What is captiveagent?
If you see captiveagent on your Mac, here is what this Wi-Fi login process does.
Mac
2010
77 posts
Privacy Roundup #0049 • August 2010
August 2010 was defined by governments demanding keys to BlackBerry encryption, Facebook pushing location tracking onto users, and WikiLeaks testing the limits of disclosure.
Privacy
Eurobloat #0003 • July 2010
The month Brussels handed your bank records to Washington, conjured a diplomatic corps out of thin air, capped bonuses it could not understand and declared its banks healthy three months before they were not.
Eurobloat
What is ifdreader?
If you see ifdreader running on your Mac, here is what this smart card reader process does.
Mac
What is usbaudiod?
If you see usbaudiod running on your Mac, here is what this USB audio device process does.
Mac
De Cock en de ontgoochelde dode by A.C. Baantjer
A man who was insured for a very large sum is pulled dead from an Amsterdam canal. De Cock takes the case and Vledder senses trouble at once.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0048 • July 2010
July 2010 was dominated by leaked profiles, government data demands and the Stuxnet shortcut flaw, as regulators circled Google and Apple over how much they knew about us.
Privacy
Monthly update #0243 • July 2010
Monthly update 243 • July 2010 • 2010-07-01 - 2010-07-31
Monthly Updates
Eurobloat #0002 • June 2010
The month Brussels decided it should read your national budget before your own parliament does, hand your bank records to Washington, and pay Colonel Gaddafi to mind the door.
Eurobloat
What is CrashReporterSupportHelper?
If you see CrashReporterSupportHelper on your Mac, here is what this crash reporting process does.
Mac
Useful macOS defaults: Finder
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.finder, controlling how Finder looks and behaves.
Mac
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 (2010), directed by Lee Unkrich, shows Andy grown and toys left behind. Tom Hanks voices Woody, the leader who holds hope. Tim Allen acts as Buzz Lightyear, the friend who glitches to Spanish mode.
Movies
De Cock en de treurende kater by A.C. Baantjer
A young man is found stabbed in the dunes near Noordwijk and the local police get nowhere. The case lands on De Cock's desk in Amsterdam.
Books
Monthly update #0242 • June 2010
Monthly update 242 • June 2010 • 2010-06-01 - 2010-06-30
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0047 • June 2010
June 2010 was dominated by the AT&T iPad email breach and the widening Google Street View Wi-Fi scandal, as regulators on three continents and the United States Congress turned on the data giants.
Privacy
61 Hours by Lee Child
61 Hours traps Reacher in a South Dakota blizzard after a bus crash, tasked with protecting a witness from a prison gang and a Mexican cartel.
Books
Eurobloat #0001 • May 2010
The month Brussels appointed itself auditor of every national budget, lit a 750 billion euro bonfire to save the single currency, and still found a spare afternoon to ban glued-together steaks.
Eurobloat
What is nfsconf?
If you see nfsconf on your Mac, here is what this NFS configuration tool does.
Mac
Monthly update #0241 • May 2010
Monthly update 241 • May 2010 • 2010-05-01 - 2010-05-31
Monthly Updates
De Cock en de dode harlekijn by A.C. Baantjer
A double murder in a well-known Amsterdam hotel leaves the victims looking like grim harlequins. De Cock has only two witnesses to go on.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0046 • May 2010
May 2010 was dominated by Facebook's privacy revolt and Google's Street View Wi-Fi confession, as regulators, lawmakers and users pushed back against social platforms hoovering up personal data.
Privacy
Pentecost
Pentecost now speaks to me as a young adult. The coming of the Holy Spirit inspires daily living.
Christianity
Ascension Day
Ascension Day now speaks to me as a young adult. The ascension of Jesus inspires daily living.
Christianity
De Cock en het sombere naakt by A.C. Baantjer
A young woman is reported missing by her sister, and De Cock fears she is already dead. The more he learns about her, the darker her life looks.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0045 • April 2010
April 2010 was dominated by social networks: Facebook opened the web with Open Graph and Instant Personalization while regulators and senators rounded on Google Buzz and the rest.
Privacy