News Alert, Senator Diane Feinstein dead at the age of 90: actors will take advantage

While I normally don’t post news items like deaths of people, shootings and the like, we’re going to start NCSAM really soon and this could be something that you might want to talk about as your strategy.

Actors will stop at nothing to get their wares out on the Internet. Twitter, now known as X put multiple items on my phone about this from multiple different accounts. Its now the top story on KNX.

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Why am I posting this to the tech blog? Simple. Actors will come out telling you that you could learn about this important figure’s death by clicking on a link. The link could be something like dianefeinsteinexample.click (don’t go there) as an example.

While the page could look like a news site, there’s something you should think about. With the example mentioned above, have you ever been there and have you heard it advertised to learn about the Senator and what might be going on with her?

Here’s what you could do.

• Check the domain. Each domain has a registration date. Icann whois lookup and whois search are two different sites. If the domain is just days old, just be a little suspicious.
• Wikipedia might be another good site to check for facts. With people like Diane, there may be a page on her. It might be a little torn up right now as news is just coming out and it will be updated as info is known, but its a start.
• Searching the person’s name will in most cases come up with the actual page of what she’s done. Look at the URL to make sure you’re where you want to go.

Just searching Diane Feinstein gives twitter results and live news updates. Your search engine may vary.

Use reputable web sites for news like KNX MSNBC CNN and others that you are more familiar with.

Don’t rely on email or text messages to give you your news like this important news that is going to go around the country. Use reputable sites and services you trust.

Thanks so much for reading, do make it a great day! Stay safe out there!