Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports – Krebs on Security

Another breach!

Read more: 

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/identity-thieves-bypassed-experian-security-to-view-credit-reports/

My Painful Experience With Verizon

Disappointed with AT&T poor connection, I switched back to Verizon.

Here is the screenshots when I compared the Verizon and AT&T plans as of November, 2022.

Both are identical. Same money. Same features. So, placed an order to move all lines to Verizon from AT&T.

1. November 15, 2022: Verizon confirmed the order by email.
2. November 18, 2022: Verizon confirmed the signed up for paper-free billing and enrolling in Auto Pay.
3. November 19, 2022: Called Verizon at 888-844-7098 to question about one line not porting for 11 minutes. Their Porting Center said did not receive the order for that line.
4. November 22, 2022: Called Verizon at 866-338-7390 for the missing order. It turned out for some reason, they fulfilled all but one line. To correct, Verizon made another order to send a SIM card for that line. One hour and 33 minutes spent.
5. November 24, 2022: Called Verizon at 800-922-0204, 888-844-7095, and 866-338-7390 regarding to activate the missing line. One hour and 17 minutes
6. November 25, 2022: Continued call Verizon to resolve the porting issue. More than 6 hours to resolve the issue.
7. December 8, 2022: Called Verizon at 800-922-0204 for more than an hour to ask them correct the phone trade-in issue.
8. December 30, 2022: Called Verizon 800-922-0204 regarding to misleading Auto Pay.
   Updated: On 2023-01-08 Osman from the Verizon Executive Office called and we spent over 30 minutes to resolve this issue.
9. On going problem with poor connection. Worse than AT&T. Disappointed with their 5G at home and at work.

LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands |

Don't use LastPass. Period.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/lastpass-says-hackers-have-obtained-vault-data-and-a-wealth-of-customer-info/

Warren Buffett says the economy will overcome coronavirus: 'Nothing can basica

According to 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/02/warren-buffett-says-the-economy-will-overcome-coronavirus-nothing-can-basically-stop-america.html

"You can bet on America but you have to be careful about how you bet," he said. "Markets can do anything."

"In my view, for most people, the best thing is to do is owning the S&P 500 index fund. There are huge amounts of money people pay for advice they really don't need. If you bet on America and sustain that position for decades, you'd do far better than buying treasury securities."

Does iPhone more secure and privacy than Android?

According to https://www.beyondidentity.com/blog/battle-of-the-brands

Consumers reported feeling most secure using Apple's iPhone 13 Pro Max and Samsung's Galaxy S22 Ultra.

75% of Apple users and 55% of Android users were able to fully recover their lost data.

Of Android users who are considering the switch to Apple, 49% are switching due to perceived superiority in security and privacy.

LastPass' latest data breach exposed some customer information - The Verge

This is one of reasons I don't use LastPass. They have two many breaches.

KeePassX and its port KeePassXC are the best, free and open source 

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/30/23486902/lastpass-hackers-customer-information-breach

Note to self – How to Clear the Terminal History on Linux or macOS

Copy from https://www.howtogeek.com/179022/how-to-clear-the-terminal-history-on-linux-or-mac-os-x/ as a note to self

Clear the Current Session's History
Your history can be broke down into two chunks. There's your current sessions' history, and there's your long-term history. Our first command, history -c, deals with the current session.

Clear All of Your Bash History
If you want to remove the entirety of your history, run the following command:
rm ~/.bash_history

Use open ~/.bash_history to view and edit