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Eric Niewoehner and his Tablet
Me, my tablet, and my passion for birds

While I would love to write fiction every day, thirty-eight years of IT experience makes it difficult not to comment on what I observe in the IT world. The world breathes on social media. It affects what we know, what we think, and what we do. We are seeing before us how social media, with all it’s potential, can show the worst in humanity. Despite its fundamental propensity toward freedom, it can also be used to apply the most penetrating censorship and control. IT has introduced phenomenal innovation, yet with this new technology we face new challenges.

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  • The Mystery of 52.225.23.15

    Can somebody explain a brute force attack from a Microsoft IP address? Websites are easy targets for various network attacks simply because they are available to the public. What protects a website from being “hacked” is a rather thin veneer of passwords, strengthened by a range of firewall measures. WordPress, a popular platform on which…

    February 8, 2025
  • Be Thou My Vision — What’s Up With Bible Gateway?

    What was once one of the premier Bible applications is today struggling, beriddled with technical bugs and distracted from its mission. Since the introduction of the printing press, the Bible has been a best-seller. So it was no surprise when one of the first things to see traveling over the Internet was the Bible. In…

    February 6, 2025
  • The E-mail De-activation Scam

    Ever get a notification that your e-mail account is about to be de-activated? Is it for real or a scam? The Scam You receive an e-mail saying your e-mail account is about to be de-activated. Click the link below if you wish to keep your account active. The scam is amplified further by the fact…

    July 22, 2024
  • Censorship: What is Hidden?

    What the world needs to know about Australia’s Censorship Regime. The case of the Wakely knife attack on a Christian priest.

    May 16, 2024
  • Parler Reborn. What happens to your personal information?

    Ever wonder what happens to your information when a website goes out of business? Our personal information is an asset, and assets sell. Such is the case of Parler.

    February 23, 2024
  • Is a Website a Scam? The Case When It is Not So Clear

    Ever encountered on the Internet a business and wondered if this website is a scam? The answers are not always cut and dried. Getting the big picture can help you avoid several pitfalls.

    December 30, 2023
  • The Trials of Alaska Communications (ACS)

    For most of my IT career I worked in some aspect of security. I have seen some pretty strange stuff but ranking near the top is the way ACS handles the customer’s password.

    August 7, 2023
  • Big Tech Cancellation: The Case of the Racist Doorbell

    What do you do when Big Tech cuts off your access to security and communication services?

    July 21, 2023
  • The Internet is Slow – Is It Just You?

    What do you do when the internet service suddenly gets really slow? Is it your computer? Is it your router? Or is it the internet provider? Where do you begin?

    May 23, 2023
  • A Play on Words

    The question that one must ask is not what is offensive, but what will happen when the inevitable sin is committed

    December 27, 2022
  • Spam Update — How to Avoid Spam

    In a previous posting, one of the key things I suggested was to set up multiple e-mail accounts and delegate their use based on risk. Did it work?

    December 6, 2022
  • Can PayPal Be Trusted?

    How can you trust a business that arbitrarily, without explanation, suspends your service?

    October 27, 2022
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