00:09:56 Chris Taylor: 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 Donate to the Ottawa Food Bank's Holiday Food Drive at https://www.ottawafoodbank.ca/donate/ 00:10:07 Chris Taylor: Breaking news: all members in good standing as of March 31, 2023 **will have** their membership expiry date extended by one year at no charge New members deal: Those who join by March 31, 2023 will get two years for the $20 membership fee Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ 00:16:03 Chris Taylor: ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com/chat 00:16:19 Chris Taylor: Bruce Schneier’s Crypto-Gram monthly newsletter https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/2022/1215.html 00:16:58 Tom Trottier: Now the scammers will be grammatical! 00:18:29 Tom Trottier: ...trained from all the internet marketing fluff... 00:20:40 Elizabeth: How fun! I'm going to try ChatGPT 00:20:50 Tom Trottier: my GPT try - Member User avatar Jan 7, 2007 263 posts 463 upvotes Ottawa No matter the season, no matter the weather, An IPA is a beer that I'll always treasure, It's the perfect choice, for any beer lover, A brew that's truly worth it, now and forever. 00:21:18 Tom Trottier: Next time, I will request iambic pentameter.... 00:21:49 Chris Taylor: 3rd party pencil for Apple devices https://www.amazon.ca/Zspeed-Rejection-Drawing-Handwriting-Compatible/dp/B07WYL5ZP6 00:22:02 Tom Trottier: also for security - https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm 00:23:34 Chris Taylor: Trashnothing https://trashnothing.com/ 00:24:36 Elizabeth: Apple stylus: apparently foil covered tip will work too. 00:25:26 Tom Trottier: also https://www.freecycle.org/login has 00:25:35 Tom Trottier: email notices 00:26:14 Carol Pearson: There is also freecycle https://www.freecycle.org/town/OttawaON 00:27:05 Elizabeth: Good tip about file manager & preview. 00:27:16 Natalie: The version of Freeccyle that was being used here is now TrashNothing (same moderators). Not sure whi is running the current version of Freecycle (used to be a Yahoo group, requiring Yahoo e-mail account). 00:30:31 Chris Taylor: Gluu Society https://gluusociety.org How to be unscammable video series https://www.youtube.com/@gluuyou OPCUG Fraud Watch page https://opcug.ca/fraud-watch/ 00:34:41 Natalie: Episode 1 opener has Telus listed as the sponsor 00:35:07 Kirsten Fleming: I received a recent email from them. 00:38:29 Natalie: The grandparent scam has been around for a long time, and well publicized, but so many people are still being scammed by it! 00:38:47 Allison: My coworkers parents just lost quite a bit of money from the grandparent scam. 00:39:26 Bill: There are supposed calls from Amazon right now. 00:40:11 Jocelyn Doire: got one from amazon this morning! 00:40:19 Serge-Érik: Or some PayPal scam where is says that you owe money... 00:41:02 Chris Taylor: See my article on "Scamming a scammer" for a bit of fun that can be had https://opcug.ca/Articles/1111.pdf 00:41:19 Bob Herres: I've had more than 6 "so called" Amazon calls today form Olivia , I stopped answering the phone 00:42:59 Elizabeth: I have to leave early today but thanks for tonight's Q&A. I'm going to use ChatGPT for a work task - it might save me time over Xmas. Cheers 00:43:22 Chris Taylor: @Bob Herres - I no longer answer my phone. My answering message says "Due to the number of scam and spam calls, I don't answer the phone. If you are not a scammer or spammer AND I believe you, if you leave a message I will call you back." The scammers and spammers NEVER leave a message. 00:44:11 Allison: I work in payroll and more and more we are getting scam emails that look like they are from employees asking to change the banking details on their files. We have to be really careful. It always surprises me how many people do not keep track of what is going in and out of their bank accounts and don't realize something isn't right for weeks or months. 00:44:41 Tom Trottier: Did you change in Administrator mode? 00:44:54 Tom Trottier: Check autoruns.... 