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Next meeting: Saturday, March 25

March 2017 Vol. 30, No. 7 Newsletter of the Channel Islands PC Users Group The Friendly Computer Club Helping Make Computers Friendly. On the Web at www.cipcug.org

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By Lisa Toth, president Attendance at the February general meeting: 39 members and guests.

How to contact us ow! So much rain. How much did you get in your neighbor- The Outer Edge hood? During the biggest storm, we got over 4 inches! Of ……………[email protected] course, now everything is growing like crazy, especially weeds. General Info (Ventura County It’s going to be a tough year for airborne allergies. I’m thinking Computers)...... 805-289-3960 W I should stock up in allergy medicines and tissues. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 51354, Last month’s program was impromptu by our computer gurus, Toby and Oxnard, CA 93031-1354 Michael! There is always something to learn or re-learn. Q&A is great, too. Email addresses for board members are Someone asking a question reminds me of something I’d like to on page 2 know too, so I get a chance to solve a problem I'm having or just On the Web: cipcug.org get an answer to a question I didn't even know I had! On Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/cipcug I’ve been posting questions on Facebook, too, and listening to the podcast on Tuesday morning. If you haven’t checked out the FB page or listened to any of the shows I urge you to do so. Once again, I am going to nag you about the election coming

Toth up fast in June. I must step down; it is in the by-laws. We need Inside someone to run for president. I will be happy to help out; I’ll ● If no one runs for president, CIPCUG even do meetings if that is your bugaboo about the president’s position. Other will die. Surely, someone must be willing to positions you might consider are treasurer and secretary. Please participate, prevent that. otherwise our club may fail. — Page 3 Short and sweet this month. I'll see you at the meeting on the 25th. ● You’ve heard it before, but Michael — Lisa Toth Shalkey showed once again during his program about online safety that random clicking can be dangerous. — Page 8 ● We all know that computers can sometimes do something for no obvious reason that mess up our lives. Bob Dinsmore offers the solution for one shuch thing. — Page 11

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Channel Islands The Outer Edge Root Directory PC Users Group CIPCUG mailing address: CIPCUG NEWS P.O. Box 51354, Oxnard, CA Benefits ...... 19 93031-1354 Board meeting minutes ...... 10 CIPCUG sponsors ...... 17 Executive Committee Coming CIPCUG events ...... 3 (Elected members of Board of Directors) Command.com ...... 1 President………...... Lisa Toth Editor’s corner ...... 3 .……………………[email protected] Map to meeting place ...... 20 Vice President/Program Chairman Membership report ...... 18 ………………..………………..Craig Ladd Program: Online safety ………………[email protected] Random clicking dangerous ...... 8 Secretary…………….…….Bob Dinsmore Recent activity on our ……………………[email protected] Facebook page ...... 10 Treasurer……..…….……....…Andy Toth Q&A sessions ...... 4 …………………[email protected]

Immediate Past President Editor……………………..John Weigle GENERAL …………………...... Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo Recovering iCloud Contacts and P.O. Box 6536, Ventura CA 93006 485-7121………[email protected] Calendar in MS Outloo0k ...... 11 (Appointed members

