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privacy
Covid-19 Exposure Logging (Android & Apple)
Rumours of a hack or forced privacy breach are circulating. Talk of a COVID-19 tracker being forced on you without your consent or knowledge. If you follow the instructions your will indeed find settings called “COVID-19 Exposure Logging” or “COVID-19 exposure notifications”. These are just part of Apple’s / Google’s background work on their joint … Continue reading
Privacy v Regulation
This is an argument that has raged for several years now – and there is not an issue say answer. When we hear of an atrocity such as the one in London (03/Jun/2017) it is often followed by itv some statement or comment about radicalisation, possibly via the Internet. It is true that social media … Continue reading
Think of Grandma
Here’s a helpful hint. Never do anything online you won’t do in front of your Gran. Seriously. This stuff can come back and bite you. The embarrassment and harm to your reputation can be severe.
Password blackmail
Well, this one is just rolling and rolling. Starting in the summer of 2018 some enterprising scammer decided that the vast number of password exposures can be used for a new purpose – directly blackmailing the account holders. These exposures quite often list both the email address and password for some service or other. Perhaps … Continue reading
Dixons Carphone identify 1.2M record Data Breach
An interesting statement from Dixons Carphone. It should be noted that this is listed as a potential breach, rather than proven. 1,200,000 personal records have been breached via unauthorised access. Additionally (in a separate incident), 5,800,000 chip and pin card details have been accessed and 105,000 non-EU card details that do not have chip and … Continue reading
