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Gerald Smart

Hotel wifi asks you to install a software update and you say yes, because that is what you do at home. Gerald Smart writes about what happens next, and he is specific: bogus update prompts on overseas hotel networks, the federal alert that went out about them, and the ordinary business traveller who now has malicious software on a laptop full of company files.

Most of these posts do that job. What a reshipping scam looks like from the inside so you can spot the job offer version of it. Which free anti-malware tools he actually runs. Why the maintenance you keep postponing is the reason the machine is slow. There is a long piece on drones that reads like somebody genuinely curious about how they are flown and by whom, rather than an argument about them.

He also writes about doubters, about the morning question of what to write, and about guns, so expect the odd turn you did not sign up for.

Read the security posts if you take a laptop anywhere. They assume you are smart and simply have not been told.

Are you a traveler? Beware you may be a Cyber Criminal Target.

May 4, 2013 · Gerald Smart
When you are a traveler, you always have to be leery of the risks of data security on the road. As a traveler the need for WiFi will always be there but you can become a…
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Game of Drones.

May 3, 2013 · Gerald Smart
Unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVS, also known as drones, are aircraft either controlled  autonomously by a pre-programmed mission code or by pilots from the ground. There are dozens of different types of drones,…
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Doubter’s and Negativity.

Apr 28, 2013 · Gerald Smart
It’s another one of those mornings where I wake up and I say to myself, “What am I going to blog about today?” I take this internet presence thing very seriously so…
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Computer Maintenance, You have to do it.

Apr 25, 2013 · Gerald Smart
Today was another one of those days where I was racking my brain trying to think of what I could blog about. I have only had to write a short story once…
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I want to thank David Wood for his post and Roy Harper for his Guidance.

Apr 5, 2013 · Gerald Smart
Thank you David Wood for the information you have provided. The information is right on point on what needs to happen and what needs to be done. We must all take action.…
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Don’t take away my Guns!

Apr 2, 2013 · Gerald Smart
There has been much heated debate of whether guns should be taking away from citizens. Honestly I have a gun because it is a just in case factor. I want to be…
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Why I joined Empower Network

Apr 1, 2013 · Gerald Smart
I have just have a extreme run of bad luck since February 29th of last year. I have learned that working a 9 to 5 is just that. Working a 9 to…
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Don’t be a victim of a Reshipping Scam.

Mar 30, 2013 · Gerald Smart
Once you put your resume on the internet is is the perfect place for scammers to find you especially when you are looking for a new job.  This was my situation. I…
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Technical Support hates you!

Mar 29, 2013 · Gerald Smart
When is the last time you called Technical Support just to say, “Hey how is your day going?” Chances are you never have because the number reason you call technical support is…
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