of Board of Directors) The Outer Edge is published monthly by Channel ADVERTISEMENTS Technical Adviser……….………..Toby Scott Creative Technology ...... 17x Islands PC Users Group (CIPCUG), P.O. Box 51354, Web Page Editor….……………....Andy Toth Oxnard, Calif. 93031-1354. an independent, nonprofit Members’ classified ads ...... 17 ……………………[email protected] corporation. Contents of The Outer Edge copyright Mercury Broadcasting ...... 17x TOE editor.…….………….…….John Weigle 2001  by Channel Islands PC Users Group. O’Reilly ...... 17x …………………………[email protected] Permission for reproduction in whole or in part is Ventura County Computers...... 9x granted to other computer user groups for internal Membership Chairman.………....Ken Church nonprofit use provided credit is given to The Outer …………….………[email protected] Edge and the authors of the reproduced material. All Reviews chairman………………Bart Koslow other reproduction is prohibited without prior written ……….….…………………[email protected] consent of Channel Islands PC Users Group. Ex-officio members of Board of Directors Opinions expressed in this journal are solely those of the authors or contributors, and do not necessarily CIPCUG ISP Signups……..……..Andy Totht represent those of Channel Islands PC Users Group, Sound Equipment Technicians its officers or membership as a whole. The ...………….….Curt Davison and Tom Murray information provided is believed to be correct and Program Chairman……...…K. Edward Lynch useful; however, no warranty, express or implied, is made by Channel Islands PC Users Group, its officers, Publicity Chairman...…………..…Rick Curry editorial staff or contributors. This disclaimer extends SIG coordinator…..…………....Larry Hudson to all losses, incidental or consequential, resulting from the use or application of the information provided. Past Presidents Channel Islands PC Users Group does not endorse or Walt Yates…………………………….…1987-1989 recommend any specific hardware or software products, Lois Evans de Violini…………………...1989-1991 dealers, distributors or manufacturers. All trademarked Terry Lee…………………………….…..1991-1993 or registered trademarked names are acknowledged to Jerry McLoud…………………….……...1993-1995 be the property of their respective owners, and are used Robert Provart………………….………..1995-1997 for editorial purposes only. Toby Scott…………………………….…1997-1999 George Lakes …………………………...1999-2001 Advertising in The Outer Edge Andy Toth……………………………….2001-2003 Advertising is accepted for computer-related David Harris………………….………….2003-2005 materials, businesses and services only. Rates are Lois Evans de Violini………………….2005-2007 for Camera-Ready copy (clear, clean black and Paul Westefer…………………………...2007-2009 white masters). Typesetting and graphics are Rick Curry……………………………….2009-2011 available at an additional fee. AWARDS James Brown………………………….…2011-2013 Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo………………….2013-2015 SIZE Cost/Issue 2004 APCUG: Large groups first (With the exception of the immediate past president, FULL-PAGE (9½”H x 7¼”W)...... $50.00 place for website. past presidents are not board members.) HALF-PAGE (4½”H x 7¼”W) 2006 Southwest User Group or (9½”H x 3½”W )....…...... $30.00 Life members THIRD-PAGE (3”H x 7¼” W)………….$25.00 Conference: second place in both Frank Segesman* QUARTER-PAGE (4½”H x 3½W)...... $20.00 the newsletter and website Toby Scott BUSINESS CARD ad...... $15.00 contests. Lois Evans de Violini Discounts for multiple issues (3, 6, 9 and 12 2011 APCUG first place in the Art Lewis* months) Helen Long Ad copy deadline is the 5th of the month of newsletter contest (medium *Deceased publication. groups). Make all checks payable to CIPCUG. 2012 APCUG first place in the Members’ classified ads are free but are limited to newsletter contest (medium 105 characters, including spaces. groups). .

March 2017 The Outer Edge Page 3 CIPCUG news and events Computer frustrations; Coming CIPCUG events plea for a president March speaker will his might have been the most frustrating month I’ve ever had putting an issue of TOE together. There were the usual minor items, but Bob discuss online safety T Dinsmore’s article on recovering iCloud contacts and calendar in MS Outlook just did not want to be wres- Programs tled onto the six pages it fills. Bob Gostischa, who has made several presentations to CIP- I believe — apparently foolishly — that an article writ- CUG over the years, will present “Tips for Staying Safe Online ten in Microsoft Word should easily be inserted into Mi- and Preventing Identity Theft. Learn to use the tools that make crosoft Publisher. After all, they’re both Microsoft pro- visiting the internet safe and enjoyable” at the March 25 meeting grams and part of Microsoft Office. at the Camarillo Boys & Girls Club, 1500 Temple Ave. I don’t know if I’m missing something (Ponderosa Drive and Temple Avenue), Camarillo (map on page Editor’s obvious or just don’t know the secrets, but 20). corner every time I import a Word article with pic- The meeting starts at 8:45 a.m. with the first part of the Q&A tures, everything goes crazy. Pictures al- session, followed by a business meeting, the second part of the ways seem to duplicate themselves in large Q&A, a break and the program. and small versions. Sometimes, there’s a Dates of other coming meetings: picture in a large box that is difficult to April 22 resize. I tried importing as a text file and as May 27 a PDF, but neither one worked. After spend- June 24 ing far more time than I should have on the July 22 Weigle problem, I decided to scan the original doc- Aug. 26 ument and put the jpegs on the pages. Fortu- Sept. 23 nately, the article did not require serious editing. I know Oct. 28 this is going to mean that this issue will probably be slow Nov. 18 (third Saturday) to download, but I couldn’t come up with any other solu- Dec. 16 (Third Saturday tion. SIGs Several of our regular features that are usually on page Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are sponsored by CIPCUG and, 18 were eliminated to get the other articles to fit. when offered, are led by volunteer club members. The SIGs are Elections are coming free to CIPCUG members. You’ve all heard this before — every two years when At the moment, no SIGs are being offered. Anyone interested our president has completed two terms and can not seek a in leading a SIG or who has suggestions for one should tell any third term because of the bylaws. As Toby Scott and others board member. have pointed out, the president’s job is probably the easiest one on the board — the president does not have to arrange (Continued on page 4) programs, prepare the treasurer’s report, keep track of who must renew their dues, or have great technical knowledge. But every two years we struggle to find someone to run Door prizes for the office and have to come up with a name or two of We have two types of raffle tickets: one for prizes offered by people who might be willing to do the job if asked. the presenter and one for club-provided prizes. The tickets for the I know this is not just a CIPCUG problem. Every group presenter’s prizes are free and limited to one per member. I belong to has people willing to say, “If I was in charge…” The tickets for the club-provided prizes are $1 each, $5 for six but who immediately back off when they’re asked to run tickets, $10 for 13 tickets, $15 for 20 tickets and $20 for 27 tickets for office. Many clubs have board members who have and are available to anyone. Those who can’t stay until the served for years, either in the same position or in various drawing may sign their tickets and give the person selling the jobs as board members switch positions. It works for a tickets a list of the prizes they would like in the order they’d pick while, but in the long run, it can cause lots of problems. them. Winners’ prizes will be held until the next meeting. What if the stalwarts move away, have health problems or just get tired and give up? Very often, the organization Consignment table dies. A consignment table is set up at every meeting. Anyone can Do we want that to happen to CIPCUG? I hope the an- buy, but only members can sell. swer is no because, despite the frustrations I sometimes The club gets 10 percent of the sales price. Sold items must discuss, I enjoy the monthly meetings and preparing TOE. I be picked up at the end of the day’s meeting. have learned a lot since I joined, and I still have more to Any items not picked up will become the property of CIPCUG learn. and will be subject to disposal at the club’s discretion. — John Weigle, editor CIPCUG is not responsible in any way for items bought or sold at the table. Each item is sold as-is unless otherwise stated.

