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The Nuclear Electrical Engineer

An educational resource for electrical engineers in the nuclear power industry

Here you can find design tips on technical skills like cable and breaker sizing, short-circuit evaluations and more, PLUS deep-dive analysis of nuclear-specific topics like design basis, Tech Specs, UFSARs, and safety-related SSCs — built from primary source documents.

Tip of the Week · Feature

Get your privacy back for cheap

John Livingston
June 4, 2016 · 1 min read

In a world run by digital technology where everything is connected to and stored on the Internet, we practically have no privacy remaining.

If you have a Google account tied to your cell phone, you can see for yourself. Click the link to see if Google has been following you:

https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/

There’s a cheap way to start clawing back your privacy, at least some of it.

You can buy a burner phone. Made famous mostly by TV and movie criminals, it’s no longer the domain of the criminal class alone.

Click the link to read more about them, and how you could use them:

https://www.puretalkusa.com/blog/what-is-a-burner-phone/

Cheap, prepaid phones are available at big-box retailers like Wal-Mart.