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Getting Past the Bouncer

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Getting Past the Bouncer

This week on Battle Born Tech we welcome Monica, Lee, and Doug to the show.

Monica has a web app that has gone through a blender courtesy of reflow, Lee (not Larry) wonders how to change his password AND how often he is asked for it in Linux. From this we have some tips about Windows PIN and Microsoft Account passwords. Doug updates us on his journey to get access to his LibreOffice files.

In News we have Windows 10 Extended Security Update program extended a year until October 12, 2027. Our ex-post facto checker, Anthony, cautions us that banks and other websites are using compatibility checks and refuse to let you use Windows 10 on their site even though your Windows 10 is all patched up.

We also talk about the speed and reliability difference between old USB sticks and an external M.2 SSD drive.

We are in the studio Saturdays 9 am to 11 am Pacific. Call direct to studio then or anytime at 775-241-3571 and set up a time to battle your tech!
 

“2032: when our country will finally go beyond 8 bits” 

“30 dollar option…I’ve never seen it.”

“It’s all crazy nuts.”

“Now you get to go back to work, I’m sorry.”

“If you’re not ready of that…it’s weird” 

“I got all nervous and jerky.”

“He went into programs I didn’t even know were there.” 

“Always good to restart.”

“USB is dumb” 

“Then you will be sad.”

“where the Wi-Fi is strong, the fonts are good looking, and all the passwords are above average” 

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.

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
 

 

BATTLE PLANS
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Extended Security Update

An enrolled program that keeps an older version of Windows receiving security patches after Microsoft’s regular support ends. It buys time; it does not add new features.

Windows Scaling 

A Windows display setting that makes text, icons, and buttons larger or smaller across the whole system. Found under Settings, then Display.

Browser Zoom 

A setting inside your web browser that enlarges or shrinks only the page you’re looking at, separate from Windows scaling. Ctrl and plus makes it bigger; Ctrl and zero resets it.

passwd command

The Linux command for changing a user account’s password. Type it at the terminal and follow the prompts.

sudo

A Linux command that runs a single task with administrator authority, short for “superuser do.” It asks for your password so casual mistakes can’t change the whole system.

sleep

A low-power mode where the computer pauses everything in place so you can pick up where you left off. The screen goes dark, but your open work stays in memory.

screen saver

A moving image or blank screen that appears after the computer sits idle. It once protected old tube monitors from burn-in, and the problem is back with OLED screens, though letting the display sleep is the better cure now.

Windows PIN

A short code that unlocks one specific computer, set up through Windows Hello. Unlike a password, it stays on that machine and never travels over the internet.

Bitlocker Encryption

A Windows feature that scrambles everything on the drive so no one (including you) who removes it can’t read your files. Unlocking requires the right sign-in or a recovery key, so keep that key somewhere safe outside the encrypted disk.

Password Manager

A program that creates and remembers strong, unique passwords for every account, locked behind one master password. You memorize one; it handles the rest.

External M.2 SSD

A small, fast solid-state storage stick, the kind normally installed inside a computer, placed in a pocket-sized enclosure that plugs in over USB. Good for backups and moving big files.

Package Manager

An app that installs, updates, and removes programs from one central catalog instead of hunting down installers from individual websites. On Windows, WinGet and Chocolatey are the common ones.

Wear Leveling

A technique built into solid-state drives that spreads writing evenly across the memory chips so no one spot wears out early. It’s automatic; you never have to manage it.

SneakerNet

Moving files by physically carrying a drive from one computer to another, an old joke that the network is your sneakers.

Petrichor

The earthy smell that rises when rain hits dry ground, from Greek words for stone and the fluid in the veins of the gods. Not a tech term, but a good one.

 

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Hammer Time

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Hammer Time

When you can’t touch:
screen, site, and internet by WiFi

This week on Battle Born Tech we return from medical leave with 3 callers who can’t touch this: phone screen, wifi, and a website.

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Dee wants to clean her screen but there are many things that just can’t touch this.

Steve (and others) can use this command line (Terminal in Windows 11 or Powershell in Windows 10) to save a static website:

wget --mirror --convert-links --adjust-extension --page-requisites --no-parent yoursite.com

If you get an error that wget is not recognized, use wINget or Chocolatey to install it: 

winget install JernejSimoncic.Wget
choco install wget

There are other ways most likely using eternallybored build.

If you use the Wayback Machine, after creating a free account and logging in make sure you select the outlinks  option and be aware it only goes one level deep.

