Brain Thoughts

  Though I have always found the idea of blogging a fun activity (and not solely an assignment), it has always been hard for me to keep to a schedule needed for a successful blog. As somebody who has wanted to start regularly using Letterbox (a movie review website), this class has helped me create a regular cadence of online posting for all to see. Though I believe it has only been you (Thank you, Mr. Brooks), it has given me the confidence to post more to my internet peers. I don’t think this will help me in my career path, but it is a way I can share information with others interested in my journey and knowledge. That being said, though, even though I have given up my dream to be a journalist, if I can keep myself accountable to writing movie reviews that are not just “this was good/bad,” I hope one day to be able to get some form of a review published at one of my favorite websites slashfilm.com . Thank you for everything this class has given me and brought to my attention! ...

 Viruses, malware, ransomware, and all the other harmful things we may run into online are why having an antivirus program or detector is essential. However, Norton's tactics and performance are egregious, and people should not use them for this reason. Not only does it take up a significant amount of system resources to run, even in the background, but the high cost and troubles it gives users when trying to cancel or uninstall is a headache that shouldn’t exist. On top of this, the fact that it is advertised to run “real-time” diagnostics is a lie, as it does not continuously run to catch things that are actively going on with your machine, as well as a plethora of other problems (like an outdated list of the issues it searches for instead of the rapidly evolving threats that appear today). Though a lot of these issues are mainly reported by members of the online community and not Norton themselves, I shall link a handful of forums that one should at least look at before spending...