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Thursday, January 12, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 12
Bad links and T-Mobile’s 5G internet
Google will pay $9.5 million to settle Washington DC AG's location-tracking lawsuit
Re: T-Mobile USA - IPv6 available?
Message-ID: <tpfo7r$3vk6c$1@dont-email.me> Date: 8 Jan 2023 19:47:50 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Bad links and T-Mobile’s 5G internet Bad links and T-Mobile’s 5G internet | Q&A with Patrick Marshall Jan. 7, 2023 at 7:00 am By Patrick Marshall Q: During some text message exchanges on a subject of mutual interest, my son forwarded to me a video clip with the URL address Youtu.be. As a regular reader of your column in The Seattle Times, this slightly different address construction raised a red flag. I did not open it fearing it could contain malware or spyware. I raised that issue with him and he said he took it straight off the YouTube website using the YouTube App on his iPad. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/bad-links-and-t-mobiles-5g-internet-qa-with-patrick-marshall/
Message-ID: <0A8BFBBC-1455-42F0-BAF3-565A07EFF716@roscom.com> Date: 31 Dec 2022 23:12:32 -0500 From: “Monty Solomon” <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Google will pay $9.5 million to settle Washington DC AG’s location-tracking lawsuit The company has agreed to make it easier for users to opt out of location tracking as part of the settlement. Google has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine, who accused the company earlier this year of “deceiving users and invading their privacy.” Google has also agreed to change some of its practices, primarily concerning how it informs users about collecting, storing and using their location data. “Google leads consumers to believe that consumers are in control of whether Google collects and retains information about their location and how that information is used,” the complaint, which Racine filed in January, read. “In reality, consumers who use Google products cannot prevent Google from collecting, storing and profiting from their location.” https://www.engadget.com/google-washington-dc-ag-location-tracking-settlement-192244812.html
Message-ID: <tpk0qa$i7lc$1@dont-email.me> Date: 10 Jan 2023 16:38:50 +0100 From: “Marco Moock” <mo01@posteo.de> Subject: Re: T-Mobile USA - IPv6 available? Am 10.01.2023 um 02:35:40 Uhr schrieb Garrett Wollman: > On some other carriers, however, both protocols use private networks. Which provider does use IPv6 ULA addresses? That isn’t a good idea. I know that Deutsche Telekom uses an SPI firewall (to get more money for business plans without), but gives customers routable IPv6 addresses. IPv4 is from 10.0.0.0/8. > (On a relatively recent Android phone, you can see your v4 and v6 > addresses by opening the Settings app, selecting  "About phone" and > then  "Status". On any device, you can test your actual IPv6 > connectivity using a free web site like test-ipv6.com.) I am not in the US, so I can’t test it. I just heard some rumors and I asked here.
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