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Q&A sessions

Because the pre-meeting SIG has This month’s Q&A topics Part 2 become a general Q&A session, this Formatting flash drives report calls the two parts Q&A: Part Part 1 Raspberry Pi Tiles 1, and Q&A: Part 2. Creating PDF in Microsoft Pub- Running command Unless otherwise noted, Toby lisher Wi-Di Scott answers the questions, and Buying Office on the internet Security software Michael Shalkey handles the com- Cold meeting room Index for cipcug.org puter duties. — Editor Cloud storage DVD formats Q&A: Part 1 Ubuntu and Android differences Closing a Facebook account Security for Chromebook Cloning IDE drive to SATA drive Raspberry Pi Libraries and streaming movies Wireless printers Toby Scott opened the session by Cutting the cord Splitters demonstrating a Raspberry Pi that he had assembled the night before. The case included in the package he bought was about the size of a small way to open it in anything else and then buy a lot of CDs to upgrade many com- solid state drive and had a full-size save it as a PDF? puters and find out that some machines HDMI cable and four USB ports. The A: It turned out that the questioner either can’t run it or that certain users software on it is a version of Linux has Publisher in her Office suite and don’t want it or don’t need it. They’ll (versions for Windows and other operat- didn’t realize it. Given that, she can sell those on eBay. ing systems are also available). It also open the file in Publisher and use the Michael Shalkey: If you do buy has Wi-Fi. save as function to save it as a PDF us- from such sources, ask about return pol- The kit, which he bought on Ama- ing the drop-down menu for the desired icies and use a credit card to pay be- zon Prime. cost $42 and includes the file type. cause you can dispute charges on a card. case and cables. He also bought a 64-bit Buying Office on the internet Toby Scott: If you buy it on eBay, SD card for about $20. He noted that he Q: I notice that Home Student Office you have to go through it for refunds had to reformat the card to FAT 32, 2016 sells for various prices on the in- and returns in case of disputes. You which created some problems. You hit ternet. I want to upgrade from 2010. I can’t effectively challenge the charge on the boundary for address space at 32 did some searches and found the least the card. bits, and the card wouldn’t format. The costly program on a site other than Am- Comment: Another possibility is that first partition on the card has to be the azon. people get the disks and registration boot partition. He ended up using the Is there a risk about buying from numbers from companies that get multi- card from his music player. such sites? ple licenses. They’re valid and they He suggested that anyone who wants A: Michael Shalkey: Look at it from work. to experiment with Raspberry Pi should a different view. I want to buy a used Toby Scott: There’s a difference buy the kit. car, but I don’t want to spend $3,000 to between being valid and working. When Scott said he plans to store music on $4,000 to buy it from the company that Microsoft sells OEM (original equip- the easily portable device. made it or a dealer, so I find this guy on ment manufacturer) licenses, they’re not More information about Raspberry Craig’s List who’ll sell it for $195. supposed to be resold, but sometimes Pi is available at https:// Could there possibly be a difference? they are. www.raspberrypi.org, which includes a Toby Scott: It’s hard to determine, This isn’t anyplace I want to go just blog, downloads page, community page, but I would be very careful about buy- for a lower price. At the shop, we’ve help page, forums and an education ing software at prices that seem too had calls from Microsoft about some page. good to be true. You might get a CD purchases made two years ago. Creating PDF in Microsoft Publisher with a registration code that is no longer Cold meeting room Q: I have a file created in Microsoft valid because it has been used too many Q: Can we get some heat in here or Publisher and wanted to post it on the times or a disc that is infected with mal- would that raise our rent? I met a mem- Web. I don’t have Publisher. Is there a ware. Sometimes a large company will ber wearing a jacket who was returning (Continued on page 5) More on coming events ... (Continued from page 3) 101 Freeway, exit at Telephone, take building. When there are SIGS, they run from Telephone south to McGrath, turn left and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Ventura County go one block. Turn right on Goodyear and Be sure to check the calendar on Computers, 2175 Goodyear Ave., Unit right again into the second driveway. Unit cipcug.org for updates on event pro- 117, Ventura; phone 289-3960. From the 117 is the back, right corner of the grams, dates and times.

