The technology blog and podcast and TSB

By Jared Rimer

This is the podcast where I, Jared, talk about assistive technology, security, driving cars, and anything else that may cross my desk. If you wish to contribute, please feel free to contact me thro

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February 01, 2020Tech podcast 336: lots of topics from Password Managers, reports, Braille, and more
Welcome to podcast 336 of the technology blog and podcast series. I've got quite a number of things of varying topics in today's program.
The first segment of this program covers this blog post: A very comprehensive password manager review and Lastpass gets a poor review even though it has great features, up front postings of any security issue, and no data lost to date. Why? What gives? Thanks to Consumers Advocate for bringing this to our attention by sending an article, but this is definitely sad. Most of those items I've never heard of.
The second segment covers news, notes, and items posted to the blog. The tech blog has posted more since the recording, and you may be interested in a topic that has been posted, so get in touch!
I have a Braille Transcription update on assignment 17. Assignment 17: I passed! and Assignment 17 has been submitted for grading. I'll have a full write up at some point in regards to assignment 17 through Braille Transcription as a blind person at some point.
I've talked about scammers that have contacted me to try and hook up. They never call. but yet, they want money, gift cards, and hangout connections. Scammers hitting the blind, same as my talks earlier is the blog post that talks about this in writing. Dice World wants to know about players who are engaging in this behavior, please contact them if you feel the activity you're experiencing is questionable. Thanks Dice World for listening to the community! You really do care about safety and security, great job!
A recent article sent to us by Mary, a brand new contributer I've made available to the blog. I cover some statistics on this porgram, and More than 70 cybercrime statistics – Soon to be a $6 trillion problem is the blog title and accompanying article linked within. More from this facinating report will be discussed on another podcast.
Finally, Shaun Everess is along. He sent me an email recently, and his thoughts got me thinking. I address his email on the podcast for everyone to hear what I have to say. Facinating stuff, Shaun!
Contact info is of course at the end of the program, and this program is over an hour and a half this time. I hope you enjoy the wide variety of topics on this podcast, and I'll be back on another podcast very soon! Thanks so much for listening!
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1h 24min
January 15, 2020technology podcast 335: Predictions, AVA, and an interesting braille display
Welcome to the Technology podcast, podcast 335. On this edition, we do talk about a few things including security, transportation, and braille, but in a different light. Translation software was talked about in the talk, but nothing too specific. Here are the topics.
On our first segment, Trend Micro's 2019 report and 2020 predictions. I talk about the numbers and what sticks out with me. Incidently, the webinar that they'll do this month is dealing with the predictions for 2020. I'll blog about that after I get a chance to read the email. If you want to read my blog post about the threat report and predictions please go to the blog post entitled: Question: Are we looking for more or less threats this year and if so what kind? from blog The Technology blog and podcast and it links to the article in question.
On the second segment, we talk about the automated voice announcement system. Every bus here is supposed to call stops and every train is to call stops too. While it is technology, and it fails, the failure is also within the drivers. It has to work both ways, and my talk which will be presented on Thursday, January 16th, at an Accessibility Awards Luncheon will talk about this. At some point, we must have drivers and passengers work together to get passengers to where they need to go safely. How is it for you in your area? How is the AVA specifically for you? Lets talk!
Finally, the canute 360 is discussed. This blog post which was posted on the 10th talks about where to go and links to Blind Bargains. I attended this forum, and what I learned was quite interesting. I didn't stay long for the questions and answers, but the presentation was quite interesting. Its supposed to be made available for listening at some point. I do want to catch this so I can take the time to listen to the rest of the questions in case there is something else I can learn.
Finally, what is coming up on future podcasts and contact information. I hope you will enjoy the program as much as I have putting it together for you. I look forward in hearing from you!
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If you have other social media, you can use that. The Jared Rimer Network has all contact info made available and links to social media as well. Thanks for listening!
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1h 14min
January 09, 2020Tech podcast 334: Yahoo! SBC Email, B2K tutorial, and the Internet gone for 24 hours discussion
Lots of things here including a discussion found on the blog in regards to a vdio out there about the Internet being gone for a day. I take that discussion and turn it in to my own.
Hello everyone, welcome to podcast 334 for January 9, 2020. We've got a very interesting podcast comoing up, lets tell you whats on it.
What has been going on with SBC Yahoo! mail? Looks like they aren't communicating with their customers about potential problems. I don't think this is right, and my blog post entitled Yahoo forcing random password resets … am I the only one supporting someone having trouble? goes in to detail about this in writing.
As I tlak about what I want to do with the podcast, I give you the beginning of the Braille2000 tutorial I have created in regards to the talking edition. Go to the Braille Transcribing as a blind person web site to learn more, and download the full tutorial which is based on the documentation. We'll have more from this tutorial over time.
In commentary from last podcast, Shaun Everess talks about how there is a video out there talking about not having the Internet for a day. Instead of linking to it I take this talk a little bit further by talking about it but bringing up the loss of power to boot. What would we do if one, the other, or both occurred? Lets take this for a spin.
As always, contact information is going to be available at the end of the program, and I hope you enjoy this podcast. The podcast runs over an hour in length. Thanks for listening, and make it a great day!
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1h 5min
January 06, 2020Technology podcast 333: January 6, 2020
Welcome to the first podcast of 2020, podcast 333. Below, please find a list of items and links where applicable as the topics of the podcast are listed below.
Breaches galore, the epidemic of whats happened in the last decade. Are we really looking for more trouble, or will it slow down?
Freshbooks: thank you so much for giving me a great reason for talking about you today. On this podcast, I talk about how I had to reinstall the Freshbooks app, and how easy it was to reauthenticate with my account. I was afraid that I was needing to grab my 20 character password and paste in the password field. Not anymore!
