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Category: Tech Matters

The Internet of Irony

March 16, 2021 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters, Useful Tools

The internet was designed to avoid multiple points of failure. Now it has just four.

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Microsoft is (still) watching YOU!

December 13, 2020 Geoff Privacy, Security, Tech Matters

Working from home? Your boss may still be watching …

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Cyber Risks: How to Protect Your Device

September 23, 2020 Geoff Security, Tech Matters

Guest post by Matthew Stern of TechFools The coronavirus pandemic, which took the world by surprise, has forced many companies[…]

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Curious QR Codes and COVID-19

August 16, 2020 Geoff Interesting ..., Tech Matters

Around 1.4 million Kiwis have so far downloaded the Ministry of Health’s NZ COVID-19 Tracer App. It’s very simple to[…]

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Don’t Panic! Don’t Panic!

July 23, 2020 Geoff Interesting ..., Tech Matters

There’s something dark and dangerous out there: “… something calculated to make one forget …” something “… as destructive of real life and real living as cocaine”.

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Don’t click that “Like”!

July 14, 2020 Geoff Scams, Tech Matters

How “Likes” lead to malicious software.

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Discover What Google Knows About You

March 19, 2020 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

What were you doing 10 years ago? Google knows!

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Update Windows NOW!

January 19, 2020 Geoff Security, Tech Matters

If you’re running Windows 10 … well, you have my sympathy. But that aside, you need to patch your system[…]

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Laser-hacking voice-assistants

November 21, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

Who knew? Microphones respond to light waves as well as sound waves. This allows hackers to attack voice-assistant technologies such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant, sometimes from a considerable distance.

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Location, location, location history

November 14, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

Who knew? Turning off Location History on Google doesn’t actually turn off location history. That, at least, is the basis[…]

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