Michael Horowitz
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- 87 from 6 Feb 2014 to 21 Jul 2026
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- personal blog
2026 1
2016 40
- what it looked like
- an index
- The downside of Security Software on Windows
- A tale of two cable modems
- Lying to non techies
- People do care about Router Security
- Net Neutrality Explained by Examples
- NBC News promotes a web browser extension that can spy on you
- Some thoughts on the F-Secure Freedome VPN
- Donating privately to NPR
- Explaining a CPU flaw with an analogy
- Windows 7 users without 3rd party antivirus can get the January patches without manually updating the Registry
- Windows 10 Forced Updates
- Ubiquiti AmpliFi Mesh Point
- Routers can force their DNS servers onto all devices
- Routers are constantly being probed
- Insecure bank websites
- An insecure credit union website
- VPNFilter router malware - just the bad stuff
- Debunking the New York Times on Router Security and VPNFilter
- A hidden Firefox feature easily verifies websites
- Audio problems with the MLB At Bat app
- Making Windows 10 a bit more private by blocking Cortana with firewall rules
- Windows Update on Windows 7 is not secure
- Tales from the trenches - Ethernet LEDs
- Using a router to defend against Xiongmai video devices
- Spying on web browser history. News or not?
- Defending against Windows 10 bug fixes
- Killing Windows Update on Windows 10 - a cheat sheet
- A case of bad IT at Lord & Taylor
- Blocking Windows Update on Windows 10 with C disk freespace
- I found a Windows 7 PC still infected with GWX (Get Windows 10) software
- Reporting a UPnP quirk in a Netgear router
- Two things about Eero routers having nothing to do with Amazon
- Saved by my router
- Is Word 2016 spying on users?
- Why I like my router
- Ticketmaster fails three times
- Barbarians at the gate
- Asking the Wrong Question
2015 27
- Debugging a Chromebook
- Twitter has a few problems with email
- Strange network things: the Brave Browser and UDP port 137
- About the Guardian iOS Firewall App
- Firefox Send is broken in many ways
- Hidden Wi-Fi Networks on a Synology Router
- Faster Backups - Tales From The Trenches
- The only way to fight Windows 10 spying is in your router
- Private IP addresses on the Public Internet
- Tracking down a port 53 (DNS) mystery
- Judging a VPN by its website
- Web browser fingerprinting - testing the testers
- A nifty router firmware trick
- Hover a mouse over a link - just don't trust the results
- A sample Mixed Mode web page
- Submitting Data with HTTP and HTTPS
- Shame on American Express and evaluating a phishing email
- Internet Speed Tests
- Windows 10: Default apps by file type
- Windows Update vs. a Router
- What is my iPad doing?
- My Android tablet spied on me while we both (me and the tablet) were sleeping
- You will be spied on
- Another miserable visit to an Apple
- Two Chromebooks compared - the Lenovo Flex 5 and Google Pixelbook Go
- Location Tester
- The misery of a Linksys router
2014 19
- First impressions of the Lenovo Thinkpad C13 Chromebook
- Banned by Bing
- Asus router firmware: How do you prefer your bugs? New or Old?
- Bing prefers miserable Router Security advice
- More strange network activity from an iPad
- Lowering the Shields - the down side to ad/tracker blocking
- Hiding on a Wi-Fi network
- A firewall rule can help block ransomware
- Using ProtonMail encrypted messages with a normal email account
- The Adobe PDF Reader occupies a massive 2 Gigabytes on Windows
- Windows 10 spies on your use of System Settings
- The Best VPN
- Defending Yourself From Apple's Design Mistakes
- A new aspect of Google's spying
- A funny VPN story
- 2 Years of Windows 10 Bug Fixes for $3
- A second router can make working from home much more secure
- VPNs on iOS are a scam
- The world's BEST password advice