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(Continued from page 4) no waiting, titles can be streamed imme- works that are on cable services are not to his car to get a blanket. diately, or downloaded to phones or supposed to make their content available A: We don’t have any control over tablets for offline enjoyment later. We on the web, according to their contracts. the temperature. have hundreds of thousands of titles to Comment: CBS all access exists, but Cloud storage choose from, with more being added I assume its offerings are limited. Michael Shalkey: We had someone daily. Hoopla is like having your public Michael Shalkey: That’s the case. come to the shop with a computer that library at your fingertips. Anytime. An- You won’t get local news and programs. wasn’t working and ask if we could fix ywhere.” Toby Scott: I periodically switch it. I asked him if he had a backup, and A: Michael Shalkey: I have Roku companies as they offer teaser rates. So he said it’s in the cloud. I asked him and have had no problems with it. I use far I’ve done it three times when my what service he used, and he said an HDMI cable to plug the computer provider raised the price enough to “Service?” He thought that everything straight into the TV. make me search for something else. It’s he did on the computer automatically Comment: I had Chromecast and it hard to bargain with the providers even went to the cloud and that we should would look only at a Google webpage. I though they’re offering new customers find it for him. “Just when you think gave it to Toby. lower prices than current customers. I you don’t know anything on computers, Toby Scott: If you’re going to do have their boxes in the garage. you know more than him. ” this as a permanent setup, I’d use the Comment: Since Spectrum took over Raspberry Pi. Using Miracast is a better Time Warner, there are no negotiations. Ubuntu and Android differences way to get the computer screen to show Comment: I have Dish and saw an Q: Are there really any significant on your TV screen. More information ad with a lower rate for new customers. differences between Ubuntu and An- about Miracast is available at https:// I called, and they let me have it. droid? support.microsoft.com/en-us/ Toby Scott: FiOS wouldn’t negotiate A: Michael Shalkey: Google rewrote help/15053/windows-8-project-wireless- either. it extensively. It’s almost unrecogniza- screen-miracast. A Feb. 10, 2017, post at http:// ble. www.tomsguide.com/us/best-tv- Toby Scott: They’re definitely dif- Cutting the cord Q: I’m considering using Roku, but I antennas,review-2354.html has reviews ferent you can’t run the apps for one on of indoor HDTV antennas. — Editor devices for the other. can’t get the local network channels with it; my city does not allow antennas. Security for Chromebook Q&A: Part 2 Is there a site that will tell me what At the start of the second Q&A ses- Q: Do I need to install security pro- channels I’ll be able to get? grams on my Chromebook? sion, Michael Shalkey showed a website A: Michael Shalkey: The site anten- that listed the offerings of Sling (https:// A: No, because it does not have an naweb.org prepares a list of stations in operating system. It’s basically a brows- www.sling.com/service). CBS is not on your ZIP code that can be picked up the list. er. It’s a computer wrapper on a brows- with antennas. It describes its service er. You can’t install programs on it, but Shalkey said that CBS does not play this way: “Use AntennaWeb.org to ex- nicely with others. you can save things in your Google plore your television viewing options. Drive and use online tools to prepare He predicted that the next four years Its Cord-Cutting Guide helps you evalu- will be very interesting in the TV world. documents. ate alternatives to cable or satellite sub- Libraries and streaming movies Everyone dislikes their internet provider scriptions. and cable company. He uses Spectrum Comment: I found out that many “Discover how many FREE chan- libraries make it possible to stream for his internet and one TV set, and Di- nels are available from your local broad- rect TV, Hulu Plus, Netflix, and Ama- movies and other material from Hoopla. casters. AntennaWeb also helps you I couldn’t get it to work on my TV, but zon Prime. He has no problems with the choose the antenna that matches your speed of any of those. Netflix has great it worked on other devices. Users must viewing preferences. For FREE local, supply a library card/PIN number (if programming. cable and satellite television schedules, Comment: Spectrum has a very slow your library has a PIN), an e-mail ad- visit TitanTV.com.” dress, and a password, which you will upload speed. Michael Shalkey: There might not Toby Scott: It’s generally in the create on the registration page. You can be a satisfactory answer to your ques- stream eight movies a month. I got a teens for uploads. tion. The FCC has ruled that providers In 1995, we were running internet Chromecast, which worked on a tablet of cable TV and internet service can but not the TV or computers. It turns out service to the financial tower in Oxnard. require users to use and rent the provid- We had T1 lines, which were 1.54 meg- that Hoopla is only for mobile devices. ers’ boxes. The new FCC chairman does The website for Hoopla is https:// abits per second up and down for the not like net neutrality. Everyone agrees whole building on shared lines. www.hoopladigital.com, which has this that competition would solve the prob- description of itself: “hoopla is a On a different matter, Pandora has lem, but there is no competition in most changed its policy on classical music groundbreaking digital media service areas and where there is cable or satel- offered by your local public library that and now plays entire pieces rather than lite the choice might not be helpful. TV just the first movement of a symphony. allows you to borrow movies, music, as we know it is having a big problem audiobooks, e-books, comics and TV because of the cord cutting and popular- Formatting flash drives shows to enjoy on your computer, tab- ity of other services, such as Roku, Am- Q: How do I format a flash drive as let, or phone and even your TV! With azon Prime, Netflix and others. Net- (Continued on page 6)

