Author: firewall5000
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Your Online Accounts Aren’t As Secure As You Think
Disclaimer: In the event that the information discussed here is used for nefarious purposes. I can NOT be held responsible for what other people do. The primary reason in posting this is to help others understand certain risks and to encourage practice of better security habits. Everything discussed here may be no-brainer knowledge for…
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Attention White-Collar Workers: The Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs
From the self-checkout aisle of the grocery store to the sports section of the newspaper, robots and computer software are increasingly taking the place of humans in the workforce. Silicon Valley executive Martin Ford says that robots, once thought of as a threat to only manufacturing jobs, are poised to replace humans as teachers,…
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Tutorial – Creating a Basic Proxy
This blog demonstrates how you can configure your site server to also act as a proxy. I used this method myself a few years back before I began using TOR and other means of maintaining anonymity. Before we begin I just want to say that this proxy is NOT perfect since you’ll still be prone…
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Download Videos with Youtube-DL
YouTube videos can also be downloaded via Windows command with something called youtube-dl. Never really explored this method, I guess because I always found the Firefox plugin VideoDownloader to be more than an enough for me.
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How this web host is backing Net Neutrality
Web host gives FCC a 28.8Kbps slow lane in net neutrality protest NeoCities finds FCC’s internal IP block, throttles connections to dial-up speed. by Jon Brodkin – May 9 2014, 9:23am CST Lots of people are angry about FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s Internet “fast lane” proposal that would let Internet service providers charge Web services…
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We’re Now Online!
We’re pleased to announce that Firewall5000.com has now been officially launched. The video uploading functionality isn’t yet operational (no biggie) but everything runs smoothly. Lots of content will be published in the near future. If any of the few members here witnesses a strange glitch then don’t hesitate to let us know so we can…