exe access the internet without our permission?