You might be able to get access by appealing to the Register (using WHOIS) information to find who holds the information and proving ownership. 

Bryan can’t find his wifi after moving his computer. Did he leave it in the car? WiFi is slowly becoming standard, see some of the standard definitions at the right.

“Apple EchoSystem?” 

“Dumb Questions are the best because I usually get those.”

“We don’t have foldable glass…yet”

“The better the screen; the harder to clean.”

“Download quick as a bunny” 

“Declare website bankruptcy”

“Borrowed a cup of internet.” 

“They don’t like being moved.”

“Whatever you unplugged; plug back in.” 

“They like to go for a car ride sometimes”

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

Micofiber cloth

A cleaning cloth woven from synthetic fibers many times thinner than a human hair, which lets it trap dust, oil, and smudges rather than just pushing them around the way a regular cloth does. It’s the standard recommendation for cleaning screens, lenses, and electronics because it lifts debris without scratching delicate surfaces.

ARM

(Advanced RISC Machines)  A family of processor designs built around the idea of doing more with less power. Originally developed in Britain in the 1980s, ARM chips now run most smartphones and an increasing number of laptops because they deliver strong performance without draining the battery.

Centrino

Intel’s brand name, launched in 2003, for laptops that had Wi-Fi built directly into the machine rather than requiring a separate add-on card. It was the moment wireless internet stopped being an accessory and started being a standard feature of portable computers.

SOC 

(System on a Chip) — A single piece of silicon that combines the processor, graphics, wireless radio, and other components that used to be separate chips spread across a circuit board. Packing everything onto one chip is why modern phones and thin laptops can be so small and power-efficient.

SnapDragon

A family of processors from Qualcomm that are built as a true System on a Chip, meaning the CPU, graphics, AI engine, and Wi-Fi radio are all fused together onto a single piece of silicon rather than being separate components wired across a board. Originally designed for smartphones, Snapdragon chips are now powering a new generation of Windows laptops, bringing phone-like battery life and always-on connectivity to the PC world..

Wayback Machine 

A free online archive at web.archive.org that has been quietly photographing websites since 1996, saving billions of pages for public access. If a site goes down, moves, or changes, chances are the Wayback Machine has an older copy you can still visit.

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You Just Can’t Quit Windows

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You Just Can’t Quit Windows

This week on Battle Born Tech we have Bryan, Char, and Lee. Christy cannot pronounce Ethernet, recommends to look deeper into AI world discussed last week, calls out Microsoft Store for lying about thumbnails (you need winget and the command line), gives warning about EDR replacing Anti-virus when the attacks are speeding up from 2 years to 10 hours,  

Joe’s hair is on fire this week because Microsoft Secure Certificates that guard secure boot expiring in June and October of this year (see link at left for More about the certificate expirations from MalwareBytes.

Bryan keeps his music computer off the Internet Superhighway and his music on the highway.

Char starts off are review of free in person tech help at Carson City library, while Christy adds tech help options at Senior Centers in both Carson City and Douglas County . 

Linux Lee just can’t quit Windows. A recycled Windows laptop has come his way. But it has Home on it. Should he upgrade to Professional? We discuss extras that come with Windows Professional.

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“It will respect your choice.” 

“10 hours-not a typo”

“You just can’t quit him—just like a bad boyfriend.”

“Maybe Home is for Losers”

“If it’s free it’s for me.” 

“Windows all the way Home.”

“Called many times—where we going with this?!” 

“Guy rolled in with a typewriter and we fixed it—so no judgment”

“Had the weird titles and flipping the desktop.” 

“You can go into device manager which is kinda geeky.”

“Air gap is always a good idea.” 

“Maybe I’ll go there and learn something.”

“Good things—a very refreshing call.” 

“Not break out the puppets.”

“Dive in the shallow end.” Do NOT do this!! 

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
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Osborne

A widely-used open-source scripting language designed primarily for web development that runs on the server and generates dynamic HTML pages — it powers sites like WordPress and Facebook. Bonus: What is the Osborne effect? 

Winget

(Windows Package Manager) a command-line tool built into Windows 10/11 that lets you install, update, and uninstall software from a curated repository using simple commands like winget install <app>. 

Air-Gap

Isolated. A computer or network that is physically disconnected from the internet and all other networks, so that data can only get in or out by physically carrying a USB drive or disk to the machine.

Secure Boot

A security feature built into modern computers that uses security certificates and encryption, before Windows even loads, that the software starting up hasn’t been tampered with or replaced by malware.