Twit.tv has a new sponsor on their list that spomnsors segments on Security Now. Sadly, I can't take advantage of it at this time, but it looks like something we could've and should've had many years ago. Learn about privacy.com and see if it will meet your needs.
Michael in Indiana and I talked about software and reminisced about the old days of how downloading the wrong software wasn't fatal, but just a havoc. Today, this isn't the case. I mention Stuxnet as an example of software that was developed and it did some real world damage. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon: by Kim Zetter is the name of the book and its author. I read this through Kindle and I may have talked about this on my podcast when I did. If this is the first actual weapon that destroyed data and things that were going on, is something else being developed we yet don't know about?
As usual, our contact information is at the end of the program, and I hope you enjoy this first podcast. I'll be back on another edition very soon. Thanks so much for listening to this 71 minute program!
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1h 12min
December 25, 2019Tech podcast 332: Iphone 11, awards, and braille transcription
Merry Christmas, this is the last episode of 2019.
Welcome to the final edition of the technology blog and podcast series for 2019. Trust me, we've got a lot more coming, but this is the final podcast of 2019.
My initial thoughts on my brand new, Iphone 11.
Brian Krebs gets an award. Several other members of the security field was also mentioned as needing the award more than Brian, but CISO MAG Honors KrebsOnSecurity is the article Penned by Krebs.
I have a segment on Braille transcribing as a whole in particular to Braille2000 and not specific to the assignment as a whole. I found this quite interesting, even while I did the talk.
In the first podcast of 2020, I'm going to talk about a company I feel we should've had around about 10 years ago if not sooner than now. Its an advertiser of TWIT, and boy, if it doesn't fit my needs, I feel it may meet others. We're going to start with that, and even more as we continue the transcription course, my Iphone 11, and who knows what else we'll cover by this podcast as next year gets started and beyond. Until next year, thanks so much for listening to this podcast, and I'll be seeing you very soon!
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1h 8min
December 16, 2019 Tech podcast 331: Dec 15, 2019
On this podcast, NVDA gets updated and its a breeze! Assignments 17-19 are talked about and I want your thoughts. A webinar that caught my attention, and web design and why links are all over the home page.
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1h 30min
November 28, 2019 Tech podcast 330
On this podcast, B2k news, domain buying, and news on hospital mortality rates when ransomware and other attacks happen.Hospital breaches leading to more heart attacks? You bet! from blog The Technology blog and podcast Thats the name of the article and its linked from me. Very facinating read.
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56min
November 06, 2019Tech podcast 329: November 5, 2019
Welcome to podcast 329.
How can we keep ourselves as safe as possible when databases that companies hold them online? I completeluy understand the aspect of why they need to do so. It isn't possible for them to store it like I do, and its just becoming a problem. A telecom company breached, mongo DB to blame is the blog post referencing this segment.
National Cyber Security month is now complete. Why? In this ever changing landscape where everything is online must we have only one month to teach how to be as secure as possible? Please check out my blog post penning this topic: NCSAM is over, shall we stop teaching for my written thoughts on this important topic. Its something we should be discussing, and we should be discussing it all the time.
I found an article through dark reading, and instead of covering that, I think we should try to discuss it in a different light whereby we ask how consumers can be safe in this time of major security problems. It isn't just the entity that we shop at that should be the main problem, it is in both things. Merchants need to fix their security, but shoppers need to be careful and some tips are discussed on what we can all good.
Dice world has some interesting updates and I tie that in to other games and the accessibility landscape. There is always something to learn and I'm happy to see what happens as we continue to grow.
Michelle Dyer was a dear friend of mine. I let the domain go because I was under the assumption that the domain was not needed. Family contacted her closest friend, contacted me, and I've relaunched the domain on October 31st. Due to some other technical issues I could not fix, the domain is now relaunched and I only made some changes to clean some outdated info. Please click on this link to go to the Michelle Dyer Memorial page where you'll find tech podcasts to download that she was a part of. We thank each and everyone for your continued support of my work.
The track I selected for this podcast comes from the artist Ehren Starks from the depths of a Year. Contact information is also available at the end of the program. Thanks so much for listening!
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1h 18min
November 02, 2019Tech podcast 328: wrapping up NCSAM and other stuff too
Hi folks, welcome to podcast 328.
Transportation: can we use something like Navi Lens in conjunction with apps like transit app, Go Metro, or other apps to get us around by bus or train?
Making The Smart Bet On Cybersecurity
Whats going on with web threats? The October webinar by Trend Micro
Protecting Our Children Online
Contact info
I hope you enjoy the program.
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1h 17min
October 27, 2019Technology podcast 327 for October 27, 2019
Welcome to podcast 327 for October 27, 2019.
What do you think about giving out or phone numbers? I'm not talking about business, I'm talking about phone numbers for personal use. I heard this on a telephone line on a bulletin board, and got to thinking.
VPN services is the next topic. I'm looking at express vpn as they were talked about on a prior post on the blog through tech warm. My thoughts are on this one.
I'm putting a feeler out there. On this third segment, I'm curious on your thoughts on the braille transcription course as a whole. I know I have had some struggles, but i'm curious on other people who have taken the course or are still taking it with me. Contact me by email for a phone call, as I'd like to discuss it with you.
Cachet Financial Reeling from MyPayrollHR Fraud is the next segment and the article is linked here. What an interesting story here.
Best Practices for Defanging Social Media Phishing Attacks is the final segment and lots of terms given here and info. This could be put under the NCSAM category as the cyber security awareness month is coming to an end.
Please feel free to contact me on the podcast contact info given, and I look forward in hearing from you!
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1h 13min

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