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TechTalk Discussion With Dominik
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In this episode of TechTalk, Tim and Dominik discuss various technical topics. Key moments include Dominik's explanation of internet security and browser address bar locks, a look at broadband speeds and providers in the UK, and an overview of how Skype and VoIP technology work.
In this TechTalk programme, Tim and Dominik discuss various technical topics. Dominik explains internet security, noting that while browser address bar locks are difficult to forge, malicious sites may use fake images on the page to trick users. The conversation covers broadband, with Dominik identifying Virgin Media as the sole UK cable broadband provider and explaining why actual speeds often fall below advertised rates. He also describes Skype as a free way to call others using a microphone and headphones. The session includes a Buddy Holly track to prevent 'techie overload' and a discussion on the SMS routing system at Future Radio, where Dominik speculates on how messages without the keyword 'future' are handled.
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- Internet security and browser indicators
- Broadband providers and technical specifications
- VoIP and Skype functionality
- SMS messaging system at Future Radio
Participants
- Dominik
- Tim
- Unidentified speaker
Names are taken from the archive as written and may include spelling variants.
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In the address bar, so you must be very careful to look in the address bar. But some some web malicious websites are tricking you by putting a picture right underneath the address bar in the actual web page. So that's a good way to trick people. But the actual lock in the address bar is actually is.
Speed by by eight. So if you have an eight megabit connection, then at the most you will be getting one megabyte a second. However, and here's that's what I was alluding to, is that you will never ever get eight megabytes a second. That is actually physically impossible. That is the maximum.
Any ideas? Is it going to some kind of cyberspace oblivion? You know, I don't actually know how the system is set up here at Future Radio, but I'm assuming it goes to an exchange that checks for the for the text and then forwards it to the right place. I would imagine it would still be retrievable from the number.
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