00:18:48 Chris Taylor: All members in good standing as of March 31, 2022 have had their membership expiry date extended by one year at no charge Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Want to present at Q&A? Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:20:41 micheline: I check the Weather Network every day with chrome. Don't know which version because I am on my laptop right now. 00:21:24 micheline: No blocking for me 00:22:41 Chris Taylor: Virtual Learning Apps Track and Share Your Kids’ Data Virtual learning apps tracked and shared kids' data and online activities with advertisers, report says https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/tech/remote-learning-apps-data-collection/index.html "How Dare They Peep into My Private Life?": Children's Rights Violations by Governments that Endorsed Online Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/05/25/how-dare-they-peep-my-private-life/childrens-rights-violations-governments Governments Harm Children's Rights in Online Learning https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/25/governments-harm-childrens-rights-online-learning Mental Health Apps Are Listening https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/mental-health-apps/ Tim Hortons App Collected Vast Amounts of Sensitive Data https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/tim-hortons-app-collected-vast-amounts-of-sensitive-data-privacy-watchdogs-1.5927716 00:25:34 Jocelyn Doire: Google Chrome: Click the menu icon " " at the top right of the browser window, choose "Tools" and choose "Extensions" to open a new "Options" tab. Uncheck "Enabled" to disable an extension, or click "Remove" to delete it completely. Click the "Disable" link under the plugin you want to disable. 00:26:01 Chris Taylor: Thanks Joc! 00:26:59 Tom Trottier: fwiw, firefox quarantines 3rd party cookies to webpage domain 00:27:20 Tom Trottier: vs tracking across multiple domains 00:32:10 Chris Taylor: Easy Voice Recorder https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coffeebeanventures.easyvoicerecorder Easy Voice Recorder (YouTube video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7iwZE2l2kU 00:33:35 Tom Trottier: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.recorder also transcribes! 00:34:23 Dennis Gruending: Can you record phone calls or just in person? 00:35:34 Tom Trottier: https://recorder.google.com/ 00:35:34 Diane P: in the Message ap on an iPhone, you can record a message to send 00:35:37 Chris Taylor: Must-have Android Apps https://www.androidauthority.com/android-apps-weekly-438-3179757/ 00:37:26 Tom Trottier: New! Improved! 00:37:38 Chris Taylor: Health Connect by Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.healthdata 00:39:36 Tom Trottier: 10K+...………. 00:41:35 Tom Trottier: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=google%20fitness&c=apps 00:42:01 Tom Trottier: "double tap" has a couple of meanings...………. 00:44:31 Tom Trottier: VPN mainly good for geo-fenced access + away from home 00:44:33 micheline: Stew has his hand up! 00:44:50 micheline: Now it is down 00:49:29 Diane P: What does VPN mean. I can access it on my Norton subscription but I didn't know how that differs from the other security features. Sorry I'm a little naïve in this field 00:49:57 Timothy: Virtual Private Network 00:51:05 Tom Trottier: VPM ie, connections are encrypted. Most corporations set up their own to access internal networks 00:51:40 Tom Trottier: public ones have servers around the world for geo access to movies, ... 00:51:49 Tom Trottier: VNN!! 00:51:55 Tom Trottier: VPN!! 00:52:25 Tom Trottier: you could set up one on your own home computer for remote access 00:52:45 Natalie: Some VPNs that come as part of an anti-virus suite have a data limit. 00:52:52 Edward Morawski: Coms between you and the bank is also encrypted - another tunnel within all this tunneling. 00:53:20 Natalie: Chris keeps freezing on my screen - just me? 00:53:32 Tom Trottier: me 2 00:53:35 Alan German: Me too. 00:53:40 Gillian Macdonnell: freezes for me too 00:53:45 Timothy: he dos it on mine as well. 00:53:47 Diane P: So if I download the bank ap, does it have its own VPN? 00:54:01 Tom Trottier: winter? 00:54:33 Stew Bruce: VPN was a hot item several years ago.It is now as common as green tea infusion in bath soap 00:55:46 Stew Bruce: Gee,do you trust your bank? 00:56:19 Tom Trottier: Apples are for...