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Computer Talk: Microsoft's Breached Account Problem (12/7/19) - Part 1

2019/12/7
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Microsoft finds 44 million accounts with breached passwords, and forces password resets. New Tesla cybertrucks may not fit in your garage, a new app reveals.  More powerful versions of Tesla's cybertrucks will get manufacturing priority.  Video streaming services will crack down on password sharing.  A listener calls in after her copy of Malwarebytes Antimalware seems to "disappear" from her computer after running a virus scan.  More than 70 state and local governments were ransomware targets in 2019.  A listener asks if you can use OpenDNS while on a WiFi hotspot or while using cell phone tethering.  A user asks if it is safe to log into a website using sites like Facebook or Google to sign in rather than logging in to the website directly. A listener asks if it's possible to use a USB drive to get pictures copied from her iPhone to her computer.  A caller with a Roku streaming device cannot get the Roku remote to work with the Roku streaming device.  We offer help to reset a Roku device plus information on the alternative nVidia Shield streaming device.