TechByter Worldwide 2016.10.30: We Have Seen the Future and It's Not Pretty, Possible DNS Workarounds, Short Circuits, and Spare Parts.

Published: Oct. 30, 2016, 4 a.m.

Last week's distributed denial of service attack that rendered large parts of the internet useless was only a preview. There's more to come. You might want to consider using a DNS service that's not provided by your internet service provider. In Short Circuits: Alien Skin's SnapArt4 makes it easy to add striking effects to your photographs. Some websites invite hacker attacks. Police in Europe have a plan to fight ransomware. In Spare Parts (only on the website): CyberGhost is another choice for secure internet communications, somebody might be listening to your phone calls, and technology might threaten annual performance reviews.