Security Certificate

Also called an SSL/TLS certificate, is a small digital file that proves a website is who it claims to be and encrypts the connection be and encrypts the connection between your browser and that site — it’s what puts the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.

PHP

A widely-used open-source scripting language designed primarily for web development that runs on the server and generates dynamic HTML pages — it powers sites like WordPress and Facebook.

Java

A general-purpose, object-oriented programming language built on the principle of “write once, run anywhere,” meaning Java code compiles into bytecode that runs on any device with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Javascript

The programming language of the web browser that allows developers to add interactivity, animations, and real-time updates to web pages — it’s the only language that runs natively inside every modern browser.

ENIAC 

The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (1945) was one of the world’s first general-purpose electronic computers — a room-sized machine weighing 30 tons that used 18,000 vacuum tubes to perform calculations thousands of times faster than any human.

Device Manager 

A built-in Windows tool that lets you view, manage, disable, reinstall, change and troubleshoot all the hardware connected to your computer — like printers, keyboards, and graphics cards — and shows you when a device has a problem with a small warning icon.

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Who’s Running This Thing?

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Who’s Running This Thing?

This week on Battle Born Tech, Lee, Paul and Don call in. Christy talks about insomnia for computer updating. Joe is fascinated and terrified by AI Bonnie and Clyde story from Emergence World covered in the Guardian and elsewhere. 

Lee wonders about the need for an Windows administrator account. Christy talks about the pluses and minus of great responsibility and power include access to other users files and installing new programs. And setting the clock!?

Paul wrestles with taking pictures with QR code. Turns out that camera can taking you to websites and other web resources in addition to taking selfies. 

Don moves his Apple photos to Windows but the thumbnails are missing. We add in Apple files converters from the Windows store to help Windows deal with these Apple formats, but converting them to Windows friendly formats is probably better long term. Use online CloudConvert or the free program VLC.

If the Windows Store install doesn’t work  (even if it CLAIMS it did) you need to use Powershell as Administrator:

winget install "HEIF Image Extensions" --source msstore

Then this command for videos:

winget install 9PMMSR1CGPWG --source msstore

 

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“A very worldly tomato indeed.” 

“There is no way its ever going to do an update”

“Whoops what happened there?”

“That’s what cameras are for.”

“That’s how it works!” 

“I did a silly thing.”

“Coloring in the squares.” 

“If that doesn’t work I’m going to have to think some more.”

“You can take the files out of the Apple but you can’t take the Apple out of the files.” 

“Nobody wants that.”

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

Bonnie and Clyde AI

When researchers left AI agents alone in a virtual world for 15 days, things went sideways fast in some worlds with arson, theft, romance, and even digital suicide. The results are raising urgent questions about what happens when AI is left to its own devices.

bit.ly 

A URL (internet address) shortening service that converts long web addresses into short, shareable links (e.g., bit.ly/abc123). It also provides click tracking and analytics, making it popular for marketing campaigns.

Administrator 

An Administrator account gives you full control over the system — you can install and uninstall software, change system-wide settings, manage other user accounts, and modify security policies. A Standard account is more restricted by design, making it safer for everyday use since any action that requires elevated privileges will prompt for an Administrator password rather than just proceeding automatically.. 

Camera Roll 

The folder in your Windows Pictures directory is a designated storage location where Windows automatically saves photos and videos captured directly on your device using the Windows Camera app. 

Powershell

A Windows command-line shell and scripting language built by Microsoft that lets you control and automate virtually every aspect of Windows using text-based commands. Right-click on Windows Icon in task bar and choose Terminal (Admin)

Winget

Windows’ built-in package manager that lets you search, install, update, and remove software from the command line, similar to how an app store works but without the graphical interface. Use from Powershell. (Terminal Admin) 

HEIF

High Efficiency Image Format) is  modern image container format that Apple also adopted with iOS 11. It compresses photos to roughly half the size of a traditional JPEG while maintaining the same or better image quality. iPhone photos are saved as .HEIC files 

HEVC

High Efficiency Video Coding, also known as H.265, is a video compression standard that Apple adopted with iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. It delivers roughly twice the compression of the older H.264 format at the same visual quality, meaning your videos take up significantly less storage space. It’s the default format for video recorded on iPhones.

 

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Don’t Ask—Don’t Tell

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Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

This week on Battle Born Tech. Christy consoles Callers and Joe warns listeners. This week Joe’s hair is  

Smoked > Scorched > Crisped > Torched > Ashen

About Facebook firing employees and moving engineers to AI work, AI scams that have some of these signs: unusual offer, age restrictions, urgency and simplicity. 

