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Latest Links Heard on the Show

';--have i been pwned?
     heard on Sat 10 May 25
Check if your email address is in a data breach

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Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised
     heard on Sat 10 May 25
Accessing private content online, whether it's checking email or streaming your favorite show, almost always starts with a “login” step. Beneath this everyday task lies a widespread human mistake we still have not resolved: password reuse. Many users recycle passwords across multiple services, creating a ripple effect of risk when their credentials are leaked.

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A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List
     heard on Sat 10 May 25
You know when you're really jet lagged and really tired and the cogs in your head are just moving that little bit too slow? That's me right now, and the penny has just dropped that a Mailchimp phish has grabbed my credentials, logged into my account and exported the mailing list for this blog. I'm deliberately keeping this post very succinct to ensure the message goes out to my impacted subscribers ASAP, then I'll update the post with more details. But as a quick summary, I woke up in London this morning to the following:

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Spinrite - Mass Storage Maintenance and Recovery
     heard on Sat 3 May 25
SpinRite can run on any PC compatible system with a 32 or 64-bit Intel or AMD processor and a color screen. The previous SpinRite v5.0 is available to v6.0 owners who need to run SpinRite on older 16-bit 8086/80286 systems and/or monochrome screens. SpinRite is self-contained, including its own bootable FreeDOS operating system. It can be used on any operating system and any file system. This means it can run on drives formatted with Windows XP's/Vista's/Windows 7's NTFS and all other older FAT formats (in addition to all Linux, Novell, and all other file systems.) It can be used to pre-qualify and certify unformatted hard drives before their first use. Drives on non-PC platforms, such as Apple Macintosh or TiVo, may be temporarily relocated to a PC motherboard for data recovery, maintenance and repair by SpinRite. SpinRite provides complete interaction with IDE-interface PATA (parallel ATA) and SATA (Serial ATA) drives, and it can also be used with any other type of drive — SCSI, USB, 1394/Firewire — that can be made visible to DOS through the addition of controller BIOS or add-on DOS drivers. To obtain the best performance, IDE drives can be temporarily removed from their external USB or Firewire cases and attached directly to the PC motherboard. Greatly improved v6.1 coming out soon!

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OmniDiskSweeper - for Mac
     heard on Sat 3 May 25
Quickly find large, unwanted files and sweep them into the trash OmniDiskSweeper shows you the files on your drive, largest to smallest, and lets you quickly Trash or open them.

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TreeSize Free
     heard on Sat 3 May 25
Want to Know Where Your Disk Space Has Gone? Get TreeSize Free! Even in the times of cheap terabytes a final truth remains: sooner or later every hard disk will near capacity. We have the solution.

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Disk Management in Windows
     heard on Sat 3 May 25
Disk Management in Windows helps you perform advanced storage tasks like initializing a new drive and extending or shrinking volumes.

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The Password Game
     heard on Sat 3 May 25
Amuse or annoy yourself for hours!

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How to recover your Google account or Gmail
     heard on Sat 3 May 25
If you’re unable to sign in to your Google Account and use services like Gmail, Photos, and Google Play, you can use Google’s account recovery process to regain access to your account.

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Error 0x80070780 File Cannot Be Accesed by the System
     heard on Sat 3 May 25
• A computer that needs to be logged in with administrator privileges. Often, you may use a computer with a user account, which does not have all the privileges of the computer. Therefore, error 0x80070780 may be triggered due to loss of administrator rights to copy or delete certain files to be manipulated. • System files are damaged or running components are missing. It is common for folders with important system components to be accidentally deleted, causing them to fail to function properly. • Viruses or Trojan horse software. With a brand new computer, this should be less likely to happen.

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