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Android App Permissions, and Bank of America
I was brought up short the other day when I went to update the Bank of America Application on my phone. I didn’t expect to see that the permissions had changed to include my contact list. I Googled for this, and found nothing but people complaining about it. Somebody posted that if one didn’t like [...]
Some convincing forged emails coming in
I’ve been seeing some very convincing forged emails allegedly from Amazon.com. If you didn’t order anything, and you get an email confirmation, chances are it’s the scam I’m seeing. Even if you did order something, it’s possible to get this scam email mixed in with your own legitimate Amazon.com correspondence.
Ed Joins the 21st Century
About 10 years after they hit the market, I got my first CD player, and this week, I came home with my first MP3 player. My MP3 CDs are getting a bit worn out, and rather than re-burn them, I thought that an MP3 device would be a good choice. I can use this in [...]
Where I’m up to on the Satpoint app
Well, I finished rev 0.1 of the satpoint app and sent it off to about ten beta testers. Of these, only one fed back. The app is still very basic, but it now handles the different way that Starband and Hughes display the skew parameter. It also will show the true vs magnetic heading, and [...]