Message-ID: <t3g71k$ijf$1@dont-email.me>
Date: 17 Apr 2022 00:02:42 -0500
From: "Dave Garland" <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
Subject: Re: Google warns AdSense users not to 'monetize' the war in Ukraine
I cannot recall any time that this venue has even mentioned Ukrainian
or Russian systems, and if we do, it's likely to be re technology, not
politics or aggression. So it doesn't seem to apply to us. Discussion
of politics not related to telecom is off-topic here. Maybe we could
see an article on how communications viasecure vs. non-secure cell or
radio circuits impacts military operations. Whether Google's policy
attacks free speech* or any side's propaganda** is a different
question but need not concern us.
* only applies to government restrictions
** it is dangerous to take any side's claims as 100% truth, e.g. "we
sunk Moskva with 2 missiles" vs. "Moskva had a fire".
***** Moderator's Note *****
What concerns me is not Google's actions vis-à-vis the Russia-Ukraine
conflict, but the precedent. Mega-corporations have been trying to
bypass government restrictions on their operations for decades, and
Google's decision to tax any opinion about the Russion-Ukrainian war
that they don't agree with is, AFAICT, just a trial balloon. If our
government can't act - and I don't think it can - then Google can
define any opinion other than its own as being unjust and/or racist,
mysogynistic, or against unspecified rules.
This is the beginning of a return to a new copy of the Hearst empire,
and to a world where Billionaires decide what is best for us. You
heard it here first.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Message-ID: <20220418123411.DD80072F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:34:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: T-Mobile customers warned of unblockable SMS phishing
attacks
By Sergiu Gatlan
An ongoing phishing campaign targets T-Mobile customers with malicious
links using unblockable texts sent via SMS (Short Message Service)
group messages.
The New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell
(NJCCIC) issued a warning after multiple customers have filed reports
of being targeted by this new SMS phishing (smishing) campaign.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/t-mobile-customers-warned-of-unblockable-sms-phishing-attacks/
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Message-ID: <20220418124122.C510272F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:41:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Larry Magid: I had hoped to review AT&T Fiber but having
trouble getting it installed
I had hoped that today's column would be a review of AT&T fiber
high-speed internet, which has recently become available where I
live. I'm happy with my Xfinity gigabit service but, unlike cable,
fiber is symmetric, which means you get the same speed when uploading
as you do when downloading.
My cable service gives me a gigabit down but only about 35 megabits
for uploading. It's not a big deal but, in theory at least, a faster
upload speed should improve how I look on video calls and TV
interviews and make it faster when uploading large files, like video
files. Gigabit service from both AT&T and Xfinity costs more than
slower speeds, and not everyone needs that fast of a connection.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/14/larry-magid-i-had-hoped-to-review-att-fiber-but-having-trouble-getting-it-installed/
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