warning! – As Seen Through PeriVision https://www.perivision.net/wordpress An Mobile centric blog ... Full of Tech goodness Sat, 04 Apr 2015 17:57:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 4666035 Here comes the tax season scams https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2015/04/here-comes-the-tax-season-scams/ https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2015/04/here-comes-the-tax-season-scams/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2015 05:24:28 +0000 http://www.perivision.net/wordpress/?p=9765 Read More]]> My wife come in and asked me to listen to a voice mail. It was a recording of someone with an english accent saying that he was from the IRS and they have been trying to reach out to her for a 1040 audit. ( WTH is a 1040 audit anyway?) They never used her name but made veiled threats that she needs to call them back or they would take legal action.
She figured it was a scam and it was really clear to me it was. However I can see this working just like junk mail, try 10,000 people and if it works once, its worth it.
So heads up people, remember the IRS will NEVER call you saying they are starting an audit or anything else threatening. Be careful out there.

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]]> https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2015/04/here-comes-the-tax-season-scams/feed/ 0 9765 DO NOT log into your Chrome account on a public computer. Your information stays there. Tip #112 https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2014/02/do-not-log-into-your-chrome-account-on-a-public-computer-your-information-stays-there-tip-112/ https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2014/02/do-not-log-into-your-chrome-account-on-a-public-computer-your-information-stays-there-tip-112/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:49:28 +0000 http://www.perivision.net/wordpress/?p=9325 Read More]]> cautionI had no idea about this, but here is the warning directly from Chrome. When you login into any computer, Chrome will download all your sync information and store it on that computer.  Even when you log out!  You have to actually DELETE the account to get rid of this information.

Direct quote from the Google Chrome site:

Don’t sign in to Chrome if you’re using a public or untrusted computer. When you set up Chrome with your Google Account, a copy of your data is stored on the computer you’re using and can be accessed by other people using the same computer. To remove your data, delete the user you are signed in as.

So there you go kiddies, surf safe!

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]]> https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2014/02/do-not-log-into-your-chrome-account-on-a-public-computer-your-information-stays-there-tip-112/feed/ 0 9325 DO NOT install the H1Siri hack on your iphone! https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2011/12/do-not-install-the-h1siri-hack-on-your-iphone/ https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2011/12/do-not-install-the-h1siri-hack-on-your-iphone/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:29:07 +0000 http://www.perivision.net/wordpress/?p=6274 Read More]]> Ok ok, I know you are really want to get Siri on your iphone, well short of buying a new iphone4s I mean.  And you figure, its only a matter of time before a hacker cracks it.  Well your right, and they have, however there is an issue.  Like other jailbreak apps, Steven Troughton-Smith was able to get his Siri hack to communicate with Apple’s servers but did not release the code because that would require distributing Apple’s copyrighted files.  However, a Chinese hacking group CD-Dev Team got their hands on it and have no problems with copyright violations.

And this is not the worse of it…  from VentureBeat.

The hack also requires you to send your Siri commands through CD-Dev Team’s proxy servers, which gives the shady group direct access to your contacts, calendar, e-mail, location, and more personal data.

If those red flags weren’t bad enough, reports from multiple early adopters show that H1Siri can cause a variety of problems on your iPhone — including settings malfunctioning, difficulty booting, and even completely killing (bricking) the phone.

So I’m not sure what more you need to conclude that you should not touch this… at all!

If said before that I think we will see Siri on the older iphones at some point, and unless someone was to write completely new code to get around the Apple copyright issue, we should not hold our breaths on running this via jailbreak headache nor worry free. If you REALLY want it, just go out and buy the iphone4s.

H1Siri from Jeff on Vimeo.

 

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