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SB Computer Club Tech Cafe

February 1, 2022

Tuesday
7:30AM

Mesquite Grill, Catalina Room

1: Investors Buy Up Metaverse Real Estate (Seth): https://www.wsj.com/video/series/current-features/investors-buy-up-metaverse-real-estate-in-virtual-land-boom/9620D8C3-3B38-48F7-9019-5C20F52D68CB  and https://market.decentraland.org/lands

2: The End of Car Keys, Passwords and Fumbling With Your Phone at Checkout (Seth): https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-end-of-car-keys-passwords-and-fumbling-with-your-phone-at-checkout-11641618007?st=wms2bxnzctcn9mo&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

3: Silverado PU EV 400 mile range: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/gm-silverado-ev-ces-2022-watch-live/  and   Mary Barra at CES Live: https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/future-evs 

4: Tesla assembly plant (Beverly): https://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM

5a: Email spam is breaking through again. Here’s what you can do to minimize it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/10/email-spam-stop/

5b: Adobe Cloud Abused to Steal Office 365, Gmail Credentials: https://threatpost.com/adobe-cloud-steal-office-365-gmail-credentials/177625/

6: Helping Next-Generation 5G Cell Technology See Past the Trees: https://scitechdaily.com/helping-next-generation-5g-cell-technology-see-past-the-trees/

7: Cellular networks revolt against Apple privacy moves: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3646617/cellular-networks-revolt-against-apple-privacy-moves.html

8a: Mozilla Is Going to Track Facebook Tracking You: https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-is-going-to-track-facebook-tracking-you-1848338946

8b: Facebook Pixel Hunt Extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/af/firefox/addon/facebook-pixel-hunt/

8c: https://rally.mozilla.org/  

9: Most Reliable PC Hardware of 2021: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Most-Reliable-PC-Hardware-of-2021-2279/

10: QR code scams are on the rise: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/qr-code-scams-on-the-rise-think-twice-before-you-scan/

11: When will iOS 15.3 be released: https://www.addictivetips.com/ios/when-will-ios-15-3-be-released/

Interwebs or news around the tubes

 How Signal is playing with fire: https://www.theverge.com/22872133/signal-cryptocurrency-payments-encryption-invite-regulator-scrutiny

Piracy Will Never Die: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3v3x5/piracy-will-never-die

Microsoft may soon let Windows 11 users bypass Edge as the default browser: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3643338/microsoft-may-soon-let-windows-11-users-bypass-edge-as-the-default-browser.html

How to use Wireshark for capturing and analyzing network packets: https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-use-wireshark-for-capturing-and-analysing-packets/

Wireshark download: https://www.wireshark.org/

Next Meeting 5G discussed.