Steve warns that being approved for the free extension on Windows 10 updates expires if you don’t log into a Microsoft account for threescore days.

Jeff gets cut off but not before he reveals his laptop has a poor work life balance with personal creeping into the workspace. 

Bill wonders why his laptop has turned into a nag and a scold. We notify him of the reason and how to set it to “don’t ask – don’t tell”. After we adjust from Windows 11 Edge to Windows 10 Edge.

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“Got to say HELLO every 60 days.” 

“Try it out let us know.”

“Let Microsoft know you are alive and well and using Windows 10.”

“How else will stuff AI down your throat.”

“Rotary Club taking over.” 

“We probably shouldn’t say that over the air”

“Personal choice—we don’t judge.” 

“Usually people like that.”

“Uh-oh I missed ” 

“There is no undo on log-off.”

“You’re a little bit too high, I think.” 

“Okay lets start over.”

“Uh-oh I missed ” 

“Let’s do it that way because we are lost.”

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
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ESU

Microsoft program that provides continued security patches for Windows versions that have reached end of official support.

Hello Sign in

A passwordless authentication feature that lets you sign into Windows and Microsoft services using facial recognition, fingerprint, or a PIN.

Bitlocker 

A built-in Windows encryption tool that protects data on your drive by scrambling it so only authorized users can access it.

Notifications 

Sneaky permission-based alerts that websites can send to your desktop or device even when you’re not actively browsing that site.

 

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Tap, Talk, & Transfer

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Tap, Talk, & Transfer

This week on Battle Born Tech. We warn about the cpanel / WHM vulnerability and warns that Microsoft Edge (alone among the browsers) stores all your passwords in plain text in memory and the seasonal scam of World Cup fake tickets (tickets only in the app, not a screenshot!) and special USA VISAs that do not exist. We welcome callers Char, Bruce, and Dee.

Char learns some computer addition as she struggles add easy web page access. We help her with mouse target practice to click on the key URL icon in the title bar of the web browser and join in the hunt in the bowels of Windows for icon pictures.

Bruce, makes a tough call on his Samsung Galaxy Tab A11. SOME can connect to the internet via cellular, but only a specific variant with cellular capabilities. The Tab A11 is available in both Wi-Fi-only and Wi-Fi+LTE and 5G models, so cellular connectivity depends on which version you have. (Hint: check for SIM slot, or if you have a 5G model, Settings | Connection | SIM manger for eSim )

Dee, learns origami to move her data into a foldable phone using Samsung Smart Switch.

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“They are proven to be long lasting.” 

“I don’t want to get TOO much into your business.”

“Things are easy when you know how to do them.”

“They don’t make that easy.”

“I certainly will be returning it.” 

“Updates…shouldn’t be a text link or email, those might be scams.”

“That’s a better phone that I got” 

“Don’t leave this on table and walk away.”

“Weird security system: have an old phone.” 

“The old phone may suddenly stop working—don’t freak.”

“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

Notebook Cellular Cards 

A small hardware card you install inside (or plug into) a laptop that lets it connect to a cell phone network for internet access, just like a phone does, without needing Wi-Fi.

URL 

A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the full web address you type into a browser, like https://www.battleborn.tech, that tells your computer exactly where to find a page on the internet.

Shiny Hunters

A notorious hacking group responsible for stealing and selling massive amounts of customer data from major companies using social engineering, (tricking users into give them access) most recently the Canvas school attack.

Canvas Hack 

In early May 2026, the hacking group ShinyHunters breached Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, stealing 3.5 terabytes of data including names, emails, student IDs, and private messages, then threatened to release it all unless ransoms were paid. This disrupted classrooms at nearly 9,000 schools worldwide right in the middle of finals season.

Cpanel  

A popular web-based control panel that lets website owners manage their hosting account covering things like email, files, databases, and domains through a visual dashboard instead of typing commands.

WHM  

Web Host Manager is an admin-level control panel that sits above cPanel, used by web hosting companies or server administrators to manage multiple cPanel accounts and entire servers at once.

eSIM  

A built-in digital SIM card permanently inside your phone or device that lets you activate a carrier plan electronically, eliminating the need for a physical SIM card you can swap in and out.

Hot-Spot 

A feature on your smartphone that shares its cellular internet connection with other devices, like your laptop or tablet, turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi router.

Jailbreak 

The process of removing the manufacturer’s built-in software restrictions on a phone, giving the user full control to install unauthorized apps or make changes Apple or Android normally wouldn’t allow.

