00:10:09 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Everyone will be muted during the presentation. Feel free to use the Chat window to comment and ask questions. After the presentation, people will be able to unmute themselves. Please feel free to do so if you want to ask a question or make a comment 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 00:12:28 Micheline: How do I make the Chat on the RHS and the members at the top? 00:13:38 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Micheline - View - Standard puts the thumbnails at the top. The chat window should be floating so you can position it wherever you like. 00:15:56 janrourke: How do I know when my membership expires? 00:15:57 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: The Making of GNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQDvkd2wtxU 00:16:30 Tom Trottier: GNU=GNU is Not Unix... 00:17:34 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: @janrouke - if you paid within the last 4 years, your membership is current. You can always ask the membership chair - Mark Cayer - membership@opcug.ca 00:17:47 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Facebook Purity https://www.fbpurity.com 00:18:34 E O'Driscoll: Thanks for info on Facebook Purity! 00:18:36 Jocelyn Doire: @Micheline move cursor at the top, click on "View Options", click on "Side-by-Side Mode", that did it for me. 00:18:43 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Ad Blockers and Tests The Best Ad Blockers for 2024 https://www.pcmag.com/picks/best-ad-blockers Here’s How to Hide Your Browser Fingerprint https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/you-tossed-your-cookies-but-theyre-still-tracking-you-heres-how-to-hide Test your adblocker https://adblock-tester.com/ Test adblocker and privacy/tracking https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ 00:18:53 Natalie: Does FB Purity work on any browser? 00:19:57 janrourke: Reacted to "@janrouke - if you p..." with 👍 00:20:45 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Onelook.com metadictionary https://onelook.com/?ls=a&w=metadictionary 00:24:20 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Replying to "Does FB Purity work ..." I know there are Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera and Firefox extensions. Not sure what others it supports but if you go to the FBP website it will outline which browsers it supports. 00:28:35 E O'Driscoll: OneLook!!! Great hints 00:28:56 Natalie: Replying to "Does FB Purity work ..." Thanks! 00:29:10 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Google Chrome Safe Browsing https://blog.google/products/chrome/google-chrome-safe-browsing-real-time/ 00:29:31 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Reacted to "Thanks!" with 👍 00:29:54 Bob Herres: Reacted to "OneLook!!! Great hin..." with ❤️ 00:32:00 Tom Trottier: So if you wait 11 minutes to click on a phishing site, you're safe? 00:32:31 Tom Trottier: You can also use quad9 DNS to shield from bad sites 00:33:23 Tom Trottier: You would just have to hash the websites & compare hashes 00:33:33 Tom Trottier: ie, the domain name 00:35:16 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: @Tom - hashing! Of course, that makes sense. 00:37:01 KWG: Group have any comments on Edge. I just received a notice/invite to try new features in Edge…. Seems to be doing more than Chrome, including built in VPN. 00:37:04 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Google Arts and Culture https://artsandculture.google.com/ 00:39:13 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Solar eclipse 2024 https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/ https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse-cities/city/1030.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbpB7DNa6TA Solar eclipse 2024 https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/ https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse-cities/city/1030.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbpB7DNa6TA https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_08232044.html 00:39:17 Natalie: I saw thet Home Hardware is selling glasses to view the eclipse - is there any info on what's safe? 00:40:03 Allison: I am wondering if the glasses are safe as well. I would like to see it but am nervous. 00:41:15 Timothy: if you drive down the 416 as far as Spencerville you will see a total eclipse. 00:41:37 Natalie: There was an expert who was saying that cell phones do not have safe filters, so not safe to watch through smartphone camera setting. 00:42:11 Tom Trottier: Welding glasses will work. Also, fully exposed & developed tri-X film 00:43:58 Tom Trottier: Don't miss totality - it's completely different 00:45:02 janrourke: Welding glasses have to be at a certain level. Lots of data on line. 00:46:57 Stew Bruce: Since this is a computer group and not an eye specialist group, Verification elsewhere would be advised 00:47:02 Natalie: I heard that schools will be cancelled since it will happen when kids get out of school. Missed opportunity to have the kids see it safely, with guidance! 