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The original Barcode Scanner app, seemingly mistaken for malware, is getting review-bombed

The Verge

One of the first Android apps — ZXing Team’s Barcode Scanner, an app that predates the first official release of Android itself — is currently getting review-bombed on the Google Play Store. Google removed that app from the Play Store, so it wouldn’t be surprising if angry users searched for it and found the wrong one.

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How to transfer your Google Authenticator 2FA to a new phone

The Verge

By using a 2FA app, such as Google Authenticator or Authy, you can prevent somebody from accessing your data by getting your password. Google Authenticator lets you establish 2FA by using your phone to scan a QR code generated by the app on a separate device or by entering a key code. Open Google Authenticator on your older phone.

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Destination Spokane: How remote work and new arrivals are changing one tech community

GeekWire

” Kalivas is a remote worker himself, a Google Cloud sales executive who revived the LaunchPad organization as part of the tech giant’s 20% initiative. GoToTags works with technologies including Near Field Communication (NFC), Ultra-High Frequency RFID, and barcodes. They want to plug in. It’s really been remarkable.”

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Kyocera DuraForce Ultra 5G UW review: extreme durability for an extreme price

The Verge

It’s common for rugged phones to feature older processors and lack modern features — these phones often have specialized uses, like barcode scanning or taking payments, and more or less just need to keep working in harsh environments. In any case, it’s there, and it’s definitely more of a casual, fun feature than it is practical.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

I loaded it into Google Earth and I plotted it to see okay, who had an outage who didn't there's some areas you see it's really low but other ones you see are high I went to some you know more well off areas and you see they're really high like they never have a power outage. Hash: I think there's definitely a different range.