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Category Archives: Technology

Apple Revokes Enterprise Developer Certificates

On Tuesday Techcrunch reported that Facebook had been paying people, in particular teens, $20 a month to install their “Facebook Research” app. The “Research” app includes a Virtual Private Network (VPN) client. The “Research” app is a rebranded app that was removed from the public iOS App Store in August of 2018 because it violated […]

Posted byWayneJanuary 31, 2019January 31, 2019Posted inApple, TechnologyTags: abuse

Apple’s Group FaceTime Bug

Over the last weekend a report of a serious privacy bug was found in Apple’s Group FaceTime service. The bug would allow someone to enable the microphone and camera on someone’s device. The Issue You can read the 9to5mac article for the steps on how this bug was activated. The short version is that if […]

Posted byWayneJanuary 30, 2019January 30, 2019Posted inApple, TechnologyTags: Bug, FaceTime, security

Twitter and Third-Party Clients

When Twitter launched about 12 years ago, it started off as an SMS-based service. Soon after its launch it became a website and it took off at becoming used by many members at South by Southwest (SXSW). The early users of Twitter helped define some of the many conventions that have become a mainstay of […]

Posted byWayneAugust 16, 2018August 15, 2018Posted inApps, TechnologyTags: clients, third-party, twitter

Panic’s Mystery of the Slow Downloads

Here is a video by Panic, makers of apps like Transmit, Panic, and Firewatch. The brief backstory, is that some of Panic’s customers were reporting that downloads were really slow. The video explains what the issue was. The video also explains a small segment of how the internet works. This is not a technical video […]

Posted byWayneMarch 5, 2018Posted inInternet, TechnologyTags: internet, panic, Slow downloads

My Thoughts on Crypto Currencies

I am not investing in any crypto currency. The thought has crossed my mind, but I am a bit too risk adverse to get into that. I do not invest heavily in stocks either. I was asked by a friend about my thoughts on thoughts on crypto currencies. I had not planned on doing a […]

Posted byWayneFebruary 25, 2018Posted inTechnologyTags: crypto-currency

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