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I haven't gotten prime video to work on my phone. My guess is that the phone app can't handle the geolocation properly. I was getting logged in to my amazon.com account which can't use prime video. It works fine on my PC. Since I am in the #Philippines, the website requires me to sign in to amazon.co.jp. . #primevideo

Being able to participate in democracy should not be this hard.
I received a new driver’s license in the mail, but I was still not registered to vote.
The deadline to register was getting closer.
I called my county’s voter registrar’s office. The clerk on the phone said she was not sure what went wrong.
That’s when my journalistic curiosity took over. I started calling my sources to ask why someone’s voter registration applications would be landing in the void.
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It took me three tries to register to vote — and I’m a voting reporter
Votebeat’s Texas reporter made three separate attempts to register to vote in Texas before succeeding.

$125K stolen in 10 minutes
From Kim Komando's newsletter —
"Feb. 16 was a typical Friday night. Barry and I decided to stay home, grill chicken and make a salad for dinner. At about 6:45 p.m., we heard some loud rumbling overhead.
We walked onto the back patio, and two police helicopters were shining lights all over our property. A recording echoed, “Police. You are under arrest. Stay right there and I won’t shoot you.”
As I looked across the fence, a swarm of armed Phoenix SWAT team members with a few dogs were circling our property. One of the guys said, “Yeah, there’s a jammer right here.” He picked it up. I leaned over the patio and asked, “What’s going on?”
The police told me to go inside
When I asked again, a SWAT member said, “Ma’am, it’s a South American gang targeting homes to steal from. The jammer says you might have been next. Do we have permission to enter your property?” I said, “Yes!” and then he asked something like, “If we find anyone, will you pursue charges so we can arrest them?” I replied, “Of course!”
I opened the driveway gates to our property and the guest house while Barry tossed the police keys to open the security gates. People asked me if I was scared. How could I be? There was a team of really professional police officers protecting me from who knows what.
Turns out, when the gang saw we were home, they likely diverted their attention to the house next door. A house four doors down from us wasn’t so lucky.
The homeowner left at 5 p.m. to have dinner and got a notification his security cameras were offline at 5:05 p.m. He thought the internet went down. Nope, the gang broke in and took $25,000 in cash and valuables worth $100,000. They were in and out in under 10 minutes.
How are they getting away with this?
The gang places cellular and Wi‑Fi jammers around the homes they’re targeting. This way, security cameras and phones are useless. A Phoenix police officer told me the gang probably noticed nothing was down in our house.
We have our cameras and internet hardwired. Even when they tried to jam our signals, the red lights on the security cameras still showed they were recording everything.
But how frightening is that? Your phone doesn’t work. Your cameras aren’t recording anything. On the upside, the gang doesn’t carry guns. This way, if they get caught, they’ll spend about six months in jail before being extradited to Chile.
Nothing is random
The gang scopes out homes beforehand. They drive the neighborhood and look up houses on real estate sites to get an idea of where the primary bedroom is located. They look for dogs, too.
It’s not just in Phoenix, by the way. This is happening all over the country. A friend was robbed by this gang, and he lives in a guarded, gated community in California. Kudos to the Phoenix Police Department — they arrested three members of the gang who were in my neighborhood that night.
So, what can you do?
☑️​ Wireless cameras go kaput with no signal. Try a wired camera for a backup.
☑️​ A cam with SD card storage will still record if there’s no Wi‑Fi.
☑️​ Put up motion-activated lights; they make it harder for anyone to sneak around.
☑️​ A femtocell (think of it as a mini cell tower) could be enough to keep your connection if thieves use jammers — T‑Mobile or Verizon.
☑️​ Have an Amazon Echo? Away mode lets you control your lights so it looks like someone’s home.
☑️​ Make it look like someone’s watching TV at your house when you’re not there with a Television Simulator.
☑️​ A University of North Carolina survey of over 400 incarcerated burglars found security system signs deter thieves.
☑️​ Check Zillow, Realtor⁠.⁠com and Redfin for photos of your house. The more crooks know about the layout, the better for them. Ask to have them removed.
☑️​ Blur your house from Google Maps and Apple Maps while you’re at it.

Does anyone have tips & tricks for "poisoning the well" and making sure data brokers regurgitate a fake phone number when someone tries to buy my info?
I'm running the numbers on my fake phone number and it's not getting called/texted enough for me to continue spending money on it, especially now that I have to pay fees for some additional anti-spam compliance paperwork.
I've had the fake number on my website, LinkedIn, and Twitter for years - and it'…

#FedEx is out there imitating scammers! https://www.troyhunt.com/thanks-fedex-this-is-why-we-keep-getting-phished/

“Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished”
https://www.troyhunt.com/thanks-fedex-this-is-why-we-keep-getting-phished/
I wonder if FedEx’s own internal security processes and protocols are this messed up.

Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished
I've been getting a lot of those "your parcel couldn't be delivered" phishing attacks lately and if you're a human with a phone, you probably have been too. Just as a brief reminder, they look like this: These get through all the technical controls that exist at my telco and

Nothing rolls out ChatGPT integration for Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing earbuds, including voice and text widgets for the Nothing Phone (2) (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2024/04/19/nothing-phone-earbuds-chatgpt-integration/<…

Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing earbuds get ChatGPT integration with latest update
Through an update, Nothing Phone (2) is getting ChatGPT integration, as are the new Nothing Ear and Ear (a) earbuds.

What is even more annoying about this bug with iOS Shortcuts is that after restarting the phone, I can’t really reproduce the issue.
I rebooted the phone and ran all the usual shortcuts. The shortcuts getting stuck in display a dialog does not manifest.
Thus it seems to be related to the overnight charging. I am not sure what the OS is doing that period that might reset something.
I don't think I will start rebooting my phone every morning though.

On the nose how companies can train us to fall for #phishing scams by acting the same as the scammers: alternative domains, inconsistent writing, etc.
https://www.troyhunt.com/thanks-fedex-…

Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished
I've been getting a lot of those "your parcel couldn't be delivered" phishing attacks lately and if you're a human with a phone, you probably have been too. Just as a brief reminder, they look like this: These get through all the technical controls that exist at my telco and

Got an email from #MintMobile saying they're throwing in Canada at no extra charge. Yay! No longer have to worry about extra charges if my phone signal skips across the lake into Canada or worry when I'm getting a signal at all.

In the year of our lord 2024…
I’ve lived in #yeg for 7 years and this my first time getting one.
Straight into recycling.
Does anyplace else still do this?

And while I was getting that sorted, I got a softphone set up on my mam's phone... so that'll keep her happy lol

I wasn’t getting a phone with a larger screen in the first place, so why am I suddenly getting imagery from Mr. 30 CM?

Google Meet rolls out an update to let users seamlessly transfer calls between devices "without hanging up and rejoining" via its Android, iOS, and web apps (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2024/04/24/google-meet-switch-transfer/

Google Meet will let you transfer calls between web and phone with ‘Switch here’
Google Meet with "Switch here" is getting the ability to seamlessly transfer calls between devices "without hanging up...

Google Meet rolls out an update to let users seamlessly transfer calls between devices "without hanging up and rejoining" via its Android, iOS, and web apps (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2024/04/24/google-meet-switch-transfer/

Google Meet will let you transfer calls between web and phone with ‘Switch here’
Google Meet with "Switch here" is getting the ability to seamlessly transfer calls between devices "without hanging up...