SECURITY: Email is NOT secure; password resets by email is just stupid!

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/04/28/protect-your-money-att-email-accounts-under-attack-by-hackers/

Protect your money: AT&T email accounts under attack by hackers
Onur Demirkol
Apr 28, 2023

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A recent report says that hackers have been breaking into email addresses provided by AT&T and stealing huge amounts of cryptocurrency.

According to a report from Tech Crunch, unknown hackers have been hacking email addresses provided by AT&T to steal cryptocurrency from users. The report says that the attacks started at the beginning of April by a gang of cybercriminals. They found a way to hack into email addresses and steal people’s money on crypto.

The hackers have gained access to a section of AT&T’s internal network, allowing them to generate mail keys for any user. Mail keys are used by AT&T users to log into their accounts with third-party apps like Outlook without using their passwords. In other words, they are a kind of “secure measure” that allows log-ins from third-party apps.

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If you own an email account provided by AT&T, you might want to improve your security measures or the different precautions. The affected email addresses include att.net, sbcglobal.net, bellsouth.net, and other AT&T email addresses.

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As a former Wall Street InfoSec guy, I never allowed my enterprises passwords to be reset by email.

Guess I was a little ahead of my time and a lot of good it did me.

Argh!

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Apple Savings accounts almost reached $1 Billion in four days

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Apple recently announced its new Savings Account feature , and it reached the $1 billion milestone in only four days. The company partnered with Goldman Sachs to offer a new Savings account feature only for US users with Apple Cards. According to the latest report, the American people have shown serious interest. Forbes says that the amount has reached $990 million in four days and is very close

Source: Apple Savings accounts almost reached $1 Billion in four days

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How come Apple can be a bank, but WalMart can not?

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POLITICAL: Afghanistan repeats the lessons od Viet Nam

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

https://www.judgenap.com/fighting-putin-for-empire/

Fighting Putin for Empire
Posted on April 27, 2023
Andrew P. Napolitano

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The lesson of Afghanistan is a warning that Biden has ignored. Like Bush, he doesn’t care about spilling blood and wasting assets. He wants to build empire to get reelected. So did Bush, and his reputation is in the dustbin of history. Old Joe is aiming to join him.

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Sorry, but the Taxpayer MUST get the politicians and bureaucrats who love the welfare / warfare state under control.

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Cleveland, Texas shooting: Suspect in massacre had been deported 4 times after entering US illegally, ICE source says | CNN

Monday, May 1, 2023

The man wanted by law enforcement for the killings of five Texas neighbors — including a 9-year-old boy — had entered the US illegally and been deported by immigration officials at least four times, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement source said.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/us/cleveland-texas-neighbor-shooting-monday/index.html

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Guess there is no jail time for the 2nd, 3rd deportation. How about the FOURTH time???!!!

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ConspiracyTheories: 9/11 the new pearl harbor

Monday, May 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX6hMtrLBZ8

9/11 the new pearl harbor

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The “official story” of BOTH Pearl Harbor and 9/11 stinks.

Listening to a recent podcast  — 

https://tomluongo.me/2023/04/19/podcast-episode-139-dave-collum-night-long-tweets/

Podcast Episode #139 – Dave Collum and the Night of the Long Tweets

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Cornell Professor and all around gadfly Dave Collum returns to the show for a one on one about a whole lot more than we thought we were going to talk about when it started. Riffing off theories of the Pentagon Papers and going into the weeds of tri-body collision theory and 9/11 as only two veteran chemists ever could.

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Sent me back down the “rabbit hole” of 9/11.

Most cogent of their arguments were: (1) no videos of whatever hit the Pentagon; (2) the immaculate collapse of building 7; and (3) the sheer bullshit “official story” to blame Sadam Hussain.

I don’t know why there isn’t a continued uproar about all the Conspiracy Theories that become true  — from Pearl Harbor, to JFK’s assassination, to 9/11, to the Covid “plandemic”, to the J6 “insurrection”. 

Over and over, the parasitic politicians and bureaucrats get away with murder and nothing ever happens.

Argh!

It’s taken a while to watch and listen to the whole documentary but it really saddens me that we haven’t punished the traitors inside the Gooferment.