Provision

When a mobile service provider (carrier) remotely configures and activates the correct network settings on your device so it can access their data, voice, or messaging services — essentially the carrier “turning on”  your service.

QR Code

A scannable square barcode made up of black and white dots that your phone’s camera can instantly read to open a website, share contact info, or trigger an action, without having to type anything.

Carrier

A carrier is the company — like Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile — that owns and operates the cellular network infrastructure and sells you the phone plan that connects your device to their towers for calls, texts, and data.

IMEI

A unique 15-digit serial number (International Mobile Equipment Identity) permanently assigned to every cell phone that identifies the specific device on a network. Carriers use it to activate or block stolen phones.

Palm Pilot

A pioneering handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) from the late 1990s and early 2000s that let users keep contacts, calendars, and notes in their pocket. Palm Pilots were essentially a grandfather of today’s smartphones, before phones could do any of that.

 

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Trash Bubbles

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Trash Bubbles

This week on Battle Born Tech. We go from hair on fire, past pants on fire all the way to human torch with a Linux’s CVE-2026-31431 or Copy Fail to its friends.

Nora only gets trash emails and we search in vain for the filter that is out of control. Between Thunderbird and webmail spam filters, you’ll be shocked when we get to the sort out the solution.

Robert takes us on a journey where the trash gets recycled, but not in a good way as scammers return for more scamming. In this cautionary tale, checking with his bank and a trips to his local computer tech keeps his computer trash free. 

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“Update your servers.” 

“Have you thought about getting better quality emails?”

“Everything is going to trash.”

“Where do I find all these things?”

“Why doesn’t everyone just the US Mail like God intended.” 

“It’s stupid not you.”

“She stumped me.” 

“Sorry you’re getting emails again.”

“Next time ask for Bubbles.” 

“Scammers have good customer service at the beginning.”

“Makes a funny sound.” 

“I got to figure out how to do that…that sounds awesome.”

“He had no reason to get on my computer.” 

“These are scammers. I don’t know what dances they do.”

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
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CVE

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures is a publicly maintained list that assigns standardized ID numbers to known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, making it easier for security teams to track and discuss specific flaws.

Inbox Zero

A productivity philosophy, popularized by Merlin Mann, where the goal is to keep your email inbox empty (or near-empty) by consistently processing, deleting, delegating, or archiving messages.

CRM 

Customer Relationship Management is software that helps businesses track and manage their interactions with current and potential customers, centralizing contact info, sales activity, and communication history in one place.

McAfee

One of the oldest and most recognized antivirus and cybersecurity software companies it’s name is often used by scammers. Currently owned by foreign investment bankers, McAfee was founded in 1987 by John McAfee, who resigned from the company in 1994 and later became its most vocal critic, urging consumers to uninstall the software and calling it bloatware. However, its aggressive marketing tactics, excessive system resource consumption, intrusive renewal pop-ups, and notoriously difficult uninstallation process have earned it a reputation that, for many users, feels indistinguishable from actual malware. (parts from 360 total security)

 

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Call the Graybeard

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Call the Graybeard

This week on Battle Born Tech we have Dennis with Linux question (not Larry or Lee!) with printer connections. Robert trying to send a fax (to 1995?) when most folks don’t have printers much less phone lines. Finally, Brian wonders what he did wrong that eBay has broken its connection up with him.

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“I’m hoping no one is drinking 90% or higher alcohol” 

“Hair on Fire News”

“AI loves to refactor which is throw everything out and start over”

“Doorbell Dash”

“It was a long time ago.” 

“Chose your five wisely”

“Gets confused when printing—and vomits all over you” 

“Windows Privilege”

“Not trying to get you back.” 

“Usually that’s a problem—but its behaving so YAY!”

“Well that’s a stumper…that’s for the solution.” 

“Another option is to go find someone that faxes!”

“…shoe leather instead of typing” 

“Gone in nine seconds!”

“I know some humans, including the people on this call, that have deleted everything.” 

“Love the Tech and tolerate the chaos”

“We battle Artificial Intelligence with Superficial Intelligence.” 

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 by Claude.ai

Doorbell Dash

Called Ding Dong Dash or Ring and Run is a prank when miscreates ring a doorbell and run away before the door is opened wasting residents time.

DDos

A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is a malicious attempt to overwhelm a server or network by flooding it with massive amounts of traffic using armies of bots, making it unavailable to legitimate users — similar to a “ding dong dash” prank, but instead of one person ringing a doorbell and running, thousands of bots are hammering a target all at once with no intention of a real connection.