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(Continued from page 5) istrator. future areas of growth.” — Editor) NTFS? Michael Shalkey: That will become Security software A: Michael Shalkey: Open disk Power Shell administrator in a coming Q: I have Kaspersky on five devic- management [screen shot above] update. es. My husband just bought a Windows {Windows Key + R and type Toby Scott: Windows has several tablet. What should I put on that? “diskmgmt.msc” } (to make sure you ways to do things. That’s one of the A: For Windows 8 and 10, Mi- know which disk the flash drive is). In things that Mac people dislike about crosoft built in Windows Defender this example, it is disk 1. Now use the Windows. (formerly Microsoft Security Essen- Disk Part tool {Windows key + R and Wi-Di tials) to insure that every Windows type “diskpart” } and type the following Q: Do you use Intel Wi-Di? machine has a basic anti-virus pro- commands A: No. It’s the generic name for gram. If you install a different anti- Select disk 1 things that casts do. virus program, Windows Defender Clean the drive (A post on http://www.intel.com/ steps aside and lets the new program Create partition primary content/www/us/en/architecture-and- take over. If you uninstall the new pro- Format fs ntfs label “your label technology/widi-pro-widi-discontinued gram, Windows Defender reactivates. here” quick -notice.html says,”Intel has made the Norton and Kaspersky generally Tiles decision to discontinue marketing and have high scores in tests of anti-virus Q: My computer shows the XP-like development of Intel Wi-Di and Intel software and are generally in the top screen without the tiles. Pro Wi-Di applications and related three programs. A: If you see the blocks on the receiver certification program effective If you’re a typical user who doesn’t desktop, it’s running in tablet mode. immediately. Now that the Miracast go to the dark web and is careful about Running command standard is natively supported in the clicking on links and opening attach- Q: I had to use Run command as an Microsoft Windows 8.1 and 10 operat- ments to email, Windows Defender is administrator. How do I do that? ing system for wireless display capabil- adequate for you. A: Windows key + x brings up a ities with strong user experience, Intel (Continued on page 7) list of options including run as admin- is redirecting its resources and focus to

