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Trapping a scammer in an endless maze of torment
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (256+ words) It almost seems harsh before you remember that he could have walked away and spared himself the torment at any time. The promise of ill-gotten gains was just too great, however, and he chased it right to his ruin. There's…...
A tour of the oldest domains still on the internet
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (355+ words) The World Wide Web address turns 41 this year. DNS.pizza has analyzed 85,879 domains with verified registration dates and ranked the oldest active domains. The DNS "opened for business in 1985," the site notes: nordu.net, a Nordic research network, was created…...
Light Flip is a minimalist phone without the dumb
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (420+ words) Light, maker of the stripped-down Light Phones (previously recommended), today announced the Light Flip, a clamshell model that swaps e-ink for matte OLED and gets a hinge, a keypad and (drum roll!) a camera. As much as I loved my…...
LG monitors install spyware; LG TVs make wiretapping your problem
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (291+ words) "Surveillance Monitor" gets a new meaning. LG's screens have apparently entered their "consent is someone else's problem" phase: some monitors can trigger silent Windows software installs, while some LG TV terms reportedly tell you to warn guests they may be…...
Stay connected with this refurbished $112 flip phone
1+ week, 1+ day ago (466+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: For just $111.99 (reg. $269.99), the Kyocera DuraXE Epic E4830 flip phone is a reliable, premium downgrade that's suitable for travel and worksites. If you're a traveler…...
Your camera roll is a disaster — This app fixes it for $60
1+ week, 3+ day ago (231+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. CleanMyPhone has racked up over 7 million downloads and a 4.6-star rating on the App Store, which is a solid track record for an app that basically…...
How to opt out of Meta using your Instagram posts to make AI images
2+ week, 55+ min ago (273+ words) Earlier this week, Meta rolled out the new iteration of their Muse Image model. So fancy! Also, so frigging intrusive. The images posted by anyone with a public Instagram account are fair game for Muse to use. This, of course,…...
In 1990, engineers wrote an internet standard for carrier pigeons
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (291+ words) A follow-up, RFC 2549, cataloged the risks with a straight face: "Unintentional encapsulation in hawks has been known to occur, with decapsulation being messy and the packets mangled." In 2001, a Norwegian Linux group actually flew nine ping packets about five kilometers…...
UK cellular carrier fined $28m for hanging up on people calling to cancel
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (385+ words) Virgin Media was fined $28m by regulators in the U.K. for preventing customers from canceling contracts. The method was not especially sophisticated: its agents would simply hang up on customers who asked to or leave, or put them on hold until they…...
Apple's Hide My Email leaked real addresses for a year
2+ week, 3+ day ago (302+ words) A vulnerability in Apple's "Hide My Email" tool lets almost anyone discover a person's real email address, and Apple has failed to fix it for more than a year, according to a security researcher and 404 Media's own tests. Apple claims…...