TraceRoute

Traceroute is a network diagnostic tool that maps the path your internet traffic takes from your computer to a destination, showing each “hop” along the way.

CCleaner 

Originally Crap Cleaner written by a non-windows user for his girlfriend to clear out the trial and add-on programs, it has been sold and resold to be a registry cleaner, temp file killer, and orphan program file finder.

Wireshark 

Wireshark is a free, open-source network protocol analyzer that allows users to capture and inspect data packets traveling across a network in real time. It is widely used by network administrators, security professionals, and developers to troubleshoot network issues, analyze traffic, and detect potential security threats.

PCL

PCL (Printer Control Language) is a generic, universal page description language developed by HP that serves as a standard communication protocol between computers and printers. It is widely supported across a broad range of printer brands and models.

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
 

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Getting Fancy with Stupid Pop-ups

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Getting Fancy with Stupid Pop-ups

This week on Battle Born Tech, our callers get into the zone and battle stupid pop-ups. Diane struggles to find her screen under notices from “McAfee”. We set our browsers to don’t ask, don’t shill.

Joan is locked in the Windows store with her new computer. We look at S mode, Smart Screen and Smart App control.

Esteban wants to have certain apps in specific windows on this screen. Fancy Zones from Powertoys helps him with he decorating.

See last week for more on our caution that old browsers with old insecure ways of code talking are not welcomed on today’s secure websites. (the “s” in https://) 

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“Diane with so many problems on her computer.” 

“Probably your browser is probably to blame”

“With much imagination, does it look like a wave?”

“Do you know what S mode stands for?”

“That was a better answer than mine.” 

“Parallel Skunk Works”

“BBT Link with a dot between the L and the i-n-k (for the latest) https://bbtl.ink/stats” 

“It’s a little geeky not too much. You can handle it.”

“Store, Secure, Security Scary, Stupid, Store, School, Strict, Safe, Simple, Streamlined, Sandboxed, or Stifling” 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Browser HiJack

A browser hijack occurs when a malicious web page forcibly takes over your browsing experience without your consent, using tricks like looping pop-up dialogs, fake virus warnings, or fullscreen mode to trap you. The goal is to panic you into calling a fake support number or downloading malware. If it happens, force-close the browser with Alt+F4 (Windows) or Cmd+Q (Mac) — and never call any phone number shown on the page.

TLS

Stands for “Transport Layer Security.” TLS is a data encryption technology that provides secure data transfers from websites to users. Older computers with older browsers containing no longer secure cryptographic suites cannot access current websites since TLS has been updated.

Power Toys 

A free suite of utility tools built by Microsoft to give power users greater control over their Windows experience. PowerToys was never an independent company, it has always been a side project developed internally at Microsoft, originally dating back to the Windows 95 era.  The suite includes handy tools like FancyZones for custom window layouts, PowerRename for bulk file renaming, a color picker, a keyboard remapper, and many more.

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Bright Lights, Old Macs

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Bright Lights,
Old Macs

This week on Battle Born Tech, our callers’ computers. Robin’s iPhone is so bright she has to wear sunglasses at night. We spelunk in accessibility settings for a solution. We ask for a better one from listeners or from Apple.

Ron rescues his dongleless mouse from the ecycle bin by discovering a Unifying product line from Logitech. Bluetooth is even more universal but more expensive.

Robin comes out of the closet with her husband’s old All-in-One Mac. We suggest web applications but the browser’s old TLS definitions probably stop that use. Applications already Aon it will work, but new ones cannot be added. 

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“I would pay money if my phone didn’t tell me what’s happening in the world.” 

“Get into your dark place and give us a call.”

“Unless you want the FBI knocking at your door.”

“Boy those were crazy years.”

“I’m so glad you are taking questions now.” 

“I’m on team husband right now.”

“Might be a gotcha somewhere.” 

“That would be a very battle born techy thing to do.”

“Dance with the one who brought you.” 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Cap’n Crunch Whistle

In the mid-1960s the prize in Cap’n Crunch cereal boxes produced at 2600 Hz tone that was used to take over phone switching systems. 

TLS

Stands for “Transport Layer Security.” TLS is a data encryption technology that provides secure data transfers from websites to users. Older computers with older browsers cannot access current websites since TLS has been updated.

Color Warmth/Temperature

Warmth is how light feels while Color Temperature is a technical measurement in Kelvin of light, 6500K is daylight bulb (outside is 10,000K) and crisp and blue, while 2700K is amber looking candlelight bulb. 

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