Tales from the Blog

12 Steps to Eliminate Microsoft Spyware

May 28, 2021

Microsoft 10’s service agreement consists of about 12,000 words, which clearly states that the operating system will be invading your privacy like never before and if you haven’t read that then it’s not your mistake, we hardly read TOS anyway. In the service agreement M$ states that, “We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief…

Mikovitz Plandemic – Fall of the Cabal

May 15, 2021

Scott

Did you know?, Education, General

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ― George Orwell Dr. Judy A Mikovits – Plague of Corruption – all your COVID answers here. Dr. Mikovits, a twenty-year veteran of the National Cancer Institute, this was the midpoint of a five-year journey that would start with the founding of the Whittemore-Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease at the University of Nevada, Reno, and end with her as a witness…

Out of Shadows

January 28, 2021

Scott

Did you know?, News & Information

Out Of Shadows documentary The Out Of Shadows documentary lifts the mask on how the mainstream media & Hollywood manipulate & control the masses by spreading propaganda throughout their content. Our goal is to wake up the general public by shedding light on how we all have been lied to & brainwashed by a hidden enemy with a sinister agenda. This project is the result of two years of blood, sweat and tears by a team of woke professionals. It’s been independently…

Directory of files Renamer

January 9, 2021

Scott

General, How-to

This free, small utility app will save you time by renaming each file in a directory with sequential numbering in the following format: [FILENAME][#].[EXTENSION] EX: S01E01.mp4, S03E14.avi, Corner Gas 01×01.avi, etc. This tool was built for renaming tv show files into a format readable by any entertainment management tool like Emby, or Plex (I’ve used both, I prefer Emby). However, it can be used on any file format – .mp4, .mkv, .docx, .tif, etc. Directory of files Renamer Download: v1.0 –…

iOS Family Safe How-To

December 21, 2020

Scott

General, How-to

Apple has developed a nice Parental Control system that will 1) tell you where your child is, 2) give you control over what apps they can install. The piece they do not addressed is Internet content filtering which can be resolved with a Kibosh VPN.Remember, there are 3 sections that need to be addressed on mobile to ensure a Family Safe Experience:1 ) Internet Content Filtering2) App Control3) Location Tracking How to setup Family Sharing for App Control and Location…

How to protect mobile, from a parents perspective.

December 11, 2020

Scott

Education, How-to

When we hand our most valuable resource an Internet capable mobile device it should be protected so they cannot get into trouble. It’s not that they are looking for trouble, but on a raw Internet trouble WILL find them. If you’ve ever tried to use any of the mobile solutions available over the last few years you know that they do not work, but usually you don’t find this out until after investing valuable money and time trying to make…

DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default is wrong (but no problem for Kibosh)

November 30, 2020

Scott

Did you know?, News & Information

DNS over HTTPS on by default is wrong. The Internet is and was designed to be decentralized and open. This freedom is unequivocally how the Internet, and every other technology we love thrived and grew into what it is today. However, as time goes on the Internet is becoming radically centralized in the hands of a few companies (i.e., big tech in bed with the government – you know who they are). As more of our lives are spent online…

What is wireless mesh and is it worth pursuing.

August 4, 2020

Scott

Did you know?, General

A lot of router vendors marketing mesh today. It’s the latest and greatest “new technology” marketing used to sell more routers (which is exactly what mesh does, sell more routers). So, what is mesh and is it worth your time and expense? Q: What is wireless mesh? A: You have a large home / office and a single wireless router does not reach some fringe locations. To resolve you add range extenders. The range extenders do solve the problem,…

What exactly is a “family safe Internet”?

July 1, 2020

Scott

Did you know?, FAQ

What exactly is a “family safe Internet” or “parental control” solution? Raising our families next to a raw Internet is not a good idea. Objectionable content is so rampant it’s nearly impossible to avoid even when conducting the most benign searches.This is an obvious problem faced by families around the world and many Parental Control (PC) products have been rushed into the market over the last few years to try and capitalize on it.Unfortunately it’s a very difficult, time consuming and…

How to limit XBOX / PS4 / PC game time.

June 2, 2020

Scott

How-to, News & Information

I trust my kids and we have a good relationship, but sometimes they get a little distracted when deep into a virtual world. Hey, they’re kids and what kids don’t? When this happens however, sometimes I need to exert some “parental control”. If you have ever tried to use Microsoft’s or Sony’s or Circle’s parental control / family features – you probably didn’t use it for very long because although nice in concept, it’s way too complicated, and it…