Tutoring English, proper names come up. The tutor mentions Internet. The Internet means the whole global network: from your browser, connected to your service provider, you (theoretically) have access to the Internet. An internet is a local network, created and …
Self-tutoring about browsing and cookies: the tutor continues, mentioning third-party cookies. Continuing from yesterday’s post, I’m talking more about cookies and possible effects of them during Internet browsing. A cookie is a string of characters a website can load onto …
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Self-tutoring about tracking cookies: the tutor explores a way they work. You see various descriptions of tracking cookies. Generally the idea they convey is that those cookies track the other sites you visit. While pragmatically, that’s true in a way, …
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 …