Apologies again – notes delayed by almost 5 weeks!
I started the meeting by checking up that we had members willing to staff the General Meeting – we did! I raised the issue of the VirginMedia Analog to Digital switchover and the potential problems we might have at home with our Hub in a cupboard! I also mentioned the recent huge data loss from my pension provider and the fact they were giving out an Experian tool to check that none of our accounts were compromised by the theft – worrying! I then went through the news items, some of which were on Flipboard and highlighted ones on ChatGPT – which we would discuss at our meeting on the 13th July; the important announcements from the Apple World Wide Developers Conference (including their Vision Pro virtual reality headset – which we would watch a video of at the end of the meeting; I also mentioned the progress that was being made with implementations of Passkeys and again expressed my support and excitement for this initiative that hopefully will see the beginning of the end for Passwords; I also mentioned a few frauds and scams that were making the rounds – and again recommended folk sign-up for the Which? Scam Newsletter.
My notes for member issues are surprisingly thin. Don was having a difficulty with a standoff between Norton and Google over passwords. Jim gave an update on Jonathan’s progress after his operation. I was able to assure a member (?) that you could get your complete health record from your GP – it will be on a CD and all your records back to birth should have been scanned. Anne had been having problems with her bank giving incorrect advice about security on her phone. I (DIH) had been tied to my computer copying files from my laptop to iCloud data storage having discovered that only two folders (Documents and Desktop) on iCloud Drive are kept in sync. This has led to a lot of re-organisation on how I do things; a lot of checking for duplicates; the bringing into service of a number of “old” external USB hard drives; and the reduction in used space on my iPad – which was most welcome!