---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191020235549.GA2841@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:55:49 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink Customer Data Exposed Customer names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers were left open on a MongoDB server for 10 months, researchers report. A CenturyLink customer information database with some 2.8 milliion records was found exposed on the public Internet, exposing personal details of hundreds of thousands of its customers. https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/centurylink-customer-data-exposed-/d/d-id/1336123 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191020235955.GA2900@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:59:55 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Duluth, MN: Observation Hill residents without internet service Observation Hill residents without internet service By: Andee Erickson Customers of CenturyLink on Duluth's Observation Hill have been without internet service since Friday, Oct. 11 due to the vandalism of a terminal near Mesaba Avenue and Second Street. Stephanie Meisse of CenturyLink's public relations said it's still unclear how many customers are affected. Technicians have been working throughout the week and will continue into the weekend to restore services as soon as possible. https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4728592-Observation-Hill-residents-without-internet-service -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <5119EFA1-7606-4D5F-B192-539436CB5889@roscom.com> Date: 19 Oct 2019 18:45:46 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: The Phone Call Isn't Dead, It's Evolving Here's a crazy idea: What if people started using their smartphones to actually speak to each other again? By Katherine Bindley When researchers at Yahoo Labs wanted to learn more about how young people use video chat, they asked 16 teenagers in the greater San Francisco Bay Area to keep a diary for two weeks. The subjects liked to multitask, cleaning their rooms and scrolling through social media, while talking with friends. Chats sometimes lasted almost all night - teens would go down for dinner with their families, only to come back upstairs and resume the conversation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-phone-call-isnt-dead-its-evolving-11571457605 ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 21 Oct 2019