Feb 26 2024

ATT Outage and more

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Joe Harris
February 26, 2024

Your eyes and ears on the techscape

ATT Outage

ATT suffered a large outage that seems to have been selective. I have ATT and never lost service, but many people around me did. They claim that this was not the work of cyberattack but was instead a fumble while implementing new policies. I’m going to keep an eye on this one….

AT&T outage caused by software update, company says

AT&T outage impacting US customers prompts investigation into possible cyberattack.

abcnews.go.com/US/att-outage-impacting-us-customers-company/story?id=107440297#:~:text=AT%26T%20told%20ABC%20News%20in,we%20were%20expanding%20our%20network.%22

iMessage encryption upgrade

iMessage gets a major makeover that puts it on equal footing with Signal

How Kybers and ratcheting are boosting the resiliency of Apple's messaging app.

arstechnica.com/security/2024/02/imessage-gets-a-major-makeover-that-puts-it-on-equal-footing-with-signal

Some deals on that new Rig!

I have started to notice that the battery life on my MacBook Air M1 is slowing, that is usually the first thing to go…

Huge laptop sales at Amazon and Best Buy — here's the 15 deals I'd buy on MacBooks, Dell, HP and more

Check out the best laptop deals currently available

www.tomsguide.com/computing/laptops/huge-laptop-sales-at-amazon-and-best-buy-heres-the-5-deals-id-buy-on-macbooks-dell-hp-and-more

Wyze camera leak

Wyze is a security camera maker, they are normally a cheaper camera, but that makes them great for some inside small purpose uses. I looked at one to cast to a screen in my office so I could see the hall while the door was shut, and I was on Zoom. But they recently had a pretty large data leak so you should really be careful with what you save and for how long.

“So violated”: Wyze cameras leak footage to strangers for 2nd time in 5 months

"In some cases an Event Video was able to be viewed."

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/wyze-cameras-gave-13000-people-unauthorized-views-of-strangers-homes

Ok hear me out…

I know that I don’t need this in my life. But if you ever saw the movie “the saint” with Val Kilmer you will know that I come from an era of clunky small computers. This just makes me feel all warm inside. Plus, there is something liberating about a device that is $500 and is basically a typewriter.

Traveler

Traveler is a dedicated drafting device for anyone who writes without the distraction – or temptation – of browsers, email, or notifications. Get in writing flow and develop more prolific writing sessions by separating the drafting and editing processes. When it is time to edit, your drafts wirelessly sync to the cloud

getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler

I am available for conversations about your IT if you need anything please reach out below.