Google Maps will now display speed limits for its Android and iOS apps

The new feature, spotted by Android Police (via Mashable), displays the posted speed limit on roads in the corner of the app, and also introduces an icon to denote the location of speed cameras.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/19/18189559/google-maps-speed-limits-android-and-ios-apps

American Express Confirm Card Search in Google vs Bing

In this post I will describe how you need to tread cautiously while activating a new American Express credit card based on my experience.

So, you have received a brand new American Express (Amex) credit card and you are excited to confirm it on their website and start swiping.

You know that you have to confirm the receipt of the card on their website before using it - as that's what the mailer says as it tell you to visit "americanexpress.com/confirmcard". So you fire up your browser, but you are feeling lazy today, so instead of typing that URL on your browser's address bar you just search for "american express confirm card" on your default search engine. This post compares between the results that you get in Bing and Google as of October 16, 2018.

Bing

The screenshot below is what was seen on Bing. Have a look at it then you can read on.

"American Express Confirm Card" on Bing

So, the first result on the first page is a phishing scam. If you are careful enough to identify that this resulting page is not what an American Express web page should look like, you could be giving out you personal (financial) details to a scammer.

Phishing Website

The rest of the Bing results on the first page on seems fine with some pointers to the original Amex website or some other blogs.

Google

The search on Google does not point to the actual "Confirm Card" web page, but most results are from the original Amex website.

"American Express Confirm Card" on Google

Please leave comments below. If there is anything specific that you want me to check out and write on, do leave me a note.

Google+ shutting down for consumers

Siting several privacy issues with the Google+ APIs, a blog post by Google announced the shutting down of Google+ for consumers in the coming 10 months.

Music I'm listening to in 2018

Here is a quick log of the music albums that I have been listening to this year.

1. Sankalan (Bengali Tagore Songs) / Supratik Das
2. Best of Debabrata Biswas (Songs of Rabindranath Tagore) / Debabrata Biswas
1. Catalog Number: IP 5006 Hindustan Record
3. Ami Je Jalsaghare / Manna Dey
1. Catalog Number: CDF 142032 Saregama
4. Aguner Parashmoni Choao Prane / Hemanta Mukherjee
5. Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety / Various Artists
1. Catalog Number: SFCD 1-2503 T-Series
6. Bandho Bhangar Chhanda: Rhythmic Songs of Tagore / Kamalini Mukherji
1. Catalog Number: CDNF 143443 Saregama
7. Call of the Valley / Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Brij Bhushan Kabra and Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
1. Catalog Number: CDNF 150008 Saregama
8. Atom Heart Mother / Pink Floyd
1. Catalog Number: PFR5 Pink Floyd Records
9. Bangerz / Miley Cyrus
1. Catalog Number: 88883-74526-2 RCA
10. Awaaz / Jagjit Singh
11. Sarbonaash / Shilajit
12. Bandook / Nikhil Kamath
1. 1643 Worldwide Records
2. I like the song Mirgtrishna Marusthal which is sung by Jagjit Singh
13. Pink Friday / Nicki Minaj
1. 276 476-9 Young Money Entertainment
14. John Denver's Greatest Hits / John Denver
1. 82876 69376 2 RCA
15. Invasion of Privacy / Cardi B
1. Atlantic
16. Born This Way / Lady Gaga
1. B0015602-72 Streamline Records
17. Songs Of Experience / U2
1. Island Records
18. Melody Road / Neil Diamond
1. B002184202 Capitol Records
19. Erik Satie: Piano Music / Roland Pöntinen
1. BIS
20. Cha / Chandrabindoo
21. Emotions / Mariah Carey
1. Legacy Recordings
22. The Pinkprint / Nicki Minaj
1. B0022251-02 Cash Money Records
23. Best Of Dark Horse 1976-1989 / George Harrison
1. Dark Horse Records
24. The Wall / Pink Floyd
1. Columbia Records
25. Out of Time / R.E.M.
1. Warner Bros. Records
26. Who Made Who / AC/DC
1. Atlantic Records

California passes strongest net neutrality law in the country

California’s legislature has approved a bill being called the strongest net neutrality law in the US. The bill would ban internet providers from blocking and throttling legal content and prioritizing some sites and services over others. It would apply these restrictions to both home and mobile connections.

The full text of the bill is here. http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB822

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/31/17805892/california-sb822-net-neutrality-law-vote

Indian Telecom Commission approves net neutrality

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has approved net neutrality rules which bar service providers from discriminating against Internet content and services...

https://m.timesofindia.com/business/india-business/telecom-commission-approves-net-neutrality-new-telecom-policy/articleshow/64948609.cms

Yatra.com website data was breach in September 2013

Indian online travel agency, Yatra.com's website data was breached on September 1, 2013, it has been confirmed this week in July 2018. Nearly 5 million records including email addresses, plaintext passwords, full names, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, PINs and physical addresses. In November 2013, the data was publicly shared across several sites and forums.

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash

To check if you have been impacted by the data breach check Have I Been Pwned.

Sources: Firefox, GBHackers, Have I Been Pwned.