Posted on January 18, 2015 in Technology tagged Internet Providers
A critical vulnerability has been found in Verizon’s email API which basically allows any user to access any other user’s email, given they know how to properly send the requests to Verizon’s server. Randy Westergren noticed this vulnerability when he was proxying requests from his device (presumably …
Posted on August 31, 2014 in Technology tagged Android
CyanogenMod has been working on version 11, KitKat, for almost a year now, and decided that it was probably stable enough to use day-to-day. Therefore, my phone (Samsung Galaxy Note II) got upgraded to CyanogenMod 11 M9 a few days ago.
So far it’s been pretty stable. The only …
Posted on December 23, 2013 in Technology tagged Internet Providers
I received the following email from Comcast on December 20th:
Dear Comcast Customer:
This is a Courtesy Notice from Comcast to let you know that you have reached 90% of your 300 GB monthly data plan for your XFINITY Internet Service. As of 12-21-2013, you have 30 GB remaining for …
Posted on November 9, 2013 in Technology tagged System Administration
I don’t really like the way Multicraft handles backups. If you’re using a non-official server such as Bukkit or Spigot, and use a plugin that allows you to have multiple worlds (such as Multiverse), then Multicraft can’t handle backups of those worlds. Additionally, even if you allow …
Posted on November 8, 2013 in Technology tagged Internet Providers
I received this email from Comcast yesterday:
Dear XFINITY Internet Customer:
At Comcast, we recognize that our customers use the Internet for different reasons and have unique data needs. Starting December 1, 2013, Comcast will trial a new monthly data plan in this area, which will increase the amount of …
