Tag Archives: paranoid

paranoid about printing

Posted on October 12, 2016 by DocDock

It seems that the venerable Hewlett Packard has been in the news recently about ink jet cartridges[arstechnia][forbesadvocate]. Allegedly HP changed their firmware to favor their own ink while preventing other ink cartridges from working. This apparently also includes refilled genuine … Continue reading →

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Never ever rush … software installation

Posted on September 30, 2016 by DocDock

I should have known better but how hard could the task really be?  Download some free or open source software from the internet, configure it, and presto I then have all of the tools necessary for my “homework” assignment. The … Continue reading →

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Big brother is watching (you buy underwear)

Posted on June 30, 2016 by DocDock

Edward Snowden raised the stakes of privacy in June 2013 when he released the scope of the internet and phone surveillance by American intelligence agencies.  We learned quite a bit about what types of data collections were being done. Phone records … Continue reading →

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Analyzing web traffic

Posted on March 17, 2016 by DocDock

Are we alone in the universe?  Well, that question is up for grabs but the question of am I alone on the Internet is quite answerable.   Simply Google any noun or term and it is easy to see that you … Continue reading →

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… and yet I must pay for ketchup

Posted on January 11, 2016 by DocDock

The other day we ended up at a fast food restaurant for dinner.  I guess my body is not the temple I thought it was.  Of course it took the children a while to make up their mind yet eventually the … Continue reading →

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i am NOT paranoid

Posted on November 15, 2015 by DocDock

As the saying goes “Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean that they are not out to get you” Just when you thought that companies were content to track us with cookies, tracking cookies, web beacons or website trackers they … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence or better profiling

Posted on November 11, 2015 by DocDock

Not that long ago, I was looking for a new job and was using Google mail to send out my resume.  It was late and I was trying to get everything done so I could make dinner.  In my haste … Continue reading →

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Privacy and legal convenience – the impossible goal

Posted on November 4, 2015 by DocDock

My children are still young so I still have quite some say in how certain things are done.  Sometimes I have to make a tough decision and I really don’t want to look like the bad guy.  When this does … Continue reading →

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It’s scary

Posted on October 31, 2015 by DocDock

Last week I called and woke up my parents.  It seems that I miscalculated the time, I was off by an hour.  I have fallen victim to daylights savings time. Daylight savings time is the practice of advancing the clock … Continue reading →

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