Google Drive To Glacier

I’ve been using Google Drive to do a cloud backup of my files for years. Though reasonable priced I felt I could do something more comfortable. Glacier is a file storage service by Amazon Web Services for those just wanting to archive files for safe-keeping. Glacier however is not really for the “normals”. It is…

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Blocking The Tech Giants

You might have wondered if it is even possible to not use the giant tech companies. Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple pretty much control everything. Your computer or phone’s operating system (Windows, OS 10, iOS and Android) are a dominant part of our life. The only way to get around this is to use…

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DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo is an Internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers’ privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results. DuckDuckGo distinguishes itself from other search engines by not profiling its users and by showing all users the same search results for a given search term, and emphasizes returning the best results, rather than the…

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Brave, Much More Than A Browser

Brave is a free and open-source web browser developed by Brave Software Inc. based on the Chromium web browser. The browser blocks ads and website trackers. In a future version of the browser, the company has proposed adopting a pay-to-surf business model. As of 2018, Brave supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. The current…

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Public DNS, What is it?

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the Internet or a private network. In other words a DNS server finds an IP address (example: 64.233.177.113) associated with a domain (example: https://google.com/). Your Internet Service Provider supplies a DNS but they can be…

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3-2-1 Backup Strategy

The 3-2-1 rule is a best practice for backup and recovery. It means that when you build out your backup and recovery strategy you should: 1. Keep at least three copies of your dataThat includes the original copy and at least two backups. 2. Keep the backed-up data on two different storage typesThe chances of…

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Windows 7 To End January 2020

Microsoft has announced that the very popular Windows 7 will have its support ended around January 13th of next year. So you have one year to figure out if you are going to upgrade or better move to Linux.

Google Fiber, Epic Failure

You may have heard of Google’s plan to end its 1 gigabit fiber Internet service after less than two years. This has been quite a shock to the services current customers. Google Fiber has encountered a myriad of technical issues with the micro-trenching technique and networking equipment it was using. I thought after resolving the…

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Password Checkup Extension

Password Checkup helps you secure accounts that were affected by data breaches. Wherever you sign-in, if you enter a username and password that is no longer safe due to appearing in a data breach known to Google, you’ll receive an alert. Please reset your password. If you use the same username and password for any…

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January Tips

This is the first post of a series of items I would like to share but do not think they worthy of an entire post. How to clear all those old emails out of Gmail Brave is a secure browser How to create a Gmail alias