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OK I might be being unfair on Amazon, it might have been any number of delivery drivers who come down our road.  We know some of them quite well though, without sitting down and having a beer with them, some I am sure would never do this. 

So who was it who left a full water bottle on our lane, with a yellow liquid inside?

I know finding toilets can be difficult, and they do not really have the opportunity to ask if they can use the toilet of where they are delivering to. (some have over the years but I would feel awkward asking)

It is a new form of littering to us, and I am fairly sure I would rather he (or she) did it straight into a hedge, rather than in a bottle and then drop that on the road.

Furious!!!  (rant over)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7455754/

Its been recommended by a niece.  Just wondering if there is anything I should know that the well read and researched of this forum might add.

I understand it is about how bad meat is for us...

https://www.motogoloco.com/map-W21page-26
Makes an interesting read.  I had this as an idea years ago, and of course only got as far as discussing the concept with a developer, when I realised that we would be entirely at the mercy of google, so went no further.

Bit like my idea of the Butty Van app

Unfortunately, as a number of you are aware, Google changed their pricing structure in the middle of 2018. We had a strategy in place. However, even this ended up not being acceptable to Google.

As a result of our success and continued growth – Google, the commercial Megalith, saw an opportunity for them and decided to impose punitive charges on the use of their map API.  We have negotiated with them to a large degree and we are still challenging them.

We are investigating redesigning the tech aspects of MotoGoLoco to see if we can reduce the pure  “Google” aspect as much as possible.  Once we have done this we will work out the new true cost and may have to build in some form of premium charge for access to various parts of the route builder.

A number of you have mentioned other base mapping alternatives. Unfortunately this is not as simple as it seems and would require a complete rebuild of the system. It would also mean losing a number of features. However it is still an option we are exploring.

Anyone got one I could use please?

I was thinking that the other day... What should the home assistant be called? I dont have one yet (OK Google I guess on my phone)

We have the defaults:

 Siri,
Alexa
OK Google
and now
Alice.

Why not something like Uncle Sam?

I like Simone..... Rose, is good...

No, Happy... what could be better?

I want to be able to show on one screen a picture of what a site looks like to a search engine. Its multi page/catagory/product so like a sites, complex.

I found a tool that looks at a page:
https://seositecheckup.com/tools/keywords-cloud

But does not spider the whole site. I cannot see anything on Ahrefs or Majestic, (although know neither that well)

Screaming Frog seems to get part way there, but again only per page with the visualisations.

I guess it is quite complex to do cross site, but I think would give a huge amount of value.

Anyone know who does it?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/27/jaguar_land_rover_connected_car_privacy/

More data issues...

Both data and the online controls on "connected cars" from Jaguar Land Rover remain available to previous owners, according to security experts and owners of the upmarket vehicles. The car maker has defended its privacy safeguards and security of its InControl tech.

El Reg began investigating the issue after talking to Matt Watts, a techie who blogged about the issue of connected cars and the data they collect, without initially naming Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).

Watts' secondhand Range Rover came with the ability to remotely control the climate systems, call breakdown services, upload GPS/destination details and much more. The vehicle also keeps a record of much of this information and stores it in an online account.

Another example of how your data is not safe.  Medical records anyone? Think of the power of a list of cialis users. I would be surprised if its not out there.

https://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2018/07/09/breach-impacts-340-million-americans/

and earlier:

https://www.wired.com/story/exactis-database-leak-340-million-records/

Have you ever heard of Exactis?  According to their website, the company states, “Exactis is a leading compiler and aggregator of premium business and consumer data”.  They go on to tout “With over 3.5 billion records (updated monthly), our universal data warehouse is one of the largest and most respected in the digital and direct marketing industry”.  That is a ton of data.  One would assume they have some serious security in place to keep that information safe.  But, we all know how bad it is to assume…

According to a researcher, Vinny Troia, that was certainly not the case.  While researching the lack of security of ElasticSearch, another database, he found Exactis was actually leaving personal data available to online users, without any form of firewall.   The data found included names, email addresses, physical addresses, personal likes and dislikes, names of any children, as well as their ages, and more.  Although, it is important to note, social security numbers were not listed.  Even without having socials posted, if this information was obtained by hackers, they could certainly create false profiles or targeted social engineering attacks.

After being notified of the breach, Exactis worked to resolve the security gap.  As of today, the information is no longer available for public viewing.  Although, that does not mean damage hasn’t already been done.  It remains unclear if the information was found by a malicious third-party.  However, Troia states it would not have been difficult to find.