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Self-tutoring about surfing the ‘net: the tutor mentions a recent encounter. I clicked on a site that seemed harmless enough, but redirected me to a gift card scam. I was convinced the site was safe, so I keyed in its …
Self-tutoring about internet access: the tutor mentions a problem he had and a possible cause. An institution I visit often (via the internet) has its big, main web location (comprising many sub-sites) plus a VPN I use to reach one …
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Self-tutoring about internet surfing: the tutor mentions mixed content. I went to a website today that, though served with https, came with a “mixed content” warning. You can tell by a yellow “alert” triangle on the padlock to the left …
Self-tutoring about Google search: the tutor mentions the minus sign. To exclude a term from the results of a search, you can key it in after a minus sign. Apparently, you need a space before the minus, but not after. …
Self-tutoring about internet security: the tutor continues about closing the browser after logging out. I begin in yesterday’s post about closing the browser after logging out, which numerous sites seem to encourage now. A relevant question seems to be, “Does …
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Self-tutoring about internet security: the tutor looks into advice he notices often. Lately I’ve oft noticed advice like “To complete logout please close your browser.” Why is such a follow-up required after logging out? One point I’ve seen mentioned is …
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Self-tutoring about internet browsing: the tutor mentions a false positive, apparently from browser adware add-ons. A few days ago I was browsing the internet with ie11, on this Windows 7 PC. I keyed in a website name I visit all …
Self-tutoring about internet surfing: the tutor looks into the .za top level domain. .za means the website is from South Africa, according to my source. Source: www.zadna.org.za searchmicroservices.techtarget.com
Self-tutoring about technology: the tutor adds an observation about download speed related to multiple tabs open. For my phone, there doesn’t seem to be a consistent relationship between number of tabs open and download speed. With 8 tabs open it …
More computer science self-tutoring: the tutor defines deep web vs dark web in order to clarify the difference. My understanding is that the web browsers people commonly use, find the sites they suggest by following links associated with words the …
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