The CLOUD Act – can Americans be trusted in Europe?

This week I've attended an event and one of the other attendees has voiced an interesting thought, which deserves a brief footnote here, for future reference. Since March 2018 the US Government had passed the so called Cloud Act, which basically "allows federal law enforcement to compel U.S.-based technology companies via warrant or subpoena to...

Fighting the recent Apple DEP “vulnerability” with Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch)

There's been recently a wave of news along the  "OMG Apple DEP is insecure we are all doomed" line. While there is indeed a few flaws in Apple Device Enrollment Program, I want to show how to fight it with Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch) in a simple 3-step process Step 1: Go to your DEP...

What 802.11ax is not

I normally do not publish the "link to" posts, preferring to share on LinkedIn, but Devin Akin well deserves it. Matches my perspective 98%+, especially the point on 802.11ac stillborn MU-MIMO. Preamble: Aerohive has released the first 802.11ax APs (the official 802.11ax standard spec is not final yet) - so expect the marketing race. TL...

Should I attempt to uninstall Android bloatware? Android storage explained (or part of it)

There is a significant number of posts on the internet regarding how people hate bloatware that comes bundled with their devices, how it eats at their precious internal storage space and how they would want to uninstall it (which is impossible w/o rooting your device). While I agree with one’s right to hate the bloatware,...

Plan ‘W’ from outer space

There's been a bit of fuss in the press around the Outernet project (https://www.outernet.is/).  Long story short, they are promising free Internet, including wi-fi, to the world from low-earth orbit satellites, using broadcast model.  There is little to none no technical details, but there's a form to accept donations. 🙂 Now, my feeling is that...