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Retaining your privacy despite new law

Our politicians are busy playing unintended consequences again.

March 16, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Adobe Flash Player leaps to version 21.0.0.182

Adobe has just released version 21.0.0.182 of its Flash Player, which has many important bug and security fixes, […]

March 13, 2016 Macs, Technology

Troubles on the BitTorrents

I would hope – with the many security issues surrounding them – that you do not use BitTorrent […]

March 7, 2016 Macs, Technology

Action Fraud: it might help if you used a valid security certificate

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You’d hope that the UK police online fraud reporting system would use a valid security certificate. But they don’t.

March 3, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The ethics of pushed updates

Apple needs to demonstrate that its checks and balances can protect the services on which we now depend.

March 1, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Apple brought my iMac to its knees, with a broken security update

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I cannot remember ever wishing that I did not use Macs, but unless Apple sorts itself out, I will.

February 29, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Online crime in the south east of England

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A new survey claims that 15% of respondents had been victims on online crime in the previous 12 months.

February 24, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Wanted: people of vision

Often branded a consummate logistician without vision or inspiration, Tim Cook has demonstrated that here he can see far further than the politicians.

February 19, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Should you use a PIN or a password to secure your iPhone?

Which is better – a 6 digit PIN, or a shorter alphanumeric password – for protecting your iPhone?

February 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

How long would it take for Apple to break into your iPhone?

Dan Guido’s careful analysis provides the answers that we, and law-enforcement, wanted to know.

February 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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