Dumb AI

Dumb AI: Guess what, AI is not that intelligent after all. How dumb can you get for goodness sake? You would think fighting cybercrime would be the first thing AI would be used for. Apparently not. They are "selling defensive tools for a problem they are helping to create".

I began selling IT as a simple salesman at Currys. We were told to sell antivirus software, or else our jobs were on the line. You would have the typical scenario, where a person would come to the store and look at the cheapest laptop. I would approach them, and ask whether they could tell the difference between the different ones. They would look at one good specification in one, and see another different good specification in another. They would get more and more confused. Choice was not helping them. I then would tell them that the cheapest one, would not be able to run the best antivirus software. Would they like to see a demo of that? There was this awesome video, of how long it would take for someone to take over your computer, if it had no or poor protection. At that point they would immediately know what feature was the most important, and would buy the most expensive one with the full blown top antivirus software.

So many people buy Apple just for this reason alone. This is the best commentary in Apple's defense. But you can't clean the files yourself and see exactly what the change is in your Apple device. You never know when it was cleaned. It's like having a professional cleaning service come around and you always think to yourself, "did they really clean that part of the room?". So I roll up my sleeves and get it done with a specialist tool. You have to learn to maintain your device. No one can wash your hands for you. Simple.

One thing that really gets me on Apple software, is that you can't shut down all the windows in one go. Also Apple will always remember where you were last. Well I don't want it to know where I was last. As convenient that may seem, it is actually a privacy issue. So be careful when you are using an Apple. I always reboot my iPad after I have used it to watch Apple TV. 

Apple TV is actually really useful for exactly the same reason. It remembers what I had glanced at. Which is great if you want to backtrack, or be told that there is a new episode. That's why it's becoming the streaming consolidator's choice. As time goes by Apple TV will be the best one stop shop. But, and there is always a "but", it doesn't keep Netflix shows in its watched list. You need Google TV for that. But then it doesn't keep tabs on everything else that well. So the war is on between the streaming and TV consolidators. What you are looking at is what they want to know about. 

I find that telling Netflix or Prime or Sky how much I liked something, really helps in getting the system to recommend entertainment. I do the same with Facebook. I click on stuff that I want it to send ads to me for. Use Duckduckgo browser, unless you want Facebook to find products for you and place ads in your feed. So the bottom line is, get the cyberspace snooper work for you.

Windows Security and IBM T60 Titanium vs Samsung Galaxy Note GT-7000.

I was using Windows from the day it was launched. Yes I am 55. We have come to a point nowadays that Windows has become useless.

You know when a device is useless, when you use another device, to write about the old device. And I am using my Samsung Galaxy Note or GT-7000 to write about Windows.

Perhaps the best Windows device was the IBM T60 made of Titanium. It is light, and like and old Rolls Royce, timeless. I put Windows XP on it and it is perfect with MS Office. That is as far as Windows is good for. You can buy one for £100. It was £2500 in 2006.

But what is annoying with Windows is security. I have tried them all. SuperAntispyware gave me a lifetime update licence. And guess what it finds? Look at the photo. It is Google's tracking cookies. Even with Chrome Ad Blocker they are there. But Internet Explorer with SuperAntispyware does not let them in. And that combo works.

With Windows you feel insecure all the time. To make it super safe, I just turn off the WiFi, by sliding the switch in front of the IBM T60. I tether it to my Samsung Note. And I switch the tether off. There is no way anything can get into Windows then.

This way your PC does not just turn on out of the blue, via your land line connection. So no more paranoia. When was the last time you disconnected via your pc? Get a T61 and just breathe.

To block ads use Internet Explorer with SuperAntispyware's Ad blocker. It is faster with no ads, as you get fantastic surfing. Microsoft does not follow you. Chrome or Google do, and they put trackers in. SuperAntispyware removes them. Chrome or Firefox's Ad Block, block ads, but Google still follows you and sells that info to ad companies. Very sneaky.

So after all these years, and loads of desktops and workstations, I have a good old trusted very affordable IBM T60. It does what Windows can do (which is not a lot) admirably. Social networking and photography on the fly, it does not do.

Samsung Galaxy Note, and all those social networking and photographic and video editing tools via Google Play, are far more superior and easier to use. Take it out of your pocket, surf and share. Easy.

Just look at this report. I took the photo with the camera in Samsung Galaxy Note. Then selected share, and put it in the Blogger app and typed this in. Simple and clean. Job done. And of course it is fast and secure. The share feature in Android, makes all sorts of concepts possible. That is where Windows lost the game.

Android and Persian

I have recently become obsessed with a thought. It is question really. Why is it after three years Android does not show Persian or Arabic script. If you are on an Android phone go to Iranian.com and look at the boxes in articles reading from right to left.

groups.google.com/group/persian-computing/browse_thread/thread/631e2deac82329b9/e4e2f8ccc9277628

And I commented here

www.iranian.com/main/blog/alimostofi/android-and-persian-fonts#comment-348113

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