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(Continued from page 6) nies. Several years ago, DVD readers/ puter). I do it all the time at work and am I have a personal issue about writers could handle only one of the two, getting to like Acronis True Image more Kaspersky because my wife was born in a but any recent reader/writer handles both. and more to do the task. I have a bootable Russian prisoner of war camp and I won’t Closing a Facebook account flash drive with Acronis True Image on use Russian products. Kaspersky is partly Q: How do I close a Facebook ac- it. owned by Russia’s NKVD, formerly the count? Lazesoft (www.lazesoft.comâ) is secret police. Also, one of its chief engi- A: I’ll discuss that on the next pod- good for Macs. Mac hard drives are noto- neers was arrested on treason charges cast. riously hard to clone. (more details at https:// On Facebook, go to Settings > Securi- Toby Scott: Be very careful when you www.beyondtrust.com/blog/kaspersky- ty. You’ll find the option to deactivate the do this so you don’t confuse the old and lead-incident-investigator-russia-arrested- account, which is what Facebook prefers. new drives. If you accidentally format the mean-security-industry). Deactivating the account hides it (but not old drive, you’ve lost everything on it I definitely do not recommend items that have been reposted by some- unless you have a good backup. McAfee, which has many services run- one else), saves your material and lets Comment: If you’re cloning, be sure ning and slows computers down consider- you reactivate if you change your mind. that the drive you’re cloning to is the ably. If you really want to delete the ac- same size or larger than the one you’re Q: What about Komodo? count, you have to send a request to Face- cloning from. A: I haven’t seen results for it for book to do so. It takes about 90 days. A: Michael Shalkey: That’s not neces- some time. It started as just a firewall and Anything cached on someone else’s time- sarily true. If you have a terabyte drive then added security tools. line is not deleted. Normally, deactivate that has only 20 gigs of material on it, you don’t need to buy a 1 terabyte re- At the shop, we like Norton. Twelve is the way to go. If you want to save what you posted placement drive. or 13 years ago, it was bloated and When I add Solid State drives they are slowed computers down, but Symantec on Facebook, you can download the account. Here are the instructions on how to almost always smaller. I use a bootable fired the team, rewrote the code and fixed flash drive with Acronis True Image to do the problems. The product is now just do that from https://www.facebook.com/ help/131112897028467/: the job, but there are many other ways to Norton Security; the stand-alone anti- do this. virus program is no longer sold. “You can download your information from your settings Wireless printers Comment: I use Bit Defender from “To download your information: Q: I have a laptop and got a wireless Trend Micro. “1.Click https://scontent-lax3- HP printer. Does it work at the same A: It’s also a good program. 1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.2365- speed as it would be if it was plugged into Index for cipcug.org 6/851557_364200877036449_574807949 the computer. Q: I’m a new member of the club and _n.gif? A: There’s no printer that we can af- have looked at the website. There’s a lot oh=d7817a56498c3a115d88d0d52ea3eb8 ford that would print faster than one meg- of information there, but is there an index 2&oe=5944BD27 at the top right of any abit per second. It doesn’t matter if it’s for the questions so I can find them easi- Facebook page and select Settings wireless or not. Printers, keyboards and ly? “2.Click ‘Download a copy of your mice don’t need to have the fastest speed Facebook data’ at the bottom of General connections. If you have USB 3, use it for A: No, but there’s a Google search Account Settings items that need the speed, such as exter- box on the home page where you can put “3.Click ‘Start My Archive’ nal drives and flash drives. what you’re looking for. The entire site, “Because this download contains your but no other sites, will be searched. It Splitters profile information, you should keep it would be difficult to prepare an index Q: Is there a maximum number of secure and be careful when storing, send- because we have copies of TOE from splitters and hubs I can use on my coming or uploading it to any other services.” May 1999 on posted. This method is real- puter? If you don't have a Facebook account, ly more useful than a chronology of top- A: Yes. Depending on what you’re you can make a data access request. ics. connecting, you’ll reach a point where the Cloning IDE drive to SATA drive splitter or hub needs more power because DVD formats Q: Can I clone an IDE hard drive to a the computer alone can’t provide enough. Q: I know I’ve seen the differences SATA hard drive? You’ll have to plug those into an AC out- between +R and -R on DVDs, but I’ve A: Michael Shalkey: Yes, as long as let. Typically, four is probably the limit. forgotten what they mean. What are they? you have a motherboard that can see both There’s no practical limit to powered A: They designate different compa- types of drives (or access to such a com- ones. nies and today just distinguish the compa-

News in brief ... Michael Shalkey George Harding 2017 TOE contributors Andy Toth John Pearce CIPCUG MEMBERS Lisa Toth Phil Sorrentino Ken Church John Weigle David Woodard Bob Dinsmore OTHERS Bart Koslow (Primarily from APCUG PUSH articles)

