Teen Changes Wallpaper On Teacher’s Computer; Gets Charged With A Felony By Sheriff’s Office from the CFAA:-Teen-Edition dept Change a teacher’s desktop wallpaper? That’s a felony. (Tampa Bay Times) The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has charged Domanik Green, an eighth-grader at Paul R. Smith Middle School, with an offense against a computer system and unauthorized access, a felony. Sheriff… Read More »
Spring Cleaning A lot of you live in the northern hemisphere where Mother Nature is now attempting to make spring – and actually this year, she’s doing pretty good job – at least in our neck of the woods. The grass is getting emerald green and I’m staring at my lawn mower wondering just how many more days… Read More »
Why You Should Turn Off Recommended Updates Now Once upon a time, maybe 10 or so years ago, you could just leave Windows Update with its default settings and forget about it. But not so anymore. Microsoft has been using Windows Updates to push unnecessary driver updates, and other things like Bing Bar (several years ago) and now… Read More »
Have Fun Getting Old For years and years I fought the fact I was getting old. I’d protest loudly is someone even hinted that I was getting to be an old coot. I’d skip down the street, jump up in the air like the guy from the Teeter-Hang Ups commercial who is 74 and jumps around like he’s… Read More »
Windows Defender: Defenseless (Applies to Microsoft Security Essentials too) If you’re using Window 8x or Windows 10 and you are relying on the built-in Windows Defender to protect you, you’re in for a shock – you’re basically unprotected. Yes having Windows Defender running is better than nothing but barely. Windows Defender is exactly the same program as Microsoft… Read More »
There’s a lesson to be learned from the following article that applies to all of us – the lesson is clear: No amount of security software is going to protect you if you freely give your information away by clicking on links in phishing emails or falling for fake security alerts on the Web – the ones that… Read More »