For five (business) days in a row now the NZX, New Zealand’s Stock Exchange, has been crippled by so-called distributed[…]
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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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