Guest post by Matthew Stern of TechFools The coronavirus pandemic, which took the world by surprise, has forced many companies[…]
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DDOS Attacks – A Primer
For five (business) days in a row now the NZX, New Zealand’s Stock Exchange, has been crippled by so-called distributed[…]
Read moreCurious QR Codes and COVID-19
Around 1.4 million Kiwis have so far downloaded the Ministry of Health’s NZ COVID-19 Tracer App. It’s very simple to[…]
Read moreDon’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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Discover What Google Knows About You
The Price of Loyalty
Update Windows NOW!
If you’re running Windows 10 … well, you have my sympathy. But that aside, you need to patch your system[…]
Read moreLaser-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.
Read moreLocation, 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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