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I guess Im going to take the plunge & do a blog. I ain't an interesting individual, though, so some of y'all may fall asleep reading this. |
I have a bone to pick with the world. Yes, a "me vs world" scenario will not end up on the good side for me, I understand this...but the world shouldn't be TEEing me OFF! Therefore I would not feel the need to take it on. My fight today ( yes, I have lived long enough to be smart enough to pick my fights) is this thing I seen last week, & the week before ( Black Friday week) about the FBI telling folks to watch out for hackers on these new smart TVs everyone is buying. I would have gotten to this blog sooner, but other projects around the Shaw household have taken top priority at the moment. Back to my gripe now. I read all over the internet, seen on TV, and even read in the paper about how the FBI was warning people about the newest line of smart TVs being easy to hack whenever you connect them to your computer to stream tv shows, or use it for "face time" phone calls. It looks like all they were wanting was a lot of face time, because they never really gave any "real" good advice about how to protect your privacy, & your TV, & your private lives inside your home, due to the cameras that apparently have been mandatorily placed on ALL sets...kinda like the 3rd brake lights in all cars & trucks nowdays. In other words, BIG BROTHER just got into millions of bedrooms...& you people allowed him to walk right in....think about THAT when you get that gift of a smart tv for Christmas from a family member or friend, & instead of installing the TV in its rightful ( IMHO) place in the living room, you decide you want to fall asleep watching TV...Go ahead... your prerogative. They were giving little platitude helpful hints, like "Put a piece of black electricians tape over the camera", "cover the entire set with a blanket", "use a long password". THAT is the one that got me..."use a long PW?" Seriously? How long? 8 characters? 12? Define long please. I have been doing research for years on this....and the BEST password is 26 characters long. A 12 character PW can be cracked in 2 decades...by that time, I'm sure you will have changed it several times. That is something else that I think they may have said but in a "Just sort of passing" way. I think the whole thing is, they were telling you how to prevent against hackers, but they were also telling you how to prevent against them, because people... I don't care what anyone says... WE ARE IN the BIG BROTHER age. It is here, no matter how much we try to deny it. No matter how much those who don't believe say "You are just a conspiracy theorist"...every conspiracy has truth behind, just pull back the curtain. It is always the government who hollers "Conspiracy!" first...not us citizens. her are a couple PW testing sites.... go to them...try them out...ummm...obviously not using one of your REAL PWs, of course...LOL: https://www.betterbuys.com/estimating-password-cracking-times/ https://random-ize.com/how-long-to-hack-pass/ But anyways, back to an earlier comment... a 26 character PW is the best, I said earlier.... why? Because using the right number, letter, & symbol (#$%^&) combination...it would take CENTURIES for even the BEST hacker to get into your computer. And that means using a combination of upper/lower case letters, not just one or the other. He/she aint gonna live for centuries. And neither are you, so by the time your 26 character PW is broken.... we are all dead, so it wont matter then. And the next best thing I can tell you.... NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, EVER save your PW to computer. That's just asking for trouble. Get one of those tiny (4"x4", I think it is) spiral notebooks from the school supply section of your nearest store... & keep all your PWs in it. Then keep the notebook in a hidden location that only you & your spouse ( if you're married, that is, of course) know the location of. If you have kids... DO NOT even let them know where the PWs are. There....I believe I have done my PSA for today. I cannot control whether or not you heed my advice, its up to you... but I can put it in a realist way that's kinda of risque'.... Imagine you install your new Christmas gift in your bedroom.... & you want to make love with your significant other....Do you want the whole world watching.... possibly even your children? Your call. Around the Shaw household, we have ONE TV, and it AINT in the bedroom. PS....I actually did use these sites... using a PW example ALMOST similar to mine... & the 11 character PW I have on OUR computer... would take almost 600 years for somebody to bust. So these sites I offered to you... they work. |
| What is it that makes us cry? Happiness makes us cry. Sorrow certainly makes us shed tears....I know that one for sure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRIbf6JqkNc I provided this video....cause there is a major move coming up VERY SOON in my life....more on that ANOTHER time....NOT this entry This is how I am feeling right now. And I just got finished telling a VERY CLOSE friend of mine....(whether on here or not, I shall NOT disclose)….that although I am a man in my 50s....Im crying like a little girl watching this video....LMAO...not anymore obviously, otherwise I couldn't even do this blog right now. But change is hard, especially for me, a Taurus. We Taureans love NONchange….& we fight change tooth & hoof...Yes, I so DID just go there...to the bitter end. Oh, & BTW...yes... try to make ME change...& I really will fight you to the bitter end, yours or mine, your call...or at least until we see that the change is not going to hurt us or matter in the long run. The change I am talking about....or having to talk about, to settle my fears.... is a GOOD change, but still...over 2 decades of stability...AND NOW THIS!!!!!???? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmAY059TTY So....what is the purpose of crying?....I really don't think even the BEST psychologists can answer that one...much less anyone on here..... Is crying for the loss of what we had? Or is it the fear of the unknown? Fear of the future? |
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