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DuckDuckGo for secret searching
The fallout from state-sponsored snooping scandal, Prism, goes on and on. So far I have collected 23 pages of notes on the subject and I still don’t feel it’s the right time to write up my thoughts on...
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OPINION: PRISM (as I see it) and some privacy tools
“You have zero privacy anyway, get over it.” So said Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems about privacy in the digital age back in 1999. At the time his comment caused outrage and indignation. I...
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ESSENTIALS: Skype security risk everyone should know about
If you have an account with Skype you are at risk of hackers discovering your online location, even if you never log on with the service. If that thought worries you, read on and discover how to...
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Key Scrambler
Phishing, when internet criminals attempt to trick people into giving away sensitive personal details by luring them onto a fraudulent web page, is still one of the biggest online threats estimated to...
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ESSENTIALS: Perfect passwords
Earlier this year daily deals site Living Social suffered one of the worst security breaches of our times, with 50 million encrypted passwords stolen. It’s the kind of number that makes people sit up...
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LIFE HACK: Device Manager for Android
Android users should know about device manager, which can be found at https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager, and allows you to locate your phone through a browser. Accurate to within a few...
View ArticleLIFE HACK: Tokn app lets a friend know if you run into trouble
There are few places left on the planet’s surface where you can get truly ‘lost’, but we still try anyway. No-one wants to ACTUALLY get lost though, which is why Tokn app allows you to nominate a...
View ArticleESSENTIALS: How to protect your children online
News today from the NSPCC’s ChildLine service reveals that in a poll of nearly 700 12-13 year-olds in the UK around one in five said they’d seen pornographic images that had shocked or upset them and...
View ArticleHOW TO: Track down a stolen camera
If your digital camera has been stolen there might be a way to track it down. Every photo you take contains hidden information called exif data. StolenCameraFinder.com is a simple search tool that...
View ArticleHOW TO: Find a lost phone
There are lots of ways to keep tabs on your smartphone. Google recently launched a new feature to help find a lost android phone just by typing ‘find my phone’ into google search. You’ll need to be...
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