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Three breaches in one week, and your medical records are the target
Three companies disclosed breaches in one week, and medical data was the target. Why thieves want it, and the free steps that limit the damage.
Joel Folgner
IT Manager, consultant, and tech curator based in Molalla, Oregon. I’m Joel Folgner, and I created Fresh From Cache to distill the noise of the tech industry into clear, practical insights.
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Share your Wi-Fi without ever spelling out the password
Your phone can turn your network into a QR code that any camera scans, iPhone or Android. Five minutes, and you never recite the password again.
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The fake CAPTCHA scam you run yourself
A new version of the "verify you're human" box tells you to press a few keys, and you install the malware yourself. Here is the one rule that spots it.
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Your Wi-Fi Router Can Track Movement in Your Home
Your Wi-Fi router can detect people moving through your home, no camera needed. What ships today, what is still in the lab, and the one setting to check.
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Your car has been grading your driving and selling the report card
Your car may be logging how you drive and selling it to insurers, sometimes for pennies. What it costs you, how to opt out, and what Oregon just changed.
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Who gets your photos and email when you're gone? Set this up in five minutes.
Your photos and email don't pass to anyone when you die. Apple's Legacy Contact and Google's Inactive Account Manager fix that in five minutes each.
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How the UK Plans to Keep Teens Off Social Media (and What It Means for Adults)
The UK wants to keep teens off social media. Enforcing that means everyone else proves their age first, and the only way to check a stranger's age ends with your face or your ID on a server. How it works, and what it costs the rest of us.
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The ransomware crew with a marketing department
The second most active ransomware crew on earth runs like a franchise, complete with a marketing hire. Plus the week the companies you pay changed the deal: Windows 10 lost its patches, Office got pricier for AI, and QuickBooks Desktop starts its exit.
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Stolen iPhones are becoming worthless to thieves.
London's phone thefts dropped after Apple made stolen iPhones worthless to resell.
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The Self-Driving Car Is Real. You Just Can't Buy It.
Robotaxis with nobody at the wheel are real, scaling, and stuck inside a handful of cities. The 'self-driving' car you can actually buy still needs you. Where autonomous driving really stands in 2026, and why the holdup isn't the technology.
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An entire industry is getting out of GTA's way
An entire industry shuffled its 2026 calendar to get out of one game's way. Why GTA VI's November 19 launch is a real cultural-economic event, and which viral numbers to ignore.
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Ransomware has been franchised
The second most active ransomware crew on earth runs like a franchise: 90% commission for the contractors, and a boss who lists "head of B2B marketing" as his day job.