After hitting “publish” on my previous blog post, I had kinda hoped, not having to explain why the lazy-ass “just sent a confirmation mail” option is not a proper method for validating an email address, but apparently, a lot of…
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Explaining “privacy” to the layman (in easy terms)
Andrew has a dog named Chomper. Andrew isn’t as stupid as to use his dogs name anywhere as the answer to a password recovery question, but he doesn’t see why he should keep the name secret either. After all, he…
So, how Google dependent are you?
I just read this story here. In summary: a number of people buy the new Pixel smartphone directly from Google, then immediately resell the device. The TOS clearly forbids doing that (but apparently, nobody read them), so Google terminates the…
Posted in Rants
Another day, another cold call
Telephones… you wish, Alexander Graham Bell would have come up with a design that mandates a conductive plate in the earpiece, so you can remotely shock your peer in case s/he says something stupid, behaves like an asshole or both,…
Posted in Rants
… but we are all Facebook users!
“What’s your problem? Nobody is forced to use Facebook, it’s your choice!” Err, no! just because that stupid argument is parroted ad nauseam throughout the internet since, forever, doesn’t make it true. In reality, we are all Facebook users, no…
Posted in Persepective, Rants
Bypassing Google Play region blocks via VPN or Proxy
Beware, this is going to be a technical post, containing a lot of speculation. So, wouldn’t you want to use Raccoon to download region locked Android apps? Good news is, it works, bad news is it’s fickle. You need a…
So long Github and thanks for all the fish
I have to admit, I’m mildly surprised by Microsoft buying Github. I mean, I always expected Github to eventually sell out, but I thought the buyer would be Google. Speaking of which, I wonder how pissed big G currently is,…
Posted in Rants
GDPR is probably the best piece of legislation of the decade
Sure, everyone is currently moaning and bitching about getting compliant and having to spend money on it, but that is actually a good thing! In the past, collecting data by invading everyone’s privacy came at virtually no cost. Everyone knew…
Posted in Rants
Text Fiction gets a bit of love – Goodbye Drupal, Hello Hugo!
Phew, that was a bit more work than I expected, but I finally hit publish on the new Text Fiction website.
Posted in Rants
Vote rigging? The real danger of Facebook is yet to come!
Currently, everyone seems to be discussing whether or not elections can be manipulated through Facebook. Good morning sheeple! Who would have thought that sharing personal information with an ad network would allow marketeers to contact and lull swing voters? Let’s…