00:47:17 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Since this is a comp..." with ❤️ 00:47:34 Serge-Érik: Ctrl+End and Shift+F5 also work in Word. I tried with a 148-page document. Thx, Allan. 00:47:39 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Reporting spam text messages https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/en/blogs/reporting-spam-text-messages-7726 00:48:58 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: Bruce Schneier's AI articles in Crypto-gram https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/2024/0315.html 00:50:05 Carol Pearson: does blocking spam help? 00:52:12 Tom Trottier: Pinned docs working with office 2007 00:52:23 Carol Pearson: I have recent files sowing 00:52:35 KWG: I had it, but when closed and reopened it seemed to resolve 00:52:41 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Replying to "does blocking spam h..." They claim it does. However if no one uses it then it certainly doesn't. Sort of like a lottery ticket I suppose... you can't win if you don't have a ticker. :-) 00:52:53 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): We have time for other questions - anyone? 00:54:27 Tom Trottier: There is a new AI vulnerability - see https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-966-notes.pdf pp 15+ 00:55:18 Tom Trottier: & if Augmented Reality gets hacked, you might be manipulated into danger, or much more data derived from you. 00:56:33 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: We tether to the cell phone all the time when our Internet goes out at the cottage or home and Nanz is working. Just turn the phone into an Internet hotspot to use the cellular data. 00:56:51 Bob Gowan: I think we did have some on HA many yearsago. 00:58:23 Tom Trottier: Tethering is trivial. I have used it when home internet failure, and when away from home. 00:58:45 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: To get notification of Wednesday Workshops at APCUG 00:58:47 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: http://eepurl.com/hp90DP 00:59:11 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: APCUG website 00:59:12 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: https://apcug2.org 00:59:53 Tom Trottier: Most anti-virus, like Malwarebytes, have browser addons to check for malicious sites 01:00:35 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: APCUG affiliation sounds interesting. Out of curiosity, aas there any cost to our group to be a member of the APCUG? 01:00:52 E O'Driscoll: Idea Generator slide...very funny. 01:01:09 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: IIRC it is US$75/year 01:02:10 Carol Pearson: does it matter if the articles are the same as a presntation? 01:02:33 Chris Taylor, President, OPCUG: @Carol - no reason why not! 01:04:12 Tom Trottier: Bitlocker question:: how to I switch to full-disk encryption? 01:05:52 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Browser choice tends to be one of familiarity. Like most people, I tend to use what I get used to. I started using Brave some time ago predominantly because it was FAST. Tends to be my go to browser and haven't looked back. But I do have Edge, Firefox, Chrome & Opera installed as well that I can easily call on. 01:07:25 Tom Trottier: They are all lures................ 01:07:57 Tom Trottier: You can use ublock origin on any browser for more privacy & less ads 01:08:21 Harvey Hope: My primary browser is Firefox ... only use Edge when a website does not function with Firefox. 01:09:06 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Replying to " They are all lures...." The lure is the allure... :-) 01:09:42 Michelle Faber: Thank you. Very interesting. The information about ad blockers was quite informative for me. 01:10:06 Bob Gowan: We had Home Automation presentations by Steve Totolo of Total Voice Control in Sep 2003 and April 2009. Lots more application available at comsumer level now ! 01:13:04 Tristan: An article about BitLocker that may be helpful. https://preyproject.com/blog/bitlocker 01:13:18 Tom Trottier: TY Tristan 01:14:10 Tom Trottier: I block spam numbers - text/phone 01:15:25 E O'Driscoll: I always wondered who is behind the female voice that calls me all the time about my credit card. I bet she has to be careful out in public. I don't think it is AI generated but it could be. 01:16:25 Natalie: Thanks for all of the info! 01:16:37 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Most Android phones have two blocking systems. ONe that blocks texts and the other phone calls. You may have to block both depending on your phone. 01:17:55 Bob Herres: Yes Thank you! A ton of information, very wide ranging 😀 01:18:00 E O'Driscoll: Great info again tonight. Thanks all. 01:18:07 Allison: Thank you! 01:18:15 Timothy: Thanks for the info. 01:18:16 Jeff (JEFFRO) Dubois: Have a nice nigyht.