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  • Operating System: WindowsXP for desktop & Windows 7 on laptop

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  1. In Topic: States Adding Drug Test as Hurdle for Welfare

    14 October 2011 - 08:41 PM

    I don't care if anyone wishes to test me for drugs ... I have nothing to hide since I only use prescribed medications. In my last place of employment one of the staff was a drug user and scammed the company out of $100,000 before she got caught. No drug testing of employees was done so perhaps with today's popularity of drug usage, it is not such a bad idea.

    And living in a right wing regime also kept Canada out of a deep recession and the #1 country rated out of 10 [up from #4] worldwide for investing into. Not bad when other countries are going bankrupt. On one hand people complain government is spending into a deficit and on the other hand when it is a self interest then spending is okay.

    A bit off topic but it was brought into the conversation.

    British Columbia (Vancouver) $73,972 2011 BC's Local Collective Agreements (2006 - 2011)

    I do not feel it is such a shabby wage given the time off & short hours teachers enjoy plus the rich extra benefits demanded. The disadvantaged can only dream of such a salary and benefits.

    BC Teachers are asking for the following:
    * Ten days paid bereavement leave is among the proposals B.C. teachers requested in their bid for a new collective agreement. But that request and others are unrealistic and out-of-touch with the province’s economic climate, says the B.C. Public School Employers Association.

    According to the BCPSEA, it will cost taxpayers an additional $2.1 billion to meet proposals tabled by the B.C. Teachers Federation in contract negotiations, which recently ground to a standstill.

    Among the proposals is a 26-week, fully paid leave of absence per year for direct or indirect compassionate care “to any person,” a concession the BCPSEA estimates could cost $49 million.

    And I for one cannot afford to foot that kind of bill as many other BC residents cannot afford it either and can only dream of such benefits.



















  2. In Topic: What are you snacking on?

    15 July 2011 - 01:37 AM

    Hey guys .. sounds like you are more like having a feast as opposed to a snack. Now I just snacked on a scone and a hot cup of chocolate with marshmallows. Now I am off to dreamland. Posted Image

  3. In Topic: What are you snacking on?

    11 July 2011 - 11:52 PM

    Dark chocolate & almonds ... had a craving so ate some.

  4. In Topic: Three iPhone and iPad security tips

    05 July 2011 - 03:09 AM

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    iOpener
    How safe is your iPhone data?

    The greatest current risk for iPhone owners is not viruses or malicious web pages, it is the danger that the phone might fall into someone else's hands. Although iPhones do offer elaborate security mechanisms, these mechanisms won't stand up to an imaginative hacker.

    At worst, losing an iPhone also means losing all the data stored on it. And the data won't just be gone – it could also be in someone else's hands. This doesn't only affect such readily accessible things as address book entries or stored documents, it also includes passwords and other access codes. For instance, a brief inspection of an iPhone that had been in use for about a year produced various long-forgotten Wi-Fi passwords and the access credentials for email, Facebook, eBay and other accounts.

    Since the iPhone 3GS, all device data has been hardware encrypted; the method used is 256-bit AES in cipher-block chaining mode. However, this almost uncrackable encryption technology won't protect users' data, because it doesn't present any access hurdles: The keys that are used are all stored on the device and, in regular operation, the system decodes all data transparently.



    Full details here: http://www.h-online....ta-1266713.html

  5. In Topic: Majority of Android Devices Vulnerable to Session Hijacking Attacks

    18 May 2011 - 03:40 AM



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    May 17, 2011 6:45 PM PDT
    How to protect your Android on public Wi-Fi


    Android phones and tablets running version 2.3.3 and earlier suffer from a calendar and contact information vulnerability on public Wi-Fi networks, according to a new report. However, there are some concrete steps you can to protect yourself.

    Here's how it works. The vulnerability is in the ClientLogin Protocol API, which streamlines how the Google app talks to Google's servers. Applications request access by sending an account name and password via secure connection, and the access is valid for up to two weeks. If the authentication is sent over unencrypted HTTP, an attacker could use network sniffing software to steal it over a legitimate public network, or spoof the network entirely using a commonly-named public network, such as "airport" or "library." While this won't work in Android 2.3.4 or above, including Honeycomb 3.0, that only covers 1 percent of in-use devices.

    Of course, the safest solution is to avoid using public, unencrypted Wi-Fi networks by switching to mobile 3G and 4G networks whenever possible. That's not always an option, especially for Wi-Fi-only tablet owners or those on tight data plans.



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