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Category: Tech Matters

Microsoft’s Secret AI Snooping

February 5, 2025 Geoff For Writers, Privacy, Tech Matters

Last September, deep in the bowels of Microsoft Office 365, a small addition was made. A simple tick box with[…]

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The CrowdStrike Crash: Some Thoughts

July 21, 2024 Geoff For Readers, Security, Tech Matters

The situation Imagine you take delivery of a brand new car. As you’re handed the keys the salesperson holds up[…]

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Insecure at Any Speed

April 14, 2024 Geoff Privacy, Security, Tech Matters

Ah, your car. The one place in the world you can be yourself… Think again!

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Fun with llamas

January 8, 2024 Geoff For Writers, Interesting ..., Tech Matters

Could a llama write your next novel? How about in the style of J. K. Rowling or Lee Child? I put a free open source LLM through its paces.

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NZ’s Biggest Data Breach?

April 17, 2023 Geoff Privacy, Security, Tech Matters

You might have thought the biggest privacy breach in New Zealand’s history would rate a little more publicity. After all,[…]

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Dodging the Census Spies

March 6, 2023 Geoff Privacy, Security, Tech Matters

Yesterday, I discovered that Google appeared to be tracking each page of NZ’s online 2023 census form. Tomorrow, census day,[…]

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Census Spies 2023

March 5, 2023 Geoff Privacy, Security, Tech Matters

Once again, Stats NZ is providing a platform for Google to look over the shoulders of every NZer at census time.

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Hooked on the internet

February 22, 2023 Geoff Privacy, Scams, Tech Matters

The term Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) began as a joke back in 1995 when a New York psychiatrist named Ivan[…]

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The World Cup of Spying

November 20, 2022 Geoff Privacy, Security, Tech Matters

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ kicks off today, and if you’re attending in person… well, you have my sympathy.[…]

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Australia under attack

November 8, 2022 Geoff Business, Security, Tech Matters

On 22 September, Optus, Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company with a user base of more than 10 million people – close[…]

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