……….rich idiots who value security 00:56:26 Chris Taylor: Phones and banking previous Q&A - https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20220601_PowerPoint.pdf The best privacy and security apps for Android https://www.computerworld.com/article/3269019/best-privacy-security-apps-android.html 00:56:42 Chris Taylor: Android apps for scanning Barcode Scanner https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android Sophos Intercept X for Mobile https://play.google.com/store/search?q=sophos%20intercept%20X&c=apps 00:56:49 Tom Trottier: QR codes can hold up to 4k of info 00:57:32 Tom Trottier: Google Camera can scan QR codes 00:58:08 Tom Trottier: fwiw, QR codes CAN have nasty stuff - eg, reset phown 00:58:13 Tom Trottier: phone 00:58:44 Jocelyn Doire: There are many sizes of QR codes, so the amount of data depends of which one is used. 00:59:18 Gail: I can advise 01:00:17 Diane P: QR codes,,,,,do you use the camers 01:00:35 Tom Trottier: Ditto on android - can scan to pdf or png 01:02:42 Natalie: I can't upgrade 1 computer to Win 10 01:02:44 micheline: What is the advantage of Win 8.1 over Win 10? 01:03:02 Tom Trottier: Upgrade to LINUX? 01:03:40 Chris Taylor: Setting up Windows 11 with a local account https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/269419/tip-set-up-windows-11-22h2-with-a-local-account For advantages/disadvantages of using a local account, see "Setting Up a New Computer – First Things First" by Alan German & Chris Taylor https://opcug.ca/Articles/2105NEWS.pdf 01:04:17 Tom Trottier: Window 12 for me! 01:04:29 Jocelyn Doire: for info on QR code: https://www.qrcode.com/en/about/version.html 01:04:43 Timothy: Isn't Windows 11 only available for 62bit? 01:05:36 Tom Trottier: QR codes do have redundancy built in to check for errors 01:06:03 Timothy: ops 64bit 01:06:17 Tom Trottier: I like to whine...……. 01:06:22 micheline: Alan - my brother in the UK uses Linux! 01:06:37 Tom Trottier: Windoze has a Linux subsystem 01:07:24 Tom Trottier: I was happy with my 2012 pc....until it broke 01:08:25 Natalie: It's an Asus. Using 8.1 01:08:40 Alan German: @Micheline 8.1 would be a backwards step 01:09:14 Stew Bruce: I suppose it may be what you are doing with an unsupported computer 01:09:39 Tom Trottier: Attackers usu target corporate PCs... but can take your bank accounts...…. 01:10:11 Natalie: Hooked up to a TVC to stream from Internet 01:10:16 Natalie: TV 01:11:05 Natalie: Thanks 01:12:24 Natalie: Does that mean programs that are only compatible with 32bit won't work on Win 11? 01:12:27 Diane P: I have an old computer with an unsupported version of Windows. It can't join my network because IVe changed networks. Can I download the photos from it to a disc or something 01:12:45 faber ichelle’s iPad: Thank you. 01:12:52 Natalie: Great 01:13:29 Edward Morawski: I believe that Win won't run old 16-bit apps. 01:13:45 Tristan: Can also just pull out the hard drive and plug it into a newer PC. 01:13:49 Natalie: Friend uses Kaspersky. Works from home & workplace has banned anything Russian. Needs to switch. Is there recent inti-virus reviews/info on OPCUG site? 01:13:51 Tom Trottier: N T 4 4ever! 01:14:01 Diane P: I,ve upgraded and the password has changed 01:14:37 Tom Trottier: I want 4-bit apps! 01:15:12 Tom Trottier: 8008 4ever 01:15:55 Natalie: Thanks 01:16:00 Tom Trottier: Window Defender does a good job 01:16:09 Natalie: I'll let her know 01:16:33 Diane P: Thanks for all the advice. 01:16:42 Edward Morawski: You can also use Virtual Box to run older OS's and your favourite old app. Those will likely run faster on newer PC's than on the original PC's. 01:17:18 Tom Trottier: AV solutions need intimate connections inside OS. Defender does the best job 01:17:36 Timothy: Win 7 and10 32bit can run some 16bit programs. 01:18:17 Tom Trottier: or start a VM 01:18:40 Stew Bruce: Some of us certainly could use parental controls 01:18:50 Tom Trottier: last for this year! 01:19:07 Tom Trottier: ...control from the grave? 01:19:28 Natalie: Thanks for al of the info :) 01:19:58 Tom Trottier: TY ! GN ! 01:20:06 Diane P: bye 01:20:10 Edward Morawski: Great session! 01:20:14 Gail: Thank you 01:20:21 Timothy: Thanks for the presentations tonite.