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#71

Security and Privacy / Re: Using a Google service to ...

Last post by Jason - March 21, 2026, 12:47:56 PM

I think I actually used this service. I don't recall the exact procedure but there were two websites with my personal information, one was 411.ca, I believe, and the other had my address on it. Google got the first one taken down but said they couldn't do the second because they seemed to think it wasn't person enough. They suggested it should be used for credit card numbers, driver licenses and the like. I'm going to give it another try.

Also, there are paid services that will find if companies have your personal information and then automatically send removal requests to them. Sometimes they have full 14- or 30-day trials that can let you remove it one time. Other times they're limited to just showing you what they have and you have pay for it to get it removed. These services are more about information that companies have about you, not what shows up in search results necessarily.

#72

General Discussion / Re: Three words could save you...

Last post by Jason - March 21, 2026, 12:29:56 PM

What 3 Words is a fantastic application. I was first exposed to it a few years ago via Amateur Radio and its ties to emergency services. All of our local emergency services (911, Police, Fire and EMS) support it.

Very cool!

#73

General Discussion / Re: Three words could save you...

Last post by Jason - March 21, 2026, 12:29:13 PM

It's amazing app. It's also a demonstration of how password phrases of random words are very secure. If three words can play you any place on Earth, that would be a lot of passwords!

#74

General Discussion / Re: Three words could save you...

Last post by ssfc72 - March 13, 2026, 08:08:43 AM

Hi Scott.  That is interesting. I didn't know that the app was used by the Amateur Radio Emergency people.

#75

General Discussion / Re: Three words could save you...

Last post by Scott - March 12, 2026, 10:51:53 AM

What 3 Words is a fantastic application. I was first exposed to it a few years ago via Amateur Radio and its ties to emergency services. All of our local emergency services (911, Police, Fire and EMS) support it.

#76

Support / Re: can't upgrade Mint 21 to 2...

Last post by ssfc72 - March 07, 2026, 08:37:30 AM

I am still running on Mint 20 which has long passed it's end of life.
I will also be starting fresh with Mint 22.

#77

Support / Re: can't upgrade Mint 21 to 2...

Last post by fox - March 07, 2026, 07:43:47 AM

Never mind. I'm going to wipe the Mint 21.3 partition. I worked on the 22 partition and it's actually pretty good.

#78

General Discussion / Re: Three words could save you...

Last post by ssfc72 - March 04, 2026, 09:28:20 AM

Very good Mike.
I will have to download the app and give it a try.

#79

Security and Privacy / Using a Google service to dele...

Last post by ssfc72 - March 04, 2026, 09:26:47 AM

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260303-the-most-important-google-setting-you-arent-using

This is a good article about the service/tool that Google has available to remove some of your personal info that is showing up on the internet.

#80

General Discussion / Re: Three words could save you...

Last post by fox - March 04, 2026, 07:02:00 AM

I have that app on my phone. I used it to map locations on the Lang Hastings Trail that I was surveying for incursion by vegetation. I did the survey with my trusted iPad, which I used to measure the trail width every 100 m.