00:45:56 Natalie: Samsung has many things that are blocked from user control. I called them to complain about apps on my Samsung Smartphone. The tech guy suggested simply not opening some apps so they wouldn't be active. Aside from that, you're stuck with them! 00:47:28 Natalie: I had an issue with the permissions! 00:48:23 Natalie: Thanks Bob, I'll check for that! 00:53:11 Lynda Buske: Very useful tip Chris! 00:53:26 Natalie: Good to know! 00:53:39 KarenW-G: Cool tip! Will save me so much time! Wait drives me crazy.... 00:55:28 KarenW-G: I have one about google pixel and getting notifications when connected to Bluetooth in car 00:55:39 Jocelyn Doire: That's my favourite pastime to watch that little ball going around and around! :) 00:56:03 Tom Trottier: My PC takes a long time to arbitrate my 2.5g connection with my 10g Gigahub. So I set the Hub to set the 10g connection to 2.5g - saves a minute or two when starting to access the internet 00:56:14 Carol Pearson: Saving photos- getting rid of duplicates 00:57:57 Bob Herres: I find AI fascinating, demonstrations etc sound interesting 00:58:22 Bill: Photo Duplicate Remover at Playstore for Android 00:58:25 Natalie: Basics: Default settings on smartphone for pictures (file size, flash setting, etc.). When there was an update, everything got changed & I can't find where the settings moved to. 00:58:53 Natalie: ...the setting details 00:59:04 KarenW-G: Computer Basics: lessons on total commander 01:00:36 Natalie: The workaround was to download pics to PC, then resize them. Not convenient! 01:05:00 KarenW-G: Just downloaded. What settings do you use during set up? 01:06:10 Natalie: How to sync browsers between computers/devices. They don't always show up in a list, and it's not always obvious. It's a pain not to have my favourites/bookmarks always available. 01:06:13 Stew Bruce: I think the snapseed app was good for quick & dirty edits on a mobile before sharing/sending 01:07:59 Lynda Buske: Snapseed is a very good editor for phones and tablets. I don't need it for my phone as I like the phone editing features but do need the Send Reduced Lite just for mailing. 01:08:54 Natalie: Thanks for the pic reducing options. 01:11:40 Natalie: Maybe divide up pros & cons for AI? 01:12:41 Chris Taylor: @Karen - I seem to recall just choosing the size I wanted. Then, when I go to send a photo - I send to Send Reduced and then it lets me choose where - GMail, text, etc. 01:12:45 Kirsten Fleming: Chat GPT seems to be the latest AI star. My grandson downloaded the app on his phone, asked a question and got a detailed response. 01:13:07 KarenW-G: I am interested in hearing about the various apps people are using on their phones and find helpful 01:14:08 Carol Pearson: I have a friend of mine who does beautiful icutres with just her phone and snap seed, maybe I can get her to talk 01:14:28 Carol Pearson: she uses a few photo editing apps on her phone 01:14:28 Alan German: @Carol - Please do! 01:15:46 Bill: Thanks everyone for your information tonight. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone. Watch out for the coming bad weather if you are on the roads. 01:16:08 Natalie: Has there been a recommendation for a real-time translation app? 01:16:10 Michelle Faber: Merry Christmas to you all. 01:16:13 Margery: Thanks, everyone. Merry Christmas to all! 01:16:28 ed: Merry Christmas, everyone! 01:16:45 Carol Pearson: thanks Merry Christmas Does you renewal go from when you signed up or per a fiscal year 01:16:59 Gail: Thank you! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! 01:17:01 Chris Taylor: Breaking news: all members in good standing as of March 31, 2023 **will have** their membership expiry date extended by one year at no charge New members deal: Those who join by March 31, 2023 will get two years for the $20 membership fee Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ 01:17:32 KarenW-G: Great job Alan and Chris, as always! Merry Christmastide and happy New Year all. 01:17:37 Allison: Thank you! Hope everyone has a good holiday! 01:18:31 Natalie: Thanks for tonight! Happy holidays to all 😊