We recently visited the Kubota Japanese Garden, a bit south of Seattle. The day opened with some cloudiness, but the bulk of that dissipated and we were left with much bright and warm sunshine falling upon gorgeous autumn color.
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/r69zj7C5jN8UpVYf1>
Mark_
25 October 2017
15 October 2017
Phishing on the iPhone
The bad people are at it again.
This time, it is "phishing" <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing> on the iPhone--attempts to get you to give them your Apple account credentials. For clarity: This is not malware residing on your device; it is a message that came in piggyback with something else.
Occasionally, iPhone (or any iOS device) will need your credentials (ID and password), and will make its request by putting up a "slip" containing the notification. You may be able to dismiss without complying, but the request would return the next time the OS needed access to Apple services. We become accustomed to just doing what is needed without thinking about context--and this is what the jerks are counting on. They display such a request (looking more or less identical to the legitimate one), and we pass them our credentials (username and password).
The article below suggests that such request be dismissed immediately, but then one should go to System Settings to see if the request is there--and if so only there to supply the password being requested.
This would be similar to our _not_ using the convenient link in e-mail from [someone posing as] a bank; instead we use the links previously stored in our Contacts address books.
This time, it is "phishing" <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing> on the iPhone--attempts to get you to give them your Apple account credentials. For clarity: This is not malware residing on your device; it is a message that came in piggyback with something else.
Occasionally, iPhone (or any iOS device) will need your credentials (ID and password), and will make its request by putting up a "slip" containing the notification. You may be able to dismiss without complying, but the request would return the next time the OS needed access to Apple services. We become accustomed to just doing what is needed without thinking about context--and this is what the jerks are counting on. They display such a request (looking more or less identical to the legitimate one), and we pass them our credentials (username and password).
The article below suggests that such request be dismissed immediately, but then one should go to System Settings to see if the request is there--and if so only there to supply the password being requested.
This would be similar to our _not_ using the convenient link in e-mail from [someone posing as] a bank; instead we use the links previously stored in our Contacts address books.
I hope this helps.
Mark_
15 October 2017 21:46
12 October 2017
171014 WydahoCruise: Our recent "cruise" into Wyoming & Idaho
In the naming of this cruise, it has turned out that I was somewhat less clever than I had believed myself to be. "Wydaho" is already in use by people who live on a slice of the border between those two states.
Anyway, we have "cruised", and we have taken quite a number of pictures. Here are some of them.
• Touring Nampa & Boise: Train Depots <https://photos.app.goo.gl/NhnSvRSjRYifxRNK2>
• Boise: Capitol, Garden, and Wetland Walk <https://photos.app.goo.gl/otuocKpQCZ0VotS02>
• Emigrant Springs, OR <https://photos.app.goo.gl/K1AixRncPgTod2k32>
• Thousand Springs S.P., Hagerman Valley, ID <https://photos.app.goo.gl/JsCT1mXwRctoz8T83>
• Wildlife Above Campground @ Kemmerer, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/BaYwlLheKWPLyZMk1> Pronghorn.
• Cody, WY: Museum and town, and beyond <https://photos.app.goo.gl/QXBlBpfqPR353UyJ2>
• Buffalo Bill Cody Museum, Cody, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/3aGFQhwJmW4G8Jq63>
• Drive to Shell Falls, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/1Qn4iGkusFOYwxUH3>
• Bighorn Canyon Loop Drive & Devil's Kitchen <https://photos.app.goo.gl/36dwgoEsel6GpW1M2>
• Aerial Firefighters <https://photos.app.goo.gl/cTsnM11ldaUYaah42> Greybull, WY. <http://www.museumofflight.us> One of these, the "flying boxcar", was used the original "Flight of the Phoenix".
• Ten Sleep, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/87BTWFBJfUbO90wt1> Named for the Native Americans' experience of its being several days' travel from somewhere else of importance. • Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site <https://photos.app.goo.gl/8D6bs1bAWaeGnzyB3>
• Big Horn Canyon drive <https://photos.app.goo.gl/61Lxz1DGSvXbmcUI3>
• Antique Music, Kemmerer, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/P7xtSChBXONgyptH2>
• South Pass City (ghost town) <https://photos.app.goo.gl/lMMULBkNE3nJSrtq2>
• Fossils <https://photos.app.goo.gl/1oeCbtxbizqg5JUB3>
Mark_
14:45 14 October 2017
Anyway, we have "cruised", and we have taken quite a number of pictures. Here are some of them.
• Touring Nampa & Boise: Train Depots <https://photos.app.goo.gl/NhnSvRSjRYifxRNK2>
• Boise: Capitol, Garden, and Wetland Walk <https://photos.app.goo.gl/otuocKpQCZ0VotS02>
• Emigrant Springs, OR <https://photos.app.goo.gl/K1AixRncPgTod2k32>
• Thousand Springs S.P., Hagerman Valley, ID <https://photos.app.goo.gl/JsCT1mXwRctoz8T83>
• Malad Gorge S.P., Hagerman, ID <https://photos.app.goo.gl/HevFyTE1kfC2RZrQ2>
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Great Rift volcanic zone, ID <https://photos.app.goo.gl/EgQvIeYdm1c5OSsM2>
• Intermittent Spring <https://photos.app.goo.gl/FXB3p41OSLQs6uyM2> (Also locally known as "Intermitting Spring" and "Periodic Spring" This runs out of a mountain, then pauses for some minutes, then begins running again. (It _intermits_.) Quite remarkable to watch. • Wildlife Above Campground @ Kemmerer, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/BaYwlLheKWPLyZMk1> Pronghorn.
• Cody, WY: Museum and town, and beyond <https://photos.app.goo.gl/QXBlBpfqPR353UyJ2>
• Buffalo Bill Cody Museum, Cody, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/3aGFQhwJmW4G8Jq63>
• Drive to Shell Falls, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/1Qn4iGkusFOYwxUH3>
• Bighorn Canyon Loop Drive & Devil's Kitchen <https://photos.app.goo.gl/36dwgoEsel6GpW1M2>
• Aerial Firefighters <https://photos.app.goo.gl/cTsnM11ldaUYaah42> Greybull, WY. <http://www.museumofflight.us> One of these, the "flying boxcar", was used the original "Flight of the Phoenix".
• Ten Sleep, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/87BTWFBJfUbO90wt1> Named for the Native Americans' experience of its being several days' travel from somewhere else of importance. • Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site <https://photos.app.goo.gl/8D6bs1bAWaeGnzyB3>
• Big Horn Canyon drive <https://photos.app.goo.gl/61Lxz1DGSvXbmcUI3>
• Antique Music, Kemmerer, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/P7xtSChBXONgyptH2>
• South Pass City (ghost town) <https://photos.app.goo.gl/lMMULBkNE3nJSrtq2>
• Fossils <https://photos.app.goo.gl/1oeCbtxbizqg5JUB3>
Mark_
14:45 14 October 2017
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