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Monthly Archives: February 2025
Google Doing Away With SMS Codes for Gmail Authentication
CNET – Codes sent via SMS messages will be replaced by QR codes sent to user’s phones to verify Gmail accounts. Gmail users will soon see a big change in the way their accounts are secured and how their two-factor authenticated logins are handled. Google is planning to stop sending 2FA codes via text message… Continue Reading
Database and dashboard – activities, groups and businesses supporting democracy through action
The Team at Horizons Project is keeping up a database about movement activity focusing on the range of activity against various pillars. The Pillars — principled collective action & loving defiance. Subject matter tools, links and resources authored by: government workers; business; faith based initiatives; professional associations; unions. Includes Tactics Used, Links and Further Details.… Continue Reading
Assessing Common PINs
Assessing Common PINs – “ABC News analyzed 29 million leaked four-digit PINs from Have I Been Pwned? (a database of exposed credentials from data breaches) and visualized the data using a grid where each square represents a unique PIN. The brightness of each square indicates the popularity of the code—brighter squares show more commonly used… Continue Reading
OPINION: A librarian’s summary of, and response to, the Clarivate announcement
Siobhan Haimé, Birkbeck, University of London (with thanks to Tristan Smith for copyediting assistance) (See also the news item here) In a rather seismic announcement, Clarivate has announced the phase-out of perpetual access purchases for print, eBooks and digital collections by the end of 2025. Described as a supposedly transformative “subscription-based strategy”, this approach is… Continue Reading
How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers
Pluralistic: “Two figures to ponder. First: if your local power company is privately owned, you’ve seen energy rate hikes at 49% above inflation over the last three years. Second: if your local power company is publicly owned, you’ve seen energy rates go up at 44% below inflation over the same period. Power is that much-theorized… Continue Reading
LinkedIn is a weird, workaholic wasteland and a total gold mine for Microsoft
Sherwood: “LinkedIn may not be the first platform you think of when you think about our modern obsession with social media. But the site’s strange mix of job postings, constant spam, professional advice you didn’t ask for, humble and not-so-humble bragging, as well as the occasional actually useful bit of professional connection or networking has… Continue Reading
The 8 Best Apps to Identify Anything Using Your Phone’s Camera
MakeUseOf: Your phone’s camera isn’t just for selfies—it can also double as a visual search engine. From mystery plants to random gadgets, these top Android and iPhone apps can help you identify almost anything you see. Google Lens: For Identifying Everything Pinterest: Art, Design, and Decor Identifier Amazon Shopping: Price Comparison and Amazon Availability Image… Continue Reading
Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life
“Oak trees are some of the most important trees in the world. Watch as Dr. Andrew Hipp discusses his Oak research. Besides being the backbone of many of our forests, they also support as stunning array of insect life, animal and fungal life, and have also been key to humans since time began. There are… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 22, 2025
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 22, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex… Continue Reading
DOGE Understands Something the US Policy Establishment Does Not: Technology is the Spinal Cord of Government
Tech Policy Press “I was a founding member of the US Digital Service, the organization that as of January 20 became the US DOGE Service following an executive order under President Donald Trump. I have remained fairly silent over the past few weeks, largely because I have been processing the reality of an organization dedicated… Continue Reading
Financial Times – America has turned on its friends
Editorial Board – Financial Times [unpaywalled]: “Winston Churchill is credited with saying that America does the right thing after exhausting the alternatives. Donald Trump has turned that aphorism on its head. In the past 10 days, he has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. Those who thought America was a friend or… Continue Reading
