{"id":32807,"date":"2018-12-30T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=32807"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:15:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T22:15:08","slug":"spotting-fakessnapchat-thiefreader-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/spotting-fakessnapchat-thiefreader-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotting fakes\/Snapchat Thief\/Reader View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spotting fakes on Amazon<\/strong><br \/>\nWe\u2019ve previously recommended Fakespot, a website that grades Amazon products for their shill, fake review, or fraud factors. These grades are not foolproof, but are extremely useful. What\u2019s new is their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fakespot.com\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Fakespot extension<\/a>\u00a0for the Chrome browser, which overlays your Amazon pages with their grades for all the related and recommended products shown on a page. This means you don\u2019t have to leave the Amazon page to see the grades, and it also means you will see product grades\u00a0<em>before\u00a0<\/em>you click on them. It\u2019s behavior changing. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tales from the hacker underground<\/strong><br \/>\nMuch of our digital technology is built simply to prevent the harm created by a very few bad actors, mostly kids making mischief. The Reply All podcast episode\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gimletmedia.com\/reply-all\/130-lizard?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Snapchat Thief\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is a marvelous, head-scratching, world-opening, deep dive into this invisible alien hacker underworld that rewards every second of your listening. Highly technical and emotionally satisfying. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easier Website Reading<\/strong><br \/>\nI use Chrome, and when I want to read an article, I click the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/reader-view\/ecabifbgmdmgdllomnfinbmaellmclnh?hl=en&amp;utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Reader View<\/a>\u00a0extension icon in my tool bar. It makes the text larger and gets rid of ads and clutter. (Safari has this feature built-in.) It also tells you how long it will take to read the article. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plastic buckle no-hole belt<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m always looking for ways to reduce the hassle of going through airport security. A couple of months ago I bought this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BvuBhI?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">$10 belt with a plastic buckle<\/a>. It won\u2019t trigger the metal detector, which means I can keep it on. \u00a0\u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soft butter anytime<\/strong><br \/>\nHands-down my favorite purchase this year was this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2R9KuEw?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">$19 butter crock<\/a>. It feels like a luxury to always have soft butter available. It works better in cooler climates. I keep mine on the kitchen island away from the stove area and add an ice cube to the water every few days. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Feed Eradicator<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve been slowly weaning myself off Facebook. I still type it into my browser on autopilot, but now instead of getting lost in the bottomless feed, this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/news-feed-eradicator-for\/fjcldmjmjhkklehbacihaiopjklihlgg?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">chrome extension<\/a>\u00a0replaces it with a random quote. The quotes are repetitive, but you can add your own. Even so, I\u2019m sure this helps my mental health in some way. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recomendo: issue no. 127<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2323],"tags":[2324],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32809,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32807\/revisions\/32809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}