Sep 8, 2019 | Android, Apple, business, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, mobile, search
When you search for the phone number for Bruceb Consulting, Google shows the phone number. Does that seem obvious? It’s a relatively recent change. Google only began serious efforts to provide One True Answer to search queries a few years ago. It completely...
Jun 5, 2019 | Android, Apple, LastPass, security
If you use LastPass, you have to remember your master password. The company does not know the password and cannot help you reset it. It’s part of the reason that LastPass is secure. If bad guys hacked into LastPass and stole all the data, they would get nothing;...
May 27, 2019 | Android, business, Google, laptops, network, news, phone, security
“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes. — “Silver Blaze,” The Memoirs of...
May 22, 2019 | Android, Google, LastPass, security
Security is complicated. It turns out that giving your mobile phone number to Google can block almost all phishing attacks and automated bots attempting to hack into your Google account. Log into your Google account and add your phone number and a recovery email...
May 12, 2019 | Android, Apple, augmented reality, Chrome, Facebook, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, Privacy, security
Google, Microsoft, and Facebook held developer conferences last week to showcase new products and services. Google had some exciting announcements. Microsoft and Facebook, not so much. MICROSOFT Microsoft is an enterprise company. At its Build Conference, it...
Mar 11, 2019 | Android, Apple, Facebook, Google, Politics, Privacy, security, WeChat
A series of articles about privacy and trust in the era of tech overlords. • Part 1: Data about you is being gathered by the big tech companies (as well as many other companies) in startling ways. Their ability to analyze that data and predict your behavior is...
