Mandatory data retention laws passed the senate this week.
Mandatory data retention laws passed the senate this week. The premise is to fight against Islamic terrorist attacks by retention of ISP customer data. But this will not work out right from the start....
View ArticleEncryption under threat after latest Paris terror attacks.
The latest Paris terrorist attacks are the impetus for more discussion about encryption. It is claimed that the terrorists used services such as TOR or a VPN to hide their traffic on the Internet when...
View ArticleHow to get just the IP address of your Linux machine using curl.
To get just the IP address of your Internet facing Linux machine, use this command. jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents/ipinfo/src$ curl icanhazip.com This will return just your IP address. This is another...
View ArticleNew Sourceforge HTML5 speedtest works on any device.
There is a new speedtest website, hosted on Sourceforge this works without Flash or any other plugin. Very useful if you do not wish to install Adobe plugins just to test your Internet speed....
View ArticleLinux Terminal command to format PGP to properly display on reddit.
So it was brought to my attention that a command in Linux exist that makes what I made obsolete. Here is the code you can run in the terminal. Simply save your PGP message, name it something, and place...
View ArticleAustralian Internet is slower than Korea.
Updating the sources.lst as I write this, it is taking a long time, but I am using the Town Library connection with WIFI and it is only about 64K per second, so updating the aforementioned file with...
View ArticleWill the Donald Trump victory do anything about Internet censorship and the...
Will the success of the election campaign that brought a Trump victory help stop the encroaching talons of Internet censorship? There is of course the CISPA and SOPA bills that seem to have been...
View ArticleComputing in the 1990s versus 2017.
Computing in the 1990`s was much different to the experience we have today. The software we used like Internet Explorer and Netscape was not very secure. Running Windows `95 or `98 did not give a great...
View ArticleInternet security tips for staying safe online in a modern world.
Security tips for staying safe online—Start of medium level security——Measures that cost money——Start of physical access measures——Start of high level security——Start of deterrent measures—Further...
View ArticleAverage Internet speeds in 1st quarter 2017.
Find more statistics at Statista This is the average of Internet speeds for the first quarter of 2017. Australia is lagging far behind other countries such as Asia. This is not good in 2017. Especially...
View ArticleHow the Internet has changed in all this time.
The Internet in the early days was very different from the one we now use. The web browsers we used were very primitive and there was no real adblock in place, this meant that the web was full of...
View ArticleUsing the Internet is annoying sometimes, everyone can relate to this.
Using the Internet can be annoying when you are searching for an obscure fix to a problem and there is a solution that is on a forum that you cannot view unless you register with it. The solution...
View ArticleInternet cafe culture still alive in India, despite mobile internet domination.
The humble Internet cafe is still going strong in India, despite the growth of mobile Internet coverage. They are still worthwhile places for tourists to use the Internet, as the cost of mobile roaming...
View ArticleFix very slow Internet on Ubuntu 18 easily.
My Internet connection in Ubuntu 18 was very slow compared to Windows 8.1. This is how I fixed it. Run this command to open the /etc/resolv.conf file for editing. jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ sudo vim...
View ArticleRemoving Network Manager from Ubuntu. I am sick of it.
I am finally sick of using Network Manager on Ubuntu 18. It seems to make my Internet connection slower and I am constantly messing around trying to fix it. I used the command below to remove the...
View ArticleSecurity still forgotten on the Internet.
The concept of securing your website is forgotten on the modern Internet, there are still unsecured websites and half-completed Drupal installations littering the web. This must be taken care of. There...
View ArticleMore useful Internet searches for finding insecure websites. Google Dorks for...
Find any Microsoft Frontpage website with the username and password exposed. This is amazingly stupid. intext:" -FrontPage-" ext:pwd inurl:(service | authors | administrators | users) This is an...
View ArticleBroadband in Australia is worse than Uganda.
The Australian Broadband Network is the envy of no one. This is terrible. Constant dropouts, and slow speeds are the norm in Australia. We could have had super fast Internet in Australia, but we got...
View ArticleInternet in Iran has been shut off. This means war is imminent? اینترنت در...
The Internet to Iran has been shut down. Does this mean that war is on the horizon? This would make life harder for the people in that embattled nation. But there are still ways to communicate if the...
View ArticleHow to block Internet access for a specific Linux user using iptables.
It is possible to block all Internet access for a specific Linux user using iptables, this could be very useful. Put this entry in iptables and the Internet access for the user test5 will be blocked....
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