Tag: Cloud storage

You Will Own Nothing and You Will Be Happy…or Not

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

My internet is down, and I still can’t access my Google Documents. After resetting my network settings, once again, I found that it’s now Charter Communications (Spectrum) that is down. Depending on cloud storage for Google Documents, and a subscription business model (along with cloud storage) for Apple Music, made me think of this TED talk that I watched a few months ago.

Ted

About Orit Dolev

No, I haven’t found any connection to the World Economic Forum, and I’m not going to waste any more time looking, as that’s not the point of this post. I do wonder how many people, who believe in the ‘Great Reset’, use either cloud storage or a subscription service. Just do a search for the World Economic Forum and cloud computing, or the World Economic Forum and subscription business model, and you’ll see that they mention them, often.

Anyway, I need to stop dilly-dallying around, online, and set up my laptop. That and install my new modem and wireless mesh network. I’ve been meaning to do it for a while now. First, I need some sleep.

Support King, banned by FTC, linked to new phone spying operation

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Support King, banned by FTC, linked to new phone spying operation

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South Dakota Bans Government Employees From Using TikTok. The Countless Other Apps And Services That Hoover Up And Sell Sensitive Data Are Fine, Though

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem put on a bit of a performance this week by announcing that the state would be banning government employees from installing TikTok on their phones. The effort, according to the Governor, is supposed to counter the national security risk of TikTok sharing consumer data with the Chinese government:

South Dakota Bans Government Employees From Using TikTok. The Countless Other Apps And Services That Hoover Up And Sell Sensitive Data Are Fine, Though

Related:

Oracle Cloud Data Center Locations

Oracle’s coziness with [US] government goes back to its founding

TikTok is such a danger, to national security, that US politicians have used it for campaigning, a tool of war propaganda, and former NATO employees work for them! Besides, TikTok stores user data with Oracle! This moral panic, over TikTok, is all about competition!

Cloud-Based Smart Home Gadgets Keep Getting Bricked Because You No Longer Own What You Buy

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

from the I’m-sorry-I-can’t-do-that,-Dave… dept

Fri, Sep 2nd 2022 12:32pm – Karl Bode

We’ve noted more times than I can count how you no longer really own the things you buy. Whether it’s smart home hardware, or routers that become useless paperweights when the manufacturer implodes, or post-purchase firmware updates that actively make your device less useful, you simply never know if the product you bought yesterday will be the same product you think you own tomorrow.

Cloud-Based Smart Home Gadgets Keep Getting Bricked Because You No Longer Own What You Buy

Interesting title…

Republican lawmakers send letter to AWS before JEDI contract award

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-lawmakers-send-letter-to-aws-before-jedi-contract-award-2019-8

“A former AWS employee, Paige Thompson, has been arrested and accused of being behind the attack. Capital One famously uses AWS. That hack affected the personal information of over 100 million people, including some Social Security and bank-account numbers.“

How can this not be a setup?!