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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Category: Tech Matters
Don’t Panic! Don’t Panic!
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”!
Discover What Google Knows About You
Update Windows NOW!
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
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
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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The Dark Side of Facebook
“The biggest surveillance-based enterprise in the history of mankind.” In a hugely popular post titled The Ultimate Retaliation: Pranking my[…]
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Smartphones: The Abuser in Your Pocket
The first three questions in the Am I In An Abusive Relationship questionnaire take on a whole new meaning if[…]
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The Spyingest Windows Ever
Windows 10 is without doubt the “spyingest” Windows ever. Visit Settings > Privacy and you’ll find 25 separate privacy settings,[…]
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