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Early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. >> to alt.tv/xfiles. and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just pure science fiction. thats probably what i like most about it. >> it changed the way people watched televisio...

But god bless the people who showed up. >> absolutely. apple is reeling from another breach of privacy issue. iphone and mac computer users discovered the application allows you to hear through someone elses iphone even if that person didnt answer your call. after adding your number -- as a third user on a face time call the glitch allows you to hear audio coming from the other persons phone regardless if the person youre calling has picked up. thats not good. to make matters worse reports state...

Its a message thats somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. >> to alt.tv/xfiles. and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just pure science ficti...

Guess. its a message thats somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just pure science fiction. thats prob...

Stick it to the man ethos. dont trust the government or big business or anybody but yourself and your friends and family, i guess. its a message thats somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and w...

These patterns include brute force attacks in which hackers try to crack a computer users password they simply track through vast quantities of character combinations until they find the right one thats why experts advise people to use passwords that are as complex as possible. another method involves using a digital bomb to automatically infect computers that are using outdated software some kinds of worms contain mall where that locks up the computer and orders the user to pay money to unlock ...

Advantage of this situation for example they sometimes portray themselves as i.t. support staff and offer to help solve a computer problem all the user has to do is download some software but that software often contains moen where that allows the crooks to take over the computer . criminals also use phishing emails for example they contact online banking customers and ask them to authenticate their bank account details otherwise the account will be blocked those who provide this information are...

Dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so, you could have message boards and use-net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. i would go to alt.tv/xfiles. and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just pure science fiction. and thats probab...

Tension of believer versus skeptic is one of the engines of the show. you were always seeing it from a specific point of view. >> theyre equals? >> yeah, absolutely. they are equals in a way they have kind of switched gender stereotypes because the character i play, mulder is the intuitive one. and scully is the rationalist, the doctor. >> a lot of folks who enjoyed "the x files" who otherwise didnt watch tv might have been drawn to the show by its, for lack of a better way to put it, stick it t...

Family, i guess. its a message thats somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. >> to alt.tv/xfiles. and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just p...