TechTime with Nathan Mumm | E89: Should you use two browsers? Home Crime up using GPS & Bluetooth | Airdate: 2-22-22

Today on the show, the history of web browsers and why Brave is the new browser of choice for your host. We have Apple employees using Android phones to sneak around unionization talks. We have GPS tracking devices involved in large crime waves, and if you use the Chrome Browser, you better listen up as we have an emergency update that is needed, plus our Letter Segment is back. We have other favorite features including, “This Week in Technology,” of course, “Mike’s Mesmerizing Moment,” and, of course, our “Pick of the Day” whiskey tasting. So sit back, raise a glass, and Welcome to TechTime with Nathan Mumm.

“Welcome to TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go “Hummmm” Technology news of the week for February 21st – 27th, 2022.

Episode 89:  Starts at 1:43

— [Now on Today’s Show]: Starts at 3:10
— [Top Stories In The First Five Minutes]: Starts at 7:25

• Apple’s AirTags help you keep track of your things, but concerns have risen over their misuse. – https://tinyurl.com/2p86kuht
• Truth Social, a new social media app that claims to be “free from political discrimination” launched yesterday and the app was messy and full of errors.
• Apple Store employees have been using Android phones to help keep their unionizing efforts secret, report says. – https://tinyurl.com/3m4rwppp

— [Pick of the Day – Whiskey Tasting Review]: Starts at 18:47

Red Blooded American Bourbon Whiskey  | 80 Proof | $19.00

— [Technology Insider]: Starts at 20:59 

Why do I use Brave as my go-to browser for privacy? Are you like most of the world and use just one browser or do you use two or more?

— [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 30:21

First Burglar Alarm Installed

Edwin Holmes February 21, 1858

American inventor Edwin T. Holmes made the first electric burglar alarm in the 1850s. It consisted of a bell that rang if a door or window were opened. He installed the first alarm on Feb. 21, 1858, in Boston, Massachusetts.

— [Alert Update]: 39:33

On February 14th, Google released an emergency security update to its 3.2 billion Chrome web users. The update to version 98.0.4758.102 of Chrome fixes eight security vulnerabilities. One of those is a zero-day vulnerability that attackers are already utilizing. Attackers can use vulnerability CVE-2022-0609 to run code on a specific computer. Google encourages all users to update their browser as soon as possible

— [Letters]: Starts at 40:54

Now Let’s get our episode started with the informative emails that I have received during the week. This includes scams, phishing emails, and all-out mistruths disguised as legitimate emails in the segment we call [Letters]

— [Mike’s Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 48:03

— [Pick of the Day]: Starts at 50:53

Red Blooded American Bourbon Whiskey  | 80 Proof | $19.00
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