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Password, Pirates, and Pi
This week on Battle Born Tech. UnderArmor loses 72 million customer name and email records that were later published. This joins other major leaks of personal info.
Lee with his Raspberry Pi 500 with a HMDI monitor but without sound like a TV has. Lee will need a ribbon cable to get access to his expansion port.
Annabelle has trouble getting on the internet. We discover a new router from an ISP means a new password for every device! If you have your WiFi passwords that YOU SAVED on your phone, then follow instructions at techradar here.
Art a fun pirate not a baddie, is side loading Firefox into an Android tablet to keep his tablet Google free. At least until September 2026, when Android is going to lock down Android to only registered and approved developers.
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“I hate Bluetooth audio.”
“They’re big on passwords.”
“Apps that reveal passwords—don’t use them!”
“Many flavors of Raspberry Pi.”
“I got a lot of boxes here.”
“Not really friendly – FTP”
“Allow rogue programs…”
“Higher numbers are better.”
“I hear the drums are beating”
“Have a Neat Week.”
All em-dashes — were made by the common number of human fingers on the keypad—ALT+0151—no A.I. was involved in their creation.
BATTLE PLANS
with help from Claude.ai
Doxs
The malicious practice of researching and publicly exposing a person’s private or personally identifiable information, such as their real name, address, workplace, or phone number, online without their consent, often with the intent to harass, intimidate, or harm them.
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface is a single-cable standard that transmits both high-definition video and multi-channel audio simultaneously from a source device to a display or receiver.
SSID
Service Set Identifier is the name assigned to a wireless network.
APK
Android Package Kit is the file format used by Android to distribute and install applications, similar to how an .exe file works on Windows, and can be downloaded from sources outside the official Google Play Store.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol is a standard non-secure network protocol used to transfer files between a computer and a server over the internet.
Router
A networking device that receives your internet signal from a modem and distributes it to multiple devices either through wired ethernet connections or via Wi-Fi.
Side loading
The process of installing an app on a device, particularly Android or newer iPhones, from outside the official app store by using a downloaded file such as an APK, bypassing the platform’s standard review and security checks.
Neat Week
“Neat” is without ICE.
Carson City Linux User Group – Meeting third Saturdays at ComputerCorps in Carson City – carsoncitylinux.org
One on One Tech Help at the Carson City Library Wednesdays 3-4 pm Techbusters