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RANT: Norfolk Southern should be ashamed if not penalized for this inexcusible behavior

Sunday, April 30, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12018269/Shocking-video-shows-kids-crawling-Norfolk-Southern-freight-train-starts-moving.html

Shocking video shows kids crawling under a Norfolk Southern freight train as carriages continually block their route to school – and start moving WITHOUT warning

  •     Norfolk Southern trains have frequently blocked crossings in Hammond, Indiana, for hours 
  •     Schoolchildren are often late to class and have to crawl over and under stopped trains to get to school 
  •     Indiana is in the top five states with the most complaints about blocked rail crossing. Texas tops the list, followed by Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee 

By Alyssa Guzman For Dailymail.Com
Published: 22:30 EDT, 26 April 2023 | Updated: 07:28 EDT, 27 April 2023 

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Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.  And, if I was on the jury, I’d make sure that an “eye watering” judgement would get everyone’s attention.

I read recently in Japan that the Railway Company there put “turtle conduits” under their tracks so that turtles could migrate safely.  I bet Norfolk Southern would not survive in Japan with their careless lack of regard for human life. 

I can’t believe that the political parasite class can’t get this “fixed”!  Why else do we tolerate them?

I’m going to put on my citizen journalist hat on and ask Norfolk Southern for comment.  Any wager about response time?

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BITCOIN: Bulgaria’s Golden Ticket = Seized Bitcoin

Saturday, April 29, 2023

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-future-for-bulgaria-seized-bitcoin?utm_source=Bitcoin%20Magazine&utm_campaign=67e3e40384-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_24_09_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f7d45fbb67-67e3e40384-357073741&mc_cid=67e3e40384

A Seized Bitcoin Stack Could Be Bulgaria’s Golden Ticket

  • After seizing 213,000 bitcoin in 2017, Bulgaria now has an opportunity to become one of the wealthiest countries on earth.

Ahmed Botan  —  Apr 24, 2023

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The reason for this is its possession of 213,000 bitcoin, which its authorities seized from a group they labeled as criminals in 2017. According to the South East European Law Enforcement Center (SELC), the group hacked the Bulgarian customs agency’s computers and made changes to the system so that their partner companies could import goods while avoiding paying taxes on them.

Immediately following the crackdown, the bitcoin seized was worth about $500,000, however, it would now be worth closer to $6 billion dollars, as of April 2023. While the details around the BTC seizure are unclear, and it is not totally clear whether the country still holds that bitcoin or what it plans to do with the stack if it does, the potential of a nation like Bulgaria holding this much BTC is worth exploring.

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Well, one can only hope they held on to it.  That’s a neat nest egg for the people and Taxpayers of Bulgaria.

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VOCABULARY: The gravestone emoji is used for zombies IRL

Friday, April 28, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/04/26/getting-zombied-is-new-dating-trend-worse-than-ghosting/

Getting ‘zombied’ is the new dating trend — and it’s worse than ‘ghosting’
By Brooke Steinberg 
April 26, 2023 11:41am 

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“Girl, you’re being ghosted? I’m being zombied,” she shared with her 255,900 followers on the platform.

“It’s like ghosting, but he comes back from the dead after a couple months and hits you up,” she explained in the video with 1.5 million views and 151,100 likes.

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“I saw someone say she puts gravestone emojis on their name in contacts so she knows not to deal with them anymore,” a user wrote.

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I really like this “productivity suggestion”.  

Use the 🪦 to remind yourself to ignore people, places, phone numbers, and email addresses.

I guess it’s polite to send the emoji to let folks know that they are dead to me.

Laugh!

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DISCOURAGING: The roads would be a disgrace in Mogadishu.

Thursday, April 27, 2023

FROM FACEBOOK

Bill Whittle

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Crime levels are soaring. The roads would be a disgrace in Mogadishu. Drug overdoses are killing thousands. The tax base is fleeing the state in record numbers. But thank God, California has managed to address the one really critical issue plaguing the state; namely, can you own your own gas heater in Berkeley? Scott Ott goes where no man had gone before. 

Help keep speech free while you still can by becoming a Citizen Producer right here: billwhittle.com/register/

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Yes, the roads are a mess and the taxes keep going up.  I saw that Arnold was filling potholes.  What happened to Dominos fixing roads?

Sigh!

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RANT: Why aren’t contributions limited to a politician’s district?

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

IDK but why are contributions allowed from external sources?

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