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News: MasterCard Display Card
I know this announcement originally came from a MasterCard press release in November 2012, but given the recent hack of ATM’s in New York and further credit card fraud, perhaps this ‘future of credit cards’ will be brought forward. The problem with the current generation of credit cards are not well protected. Most of the … Continue reading
Review: Firefox Download Manager
Since early April, the Firefox web-browser comes with a new Download Manager; with the indicator and progress icon now embedded in the Firefox toolbar, you get an aggregate view of what’s currently downloading and how long is the remaining time to completion. Click on the icon and you get a Show all downloads button. Hit … Continue reading
How-to: Network Settings [Guest Post]
Network Settings by Jan Mussche originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine Issue 72. When you connect your desktop, laptop, printer/scanner, tablet, cellphone or whatever other device you might have, to a network, you need to set a few things straight in order to get connected. The first choice you make is whether you use a … Continue reading
Opinion: The Death of Privacy, Part Three [Guest Post]
More thoughts and reflections on the digital realm from Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. First posted under The Death of Privacy at Digital Inferno. This is about being more conscious with privacy. The problem of social media platforms with their default “public” settings and their clever terms and conditions that few of … Continue reading
How-to: Find Other Messages in Facebook
“Why didn’t you reply to me messages? Didn’t you see the notification? You rude son of a -” As a friend of mine reminded me last month, Facebook filters your messages all the time, so you may not get a notification. It may not be that obvious to you. Go to the messages pane and … Continue reading
Opinion: The Death of Privacy, Part Two [Guest Post]
More thoughts and reflections on the digital realm from Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. First posted under The Death of Privacy at Digital Inferno. Many corporations and social media zealots are attempting to link openness with a kind of moral duty in all of us to heal humanity by taking down the … Continue reading
Opinion: The Death of Privacy, Part One [Guest Post]
More thoughts and reflections on the digital realm from Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. First posted under The Death of Privacy at Digital Inferno. In the Digital Inferno, privacy is one of the major battlegrounds between individual and corporation. It’s a war taking place largely without the conscious and active participation of the majority … Continue reading
How-to: Avoid Common Security Mistakes On-line Part2
In part one, we looked at the most common software mistakes; this time the focus is on the ‘wetware’ – that’s you, the human being, with all your fallible human behaviours. Mistake #4: Falling for Email Exploits Email is still the top delivery system for cracks and software exploits. And for phishing. And for social … Continue reading
How-to: Avoid Common Security Mistakes On-line Part1
Privacy and money. The two most important things we value on-line. If they’re not yours, they should be. It’s like the Wild West out there on the web. Even if you are content to live your life in public on social media, identity theft, monetary theft and fraud should still remain primary concerns. The day … Continue reading
How-to: Check Privacy Settings in Facebook
I know we’ve covered this previously, but that was before Facebook revamped the controls! It courteously sent us a ‘reminder’ earlier, which usually means they’re feeling gulty and getting emailed like topsy because no one can find the settings any more… Helpfully, all this stuff is now in one place: on the left of the … Continue reading
How-to: AVG’s Malware Figures Highlight On-line Security Threats
…And you might expect as AVG is in the computer security business, it that would say that. However, if you run Microsoft Windows but don’t run some kind of anti-virus software, all I can say is, how is it that you’re on-line? Some of the statistics provided by AVG’s website are mind-blowing but I still … Continue reading
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