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Geek-themed Meme of the Week: biometric been there

April 14, 2016/in Internet Security

Continuing what should be but hasn’t been our weekly series highlighting the better tech-related memes …

Having used the thumbprint reader on my iPhone for some time now, it has become a habit of the muscle-memory variety, meaning that I quite regularly have unlocked my phone before I have completed reading an alert that had caught my attention. So, too, a user of Reddit who submitted the above meme.

I am guessing that there’s probably an easy solution. But since this certainly must be among the most First World of First World Problems ever encountered, I’ve yet to invest the time to search it out. Meanwhile, it’s oddly comforting to know that I am not alone.

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Network World Paul McNamara

Geek-Themed Meme of the Week: Dear Apple

January 30, 2016/in Internet Security

In our latest installment of the Geek-Themed Meme of the Week, Bill Lumbergh speaks for many iPhone users when admonishing Apple:

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H/t to Reddit user maxToThe.

And if you’d like to peruse the Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive, you can find it here.

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Geek-Themed Meme of the Week: email to text

November 21, 2015/in Internet Security

The Advice Mallard has a good one for our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week collection, via Redditor chevyfried, who writes: “I use this lifehack for my security cameras that only have the ability to use email notifications.”

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I can only confirm that the AT&T one works.

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Geek-Themed Meme of the Week: targeted ads

November 14, 2015/in Internet Security

Yes, it is approaching that time of the year again when we need to be more careful about closing the laptop when it’s on the kitchen table and children are about.

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As for solutions, there is the obvious one that gets the Voldemort treatment on this blog, but a Redditor also offers: “Incognito Mode isn’t just for porn.”

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