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News August 5, 2015

Security release 4.2.4 for WordPress is available – update now

This release addresses six issues, including three cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential SQL injection that could be used to compromise a site. Read more here: https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/ WordPress 4.2.4 also fixes four bugs. For more information, see the release notes or consult the list of changes. If you have your site already at WordPress 4.x and it is properly configured, you should only see this email in your inbox: Howdy! Your site at http://www.sorinmustaca.com has been updated automatically to WordPress 4.2.4. No further action is needed on your part. For more on version 4.2.4, see the About WordPress screen: http://www.sorinmustaca.com/wp-admin/about.php If you experience any issues or need support, the volunteers in the WordPress.org support forums may be able to help. https://wordpress.org/support/ You also have some plugins or themes with updates available. Update them now: http://www.sorinmustaca.com/wp-admin/ The WordPress Team

News July 30, 2015

Windows 10 and “we own you”: questionable default privacy settings

First thing you see after the Windows 10 migration is done is the “Customize Settings” dialog below. In a few words, Microsoft is trying to “own” the user that just got the “best OS of all times”, at least according to Microsoft. 1. Just turn everything OFF 2. Let “Smart Screen” ON, turn everything else OFF If you install a lot of software and you experience problems with them, you may want to enable the last option, “Send error reports and diagnostics to Microsoft” Last, after installation, you will see that near your programs, there are ads for Games that you don’t have. In the screenshot below you see Candy Crush Saga, which I don’t have installed. Once I click, I am redirected to the store to download it. Conclusion: When you install Win10, make sure that you go in the detailed configuration of the settings. If you don’t do that you’ll have to do all these configurations manually.