Daily Archives: September 27, 2021
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Got your Plus newsletter now?
So hopefully by now you have received your PLUS newsletter for the week. First, apologies. For some unknown reason that I’m unsure of at this time, Mailchimp flagged our Plus newsletter account and would not send out the emails last night. They finally unblocked the account around noon pacific time, but for a while there I was considering alternatives.
When I reached out to Mailchimp the issue they said was “As you know, this was a pause by Omnivore, our automated abuse-prevention system, and was done out of caution, rather than for correction. It scans account and campaign content, and prompts human review so we can determine whether correction is needed, or, as is the case here, all’s well.”
Okay so how much do you want to bet that a software update nailed us? Sigh. Apologies again, sorry for the inconvenience, we should be fully back to mailing you properly now. Remember stay tuned for the MS-DEFCON 4 to go out this week.
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Missing your Plus newsletter?
So are we. Apparently we are in the dog house (or rather Chimp house?) and it was not sent out last night as it was supposed to be. We have a support ticket open with Mailchimp and as soon as the issue is resolved we’ll be sending out the newsletter. Until then, remember you can read it online here.
Then clearly if we didn’t have enough troubles we accidentally put the subject line of “Plus” in the “Free” newsletter. So if you got a “plus” newsletter and couldn’t get to any of the paid links, it’s because it REALLY was the Free newsletter.
I know. It’s a Monday. Apologies for the mess, we’ll get it straightened out.
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Trouble in Paradise!
This morning we discovered that the Plus Newsletter was not delivered as expected. The newsletter was published and scheduled as usual, but our email provider had a problem. We don’t know what the problem is yet, but we are working on it.
We’ll get it mailed as soon as we can.
Many apologies for the inconvenience.
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Share browsers without sharing their stored passwords
ISSUE 18.37 • 2021-09-27 LANGALIST
By Fred Langa
Browser-based password managers have an obvious vulnerability on shared PCs: anyone with access to the browser might also have access to all its stored passwords!
Today’s lead item discusses two separate ways to prevent unwanted password sharing. One is extremely secure but takes a little time to set up; the other takes only seconds but is less secure. Here’s the scoop!
Plus: Improved searching for old content on AskWoody.com!
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.37.0 (2021-09-27).
This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.37.F (2021-09-27). -
Why some Outlooks will stop working with Microsoft services
MICROSOFT 365
By Peter Deegan
In a few weeks, some Outlook software will stop working with Microsoft’s online services, such as Microsoft 365.
If you thought that Microsoft products would always work with Microsoft’s own services, I have bad news. There’s a cutoff point. Microsoft is stopping some versions of Outlook for Windows from connecting to Microsoft hosted mailboxes.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.37.0 (2021-09-27).
This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.37.F (2021-09-27). -
Kape Technologies, formerly Crossrider, now owns 4 top VPNs
PUBLIC DEFENDER
By Brian Livingston
A holding company with a controversial history — Kape Technologies — announced this month that it had purchased a leading virtual private network, ExpressVPN, adding it to a collection of three other major VPN companies that Kape acquired in 2017 through 2019.
This concentration of VPN services has raised concerns.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.37.0 (2021-09-27).
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Breaking and entering with Linux: What you see
HARDWARE
By Ben Myers
In my first “Breaking and entering” article, you saw what to do step-by-step to get an unbootable system into legacy boot mode and how to prepare a UEFI USB stick with Linux Mint.
Now, boot your system with that Linux USB stick.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.37.0 (2021-09-27).
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Windows 11 Surfaces
MICROSOFT NEWS
By Will Fastie
Microsoft’s September event showcased its updated Surface lineup and doubled down on the Duo 2.
While Microsoft’s livestream presentation of September 2 was not tremendously exciting, it was a well-done description of the new Surface devices and was hosted by Panos Panay, in fine form.
I won’t bore you with every detail, but here are some good sources of information.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.37.0 (2021-09-27).
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Microsoft says forget your passwords!
ON SECURITY
By Susan Bradley
In a major push, Microsoft is advocating moving away from passwords and instead using different authentication methods.
The headline: “The passwordless future is here for your Microsoft account.” Is it?
Here’s what Microsoft has to say in its security blog about a move away from passwords.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.37.0 (2021-09-27).