Michael Horowitz - Personal Web Site

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Web Name: Michael Horowitz - Personal Web Site

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When printed, this page will be automatically re-formatted. There are no separate Printer Friendly versions of pages on this site. To preview the printed format, use Print Preview in your browser. My most important blog The world's BEST password advice Created: Aug 2019. Last Update: Oct. 24, 2020 My recent blogsA second router can make working from home much more secure Sept 25, 2020 (Updated Oct 31st)Another miserable visit to an Apple Store September 21, 2020You will be spied on August 27, 2020 (updated Sept 4)My Android tablet spied on me while we both (me and the tablet) were sleeping June 29, 2020 What is my iPad doing? It made strange outbound connections. June 18, 2020 Windows Update vs. a Router May 28, 2020Windows 10: Default apps by file type (Microsoft makes miserable software) May 11, 2020Internet Speed Tests Testing the testers. March 24, 2020 (updated April 1st)Shame on American Express and evaluating a phishing email March 18, 2020Submitting Data with HTTP and HTTPS February 27, 2020. A very important topic.A sample Mixed Mode web page February 27, 2020Hover a mouse over a link - just don't trust the results February 16, 2020 (updated May 14, 2020)A nifty router firmware trick December 23, 2019Web browser fingerprinting - testing the testers November 27, 2019Judging a VPN by its website November 22, 2019Tracking down a port 53 (DNS) mystery October 25, 2019Private IP addresses on the Public Internet What the heck? October 20, 2019The only way to fight Windows 10 spying is in your router October 15, 2019Faster Backups - Tales From The Trenches September 25, 2019Hidden Wi-Fi Networks on a Synology Router September 20, 2019Firefox Send is broken in many ways September 11, 2019About the Guardian iOS Firewall App August 2, 2019Strange network things: the Brave Browser and UDP port 137 July 15, 2019 (Updated July 7, 2020)Twitter has a few problems with email June 20, 2019Debugging a Chromebook Powerwashing has a side benefit June 14, 2019 Asking the Wrong Question The Elephant in the room. Commentary on the state of IT May 30, 2019 Barbarians at the gate Attacks/Probes of a router May 28, 2019 Ticketmaster fails three times I could not buy tickets on their website April 30, 2019 Why I like my router About the Pepwave Surf SOHO April 26, 2019 Is Word 2016 spying on users? April 18, 2019. Updated May 4, 2019.Saved by my router - debugging a network problem. March 4, 2019Two things about Eero routers having nothing to do with Amazon February 18, 2019. Updated Feb. 26th.Reporting a UPnP quirk in a Netgear router February 16, 2019I found a Windows 7 PC still infected with GWX (Get Windows 10) software January 14, 2019Blocking Windows Update on Windows 10 with C disk freespace January 8, 2019 A case of bad IT at Lord & Taylor Normal, ordinary screw-ups January 4, 2019 Killing Windows Update on Windows 10 - a cheat sheet Sometimes stability trumps patching December 5, 2018 Defending against Windows 10 bug fixes Anyone using Windows 10 should read this. Last updated Dec 18, 2018. First released Oct 20, 2018. Spying on web browser history. News or not? November 5, 2018. Using a router to defend against Xiongmai video devices October 10, 2018 Tales from the trenches - Ethernet LEDs October 8, 2018 Windows Update on Windows 7 is not secure September 24, 2018 (and its buggy too) Making Windows 10 a bit more private by blocking Cortana with firewall rules September 3, 2018Audio problems with the MLB At Bat app A story from the trenches of technology July 30, 2018A hidden Firefox feature easily verifies websites July 15, 2018Debunking the New York Times on Router Security and VPNFilter Lots of errors in an article. June 17, 2018VPNFilter router malware - just the bad stuff June 4, 2018An insecure credit union website in Texas. A trend? May 6, 2018Insecure bank websites South Central in Kentucky and First National in Pennsylvania May 3, 2018 Routers are constantly being probed - An examination of a firewall log March 19, 2018 Some Routers can force their DNS servers onto all devices to make them safer March 5, 2018 Using a Ubiquiti AmpliFi Mesh Point to extend a non-AmpliFi Wi-Fi network February 27, 2018 Windows 10 Forced Updates Yet another reason to dislike Windows 10. January 30, 2018 Windows 7 users without 3rd party antivirus can get the January patches without manually updating the Registry How? MSE. January 19, 2018 Explaining a CPU flaw with an analogy January 5, 2018 Donating privately to NPR December 9, 2017 Some thoughts on the F-Secure Freedome VPN December 6, 2017 (updated Dec. 12, 2017) NBC News promotes a web browser extension that can spy on you November 26, 2017 Net Neutrality Explained by Examples November 24, 2017 People do care about Router Security November 22, 2017 Lying to non techies November 9, 2017 A tale of two cable modems Netgear vs. Arris October 25, 2017 The downside of Security Software on Windows October 23, 2017The Best Security for Wireless Networks October 17, 2017 at eSecurity Planet. A thorough revision of an introductory article that stood the test of time.ComputerWorld Defensive Computing Blog:For 8 years, I blogged about Defensive Computing at Computerworld CNET Defensive Computing BlogFrom July 2007 through November 2008 I wrote a Defensive Computing blog for CNET. Here is an index of those blog postings.My old retired websites JavaTester.org has been retired after 30 million page views. An applet that I wrote reported the version of Java used in your browser. For now, the site still exits. FlashTester.org started off as just a link to the Adobe tester page that reported on the version of Flash used in your browser. It also kept a monthly Flash release history from 2003 through 2019. The site was retired in January 2020. Here is what it looked like at the end.

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