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Program Online safety: Random clicking is dangerous

I had no edits for the program By John Weigle tion’s Panopticlick at https:// not recognize the sole possible associate. [email protected] panopticlick.eff.org. (The writer tested Of the eight current and past addresses, Online safety was the primary topic of the site and it recommended installing four were correct home or mailing ad- the February program, with Michael Privacy Badger, which it says blocks dresses, one was a business site my broth- Shalkey discussing the amount of person- tracking ads, and invisible trackers, un- er and I co-owned, and three were wrong. al information that's on the internet and blocks third parties that promise to honor Three phone numbers were correct.). many of the dangers that creates. He used do not track and determines if the brows- A member of the audience noted that chayn.co/safety, which was designed for er protects you from fingerprinting (it the ease of finding former addresses is a women but has tips for everyone in its lists the information that's shared). good reason not to use them as part of a online security guide as a general guide The site has instructions on privacy password. to dangers and solutions, and fami- settings for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Ex- Clicking on an address brings up a lytreenow.com, a genealogy site, to plorer, and others, and discusses private picture of the location. demonstrate the amount of information browsing techniques within browsers and “When you think ‘nobody knows any- that's easy to find. with add-ons. thing about me’ — not necessarily true,” The chain.co/safety site offers a start- Facebook and Twitter settings are Shalkey said. er pack and an advanced guide about pos- explained as are location apps in smart The site has an opt-out page. sible scams, dangers and solutions. Both phones. Message apps WhatsApp and Questions and answers are free and part of the website. Signal are also discussed. Q: Are maiden names on the site? Its introduction includes this state- The Advanced Guide discusses how A: Yes. ment: “Modern technology such as the to identify your security risks and what to Q: Is there a fee? internet/mobile phones etc., has made it do about the ones you find, starting with A: I'm sure there is somewhere, but so increasingly easy for abusive partners to documenting any abusers who are bother- far what I've shown you is free. stalk, intimidate and threaten their targets ing you. Sections include securing mobile Q: Is the site tracking you? both online and offline. The good news: phones, laptops, computers, and apps; A: I'm not sure. I could have used you can take measures to protect your- browsing the web, social engineering and incognito browsing, which is not tracked. self! Assess your risk and take back co- phishing, IP addresses and Wi-Fi, among Q: If I clear the browser cache does trol with this guide of best practices.”2 others. Other topics include anti-virus and the information go away? The site emphasizes that everyone firewall software, encryption and deleting A: Yes. Your history and cookies posts all kinds of information on social information, remembering that deleting remember things. If you delete them, the media, opens accounts of many kinds, computer files does not remove files. It information goes away, but you might not logs in to sites, and have apps on our just changes the file name, which tells the always want to. If you delete everything, computers or smart phones that have in- computer other files can write over the you'll have to sign in to sites that had formation we seldom think about, such as "deleted" one. remembered your login and password. Wi-Fi signals and GPS locations, web- FamilyTreeNow.com Q: LastPass isn't turning off when I sites we've visited and pictures we post. As noted above, this is a genealogy sign off. It also suggests considering how your site, but it could be used by stalkers and A: Toby Scott: There's an option in children's posts might affect your priva- others who want to learn more about an the program to close it when you close cy. Are they posting their addresses, individual. your browser. schools, activities, and places they like to "This is a scary, scary thing," Shalkey Q: LastPass doesn't work on all sites. visit? said. A: Toby Scott: Some sites use differ- General recommendations The opening page asks for the first ent names on their forms rather than the Use a strong password — at least 15 and last name of the person you want more common ones to prevent automatic characters, upper and lower case letters, information about and a state or all states. completion. I'm not sure why they do and numbers and symbols. Shalkey used himself and the result that. Don’t use the same password on was ultimately a long list of associated Michael Shalkey: I use LastPass eve- many sites. names, possible relatives, possible associ- ry day on different machines and have Don’t let your browser save your ates, current and past addresses and seven Gmail addresses. LastPass doesn't passwords. phone numbers. Most of the entries were always select the right information for the Think passphrase instead of pass- valid and names that he recognized. one I'm trying to log in to. word. (The writer visited the site and the Toby Scott: Look for settings. I get a Use a password manager and change first result was a list of nine people with drop down list of possible sites in such your passwords periodically. the name John Weigle. I selected myself cases. Use two-factor authentication. and got a much shorter list than the one Michael Shalkey: LastPass and Browser recommendations Shalkey found. My name and my de- uBlock might need changes of some set- Use the Electronic Frontier Founda- ceased father's name were correct. I did (Continued on page 9)

