@nerdydad how do they determine your location? The only way they can is by your public ip or DNS servers you're using.

@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:

@hobbit666 It is location locked. We have to subscribe to BBC America on cable or satellite and they won't allow anybody outside of the UK watch online. It kind of sucks.

Use VPN.

@brianlittlejohn said in Online TV Providers:

I've switched a couple of times between Sling and PSVue. If you have fastest enough broadband they both worked well for me. I like the DVR with sling better than the one with PSVue.

I had Sling on symmetric 100Mbit ftth. It was just crap. AMC was out every evening, and when Walking Dead had season opening, entire thing would go down. 0 issues since I've switched to PS Vue.

@wrx7m said in Wi-Fi Enabled Sprinkler Controller:

@rojoloco He is also the guy that told everyone that they should have XBMC on their laptops to stream "free" movies and TV shows. I get to look like the dick for taking it off.

Wait, they watch movies and shows at work? What kind of workplace is that?

No, it used geolocation and put me in NY market. I just noticed it's still in beta, so that could explain it.

@aaronstuder said in Online TV Providers:

https://www.suppose.tv

It's not accurate. It shows PS Vue doesn't include local channels, and while it's true in some markets, I do have all the locals included.

Sling is just bad, I've had PS Vue since before it was even available in my area, and it made Sling look like old analog service.

Apple said Air line was getting an update later this year. Perhaps around black friday? That's when I usually buy their hardware.

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

I said drop the vendor. If a vendor is making you use a system that knowingly puts your confidential data at risk, why would you use them?

Either force them to update by telling them too, or to piss off. Or find a new vendor who will be happy to take your business with modern / secured technology.

You clearly misread what I originally wrote. GE is the customer, not a vendor. Their systems are for their suppliers, so they are the customer.

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@marcinozga said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Sometimes you just have to. GE for example has a few system for suppliers that work only in IE and only with outdated Java versions.

No, this means stop using those systems and suppliers. They are willfully putting you and your business at risks because "it'll cost to much to fix".

This is like never changing the oil in your car and instead just replacing the motor when it blows up after 20,000 miles because the block is bone dry.

Really? Show me a company that would be willing to drop their biggest customer, in fact, probably the biggest company in the world, because they had you use some obsolete technology.

Sometimes you just have to. GE for example has a few systems for suppliers that work only in IE and only with outdated Java versions.

That's 5 years ago, probably before I even bothered with DNS filtering. Squid used to do the job before. HTTPS everywhere changed all that.

@dave247 Why? ISP DNS servers are the worst thing you can pick. If you don't want to mess with OpenDNS, go with Google servers.

It's always been that way. Not that it's stopped anyone from using it anyway. I 2nd local Pi-hole installation. Add OpenDNS on top and you have a nice extra layer of filtering.

@coliver "Hackers Hid Backdoor In CCleaner Security App"

Avast never really had any face to begin with, their av products were always junk.

@dustinb3403 said in Hackers Hid Backdoor In CCleaner Security App:

Most of the things it was removing are security issues, viruses, malware, keylogger etc. It's always been a security appliance.

It never did any of that. None. It still doesn't remove any of the above. Just because some malicious software can sit in temp folder, it doesn't make an app that cleans temp files a security app.

And since when CCleaner is a security app? Original name was crap cleaner if I remember correctly, and that's what it does, cleans crap. How does that relate to security?

@fuznutz04 said in iOS 11 annoyances:

How is battery life with the update? This is my first day, with a brand new phone, with iOS11, and at first glance, the battery seems to be draining fast.

It does seem to drain faster. My wife's phone is so bad we actually called Apple yesterday. Battery diagnostics were fine, so probably software related, perhaps even 3rd party apps don't play nice with iOS 11.

@scottalanmiller said in G Suite Not Working:

@romo said in G Suite Not Working:

We use G Suite as well no problems like that have appeared.

It's weird, and I'm on a Chromebook. Just can't get it to work in any way.

Have you tried on traditional pc?

I just finished migration to G suite yesterday, no major issues on my end. Have you tried contacting Google directly or a reseller, if you have one?