THIS one (ok, maybe two) things that are RUINING the internet!!
As you all know, it is my belief that computers and tech are dead. No new applications have really been made, and in some cases, we have regressed by placing everything on the Internet, making technological progress useless. Nonetheless, the Internet is a great invention, especially if you can find the few good sites out there.
However, when I want to find something that’s common but ‘niche’ at the same time, the Internet is AWFUL!! For instance, I was trying to find some information on PBX systems and how the phones ‘know’ what button you pushed to get a phone tree to activate and to play a ‘please hold’ message. Instead of giving me the invention of these systems or information on how they worked and the progression of software, I got ‘ads.’ Not the Google search ads, but SEO-optimized corporate blogs that went like: In the 1800s, the phone was invented, and a rudimentary switcher was built -> 1963, the first hold music was an accident with some wire hanging -> early 2000s, we started computerizing it, and now today we have a CLOUD PBX SYSTEM!!!!
That’s all nice (kinda sad that phone calling now needs the internet, but I digress), but that’s not information. It’s just random facts with 100 years of software, tutorials, and technology missing. Is this sort of tech classified or something? It took me days to research ‘dial-in’ systems that were used only 30 years ago, and information on wardialing was nearly impossible to find.
Another thing I looked up was voicemail, which has been around since the 1980s, so pre-World Wide Web and probably not connected to the Internet. Thus, it’s interesting how we have remote access systems built right into the phone network. It could be useful to spur new inventions or another vector for attack. And the system is old, so it should have tons of info, right? Nope, not even close. The same story and blogs trying to sell me cloud voicemail still existed.
Searching for hacking tutorials is the absolute worst. You will get VPN blogs and cybersecurity news outlets saying that this is possible, and this can happen, without any explanations as to how. For instance, VPN blogs will often say that if someone is on your network, they can hack into your computer…..ummmm how? Please explain how this is possible, please and thank you.
The second thing that is ruining the internet is YouTube Shorts. Not the shorts themselves, but the feed has become INFESTED with USE THIS SOUND AND I WILL COMMENT ON YOUR VIDEO!!! THIS SOUND SUITS EVERY GIRL, and it’s EVERY SINGLE VIDEO. I barely get any content that is actually useful, informational, or funny—nothing, just a bunch of teens and 20-somethings using sounds to get clicks.
That’s all for now. God bless and Tech Talk To You Later!!
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