00:08:19 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 00:16:18 Tom Trottier: WOW FHD slides! 00:16:31 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: CrowdStrike Falcon Meltdown https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/985?autostart=false 00:16:42 Tom Trottier: no, still 4:3 00:18:39 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Tom That's our default template for Q&A. 00:20:24 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: New Bell scams https://opcug.ca/fraud-watch/ 00:20:36 Tom Trottier: https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm 00:21:22 Eldon Gaw: I'm sure there is the same guy or caller from California pulling off the same scam 00:21:42 Tom Trottier: Would they win the no-bell prize? 00:22:02 Eldon Gaw: No but you do Tom! 00:22:12 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: NSA’s Mobile Device Best Practices https://media.defense.gov/2021/Sep/16/2002855921/-1/-1/0/MOBILE_DEVICE_BEST_PRACTICES_FINAL_V3%20-%20COPY.PDF 00:24:19 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: How can I safely dispose of an old laptop? https://www.pcworld.com/article/461014/how-to-securely-erase-your-hard-drive.html Really, really deleting files (Chris Taylor) https://opcug.ca/Articles/2309NEWS.pdf Wipe Out Old Data (Alan German) https://opcug.ca/Reviews/FileShredder&HDShredder.htm Nuke that old hard drive! https://opcug.ca/presentations/NukeDrive.pdf Software to create a bootable USB drive (Balena Etcher https://etcher.balena.io) Software to securely erase the laptop’s hard disk (HDShredder https://www.miray-software.com/products/applications/hdshredder.html) 17 creative uses for an old computer https://www.pcmag.com/articles/avoid-the-trash-heap-creative-uses-for-an-old-computer 00:27:15 Tom Trottier: Rufus can also create bootable USBs / SD cards 00:28:11 Tom Trottier: Yumi is great to put multiple bootable "drives" on one USB 00:31:54 Tom Trottier: Problem for end: I have a Logitech C920 HD webcam. But Zoom always zooms into my face. How do I get it to zoom out? 00:35:03 Natalie: How to know how much space is needed on the USB drive? 00:39:22 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Worth noting that HDShredder can create a bootable flash drive from within the program if you install the full program on your Windows computer. This is rather than using Etcher to create a bootable flash drive 00:39:47 Glen: Do the advanced deletion features in Shredder offer more security in erasing - especially on magnetic Hard drives? 00:42:22 Natalie: What if you have dual drive (SSD & HDD)? 00:45:00 Tom Trottier: Apparently the max speed for the free version is 6GB/minute 00:45:31 Olly: Is there someone I can pay to do this for me? 00:47:01 Tom Trottier: https://www.miray-software.com/products/applications/hdshredder.html 00:48:54 Tom Trottier: max 2TB drives 00:54:35 Natalie: I've seen people on Kijiji or TrashNothing ask for laptops to repurpose, or make useable for those with low income. 00:54:56 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: 17 creative uses for an old computer https://www.pcmag.com/articles/avoid-the-trash-heap-creative-uses-for-an-old-computer 00:58:52 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): The "Last Ten" (minutes) is your opportunity to ask questions. It's coming up after this item! 00:59:01 Tom Trottier: Delete after 24 hours is a choice! 00:59:32 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: WhatsApp Status https://faq.whatsapp.com/643144237275579/ https://www.gizchina.com/2024/04/06/whatsapp-status-update-notifications/ 01:00:35 Tom Trottier: GOOGLE contacts 01:01:23 KWG: Is use WhatsApp, but am always conscious that it is owned by Meta….. 01:02:38 Tom Trottier: hmmmm, maybe IOS contacts too... 01:03:21 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Is use WhatsApp, but..." with ❤️ 01:05:38 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: WhatsApp Status https://faq.whatsapp.com/643144237275579/ https://www.gizchina.com/2024/04/06/whatsapp-status-update-notifications/ 01:06:25 Trudy: Different data privacy policies for WhatsApp in EU and other countries 01:06:33 Tom Trottier: On the desktop, you get status update notifications & if pinned, you get a small number, I think, on top right of icon 01:07:13 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Any other questions? 01:07:19 Greg: For the "Last Ten" : I would like to know if the library presentation on "How to buy a PC" will cover laptops. 01:07:25 Tom Trottier: https://faq.whatsapp.com/5590979194321336/?cms_platform=web 01:07:47 Natalie: Google Drive access can only be shared with someone with a Google account. 01:08:33 Bob Herres: re sharing Google drive . As tom once said if you are tight on space, it's easy to set up a 2nd or 3rd Google Account // I haven't used it yet but I think it may be easy to cross share 01:08:39 Tom Trottier: You can register another email with google 01:09:12 Natalie: I had trouble sending to someone overseas without Google. 01:09:46 Tom Trottier: I have a Logitech C920 HD webcam. But Zoom always zooms into my face. How do I get it to zoom out? 01:10:03 Greg: 👍 01:12:07 Timothy: Maybe sit further away. 01:12:15 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: How to buy a PC Mon, Sep 23, 6pm, Carlingwood 01:13:37 Natalie: Link to Google Drive file 01:15:37 Eldon Gaw: Just using the Whats app chat you can attach up to 10 photos or videos, and a great way to send a video that Gmail will not allow due to size over 24 gig. I love that feature. 01:16:47 Eldon Gaw: sorry 24 MEG 01:17:17 Trudy: WhatsApp compresses videos 01:17:33 Bob Herres: Thank you to all who contributed to tonight! Lots for very interesting info Thank you! 01:17:42 E O'Driscoll: Another interesting session - many thanks! 01:17:56 Natalie: Thanks! 01:17:58 Allison: Great evening, thank you! 01:17:58 Rosemary: Thank you ! 01:18:00 Bill: Thanks everyone.