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(Continued from page 8) tings under options to run in private mode. Q: How do you save the profile in Chrome? Autofill doesn’t always work. A: There's a new vulnerability with Java that no one has figured out how to fix yet. Bad websites can make 1 pixel forms that you can’t see but that will be completed even though you can’t see them. This vulnerability makes you un- knowingly provide more information than you intended to. Toby Scott: Don't keep your credit cards in autofill. Toby Scott: I click on do not track although it doesn't make a lot of difference. Dark Patterns The website (https://darkpatterns.org), based on a YouTube talk made by some- this by making a page look like it is say- check out), misdirection, price compari- one in marketing, documents the sneaky ing one thing when it is in fact saying son prevention, privacy Zuckering things that website creators can do to something else (named after Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of trick users into making a choice they did- It lists a variety of such tricks, with Facebook, who shared more information n't want to select. examples, including bait and switch, dis- than he intended to), roach motel (it's "When you use the web, you don't guised ads, forced continuity (you have easy to get into a situation and hard to get read every word on every page — you to fight to end a free trial and stop the out of it), sneak into basket (products are skim read and make assumptions," it new billing), friend spam (the product sneaked into your basket, possibly with says. If a company wants to trick you into asks for email and social media permis- an opt-out radio button or checkbox on a doing something, it can take advantage of sions from you so it can spam your con- different page), and trick questions tacts), hidden costs (they show up as you (Continued on page 10)

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February board meeting minutes

New Business The CIPCUG Board of Directors Secretary laws, serve for a third meeting was held following the regular term in a row. She  Toby mentioned that it had been club meeting at the Boys & Girls Club of asked for everyone to some time since the club held a computer Camarillo, 1500 Temple Ave., Camarillo, actively search for clinic for our members. He will investi- CA, on Feb. 25, 2017. candidates who gate resource and logistic availability and The meeting was called to order by would be willing to advise when it could be accomplished at Lisa Toth, president, at 12:10 p.m. serve. out next meeting. In attendance were Lisa Toth, presi-  At our last meet-  John shared that the club needed a dent; Craig Ladd, vice president; Andy ing, Toby shared that new flier. Sandy said that she may know Toth, treasurer; Bob Dinsmore, secretary; Microsoft Office someone with graphic design experience John Weigle, TOE editor; Ken Church, Dinsmore 2016 is now availa- who may be willing to help us create a membership chairman; Bart Koslow, re- ble and the officers new flier. Discussion was tabled to a fu- views chairman; Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo, of the club are traditionally entitled to a ture meeting. immediate past president; and Toby Scott, non-profit institutional copy as an incen- Being no further business to discuss past president and technical aviser. tive and thank you for serving. He will the meeting was adjourned at 12:45 p.m. Old Business investigate the costs involved for procur-  Lisa reported that we are still looking the software for the incoming officers Respectfully submitted, ing for someone to run for the office of following the election at our June 2017 Bob Dinsmore president since she cannot, per our by- meeting. Board Secretary

Recent activity on our Facebook page

(https://www.facebook.com/groups/cipcug) What to expect from the Windows 10 Creators Update | As usual, several posts list the latest CIPCUG podcast, ask ZDNet questions and note Jerry Crocker’s photos of our meetings. Nvidia’s Pascal-poered Jetson TX2 computer blows away Bitcoin drops 15% after the SEC rejects the Winkevoss Raspberry Pi ETF Zzyzx Beneath Sechelt Inlet (on the south coast of British Colum- Raspberry Pi Class bia, Canada) Engineering DevOps Right the First Time Two members, Lisa Toth and Roger Houston are having Vampire webpages suck content from legitimate progres- serious computer problem, making Roger wonder if there’s sive news site something nasty running around (and he doesn’t mean winter Accessibility at Microsoft colds). 1,000 points of real-time IoT Dage | Oracle Team USA Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Editon — Spammers expose over a billion email addresses after Thurrott.com failed backup How to see all the companies tracking you on Facebook — Autonomous cars — can Microsoft make AI happen? and block them | Komando.com Content Insider #509 — Ratings Free disposable email addresses to boost your online secu- 3 easy ways to make Windows 10 better | Komando.com rity | Komando.com Hacked robots vulnerable to turning on their owners Microsoft, Intel, banks form Enterprise Ethereum block- Before radar, they used these giant concrete “sound mir- chain alliance | ZDNet rors” to detect incoming enemy aircraft.