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All about Facebook’s “Off-Facebook Activity” privacy tool and its limits

By Craig Charles on April 17, 2020

Facebook has introduced a tool that provides their users some degree of insight and control over what information Facebook collects about their “off-Facebook” online activities. It’s aptly called “Off-Facebook Activity”. The feature, introduced in early 2020, allows Facebook users to see where the social networking website gets information about them from other places on the […]

6 quick and easy tips for Safer Internet Day

By Craig Charles on February 11, 2020

Last updated on March 30th, 2021For Safer Internet Day, we’ve picked out 6 really simple yet effective tips that will do a lot to help you keep yourself secure and safe on the Internet. If you’re looking for an excuse to do a few quick things that will drastically improve your security, then doing them […]

Our guide to protecting your intimate photos

By Craig Charles on June 20, 2019

In today’s digital era, where everything seems to be connected in some way or another to everything else, keeping important or sensitive files safe can seem like hard work. And if those important files just happen to be intimate photos of you, then keeping them safe is obviously a pretty important job. However judging by […]

Bloomberg article ridiculed en masse for end-to-end encryption article

By Craig Charles on May 15, 2019

An opinion article on business website Bloomberg is being ridiculed after its author made some very questionable and potentially dangerous conclusions about end-to-end encryption based on the recent WhatsApp security flaw that allowed a group of hackers to install spyware onto a user’s phone and read their WhatsApp messages. A quick recap and summary – […]

Airbnb “superhost” gets 20 days in prison after hidden camera uncovered

By Craig Charles on May 10, 2019

Most will know how Airbnb works. Someone wants to turn their house or apartment into a “BnB” for hire, so they list it on Airbnb. Someone looking for a nice (or cheap) stay snaps it up for a given price and period of time. Both communicate through Airbnb to sort out the logistics (namely, what’s […]

World Password Day – some password themed tips

By Craig Charles on May 2, 2019

It’s World Password Day, and as such, a great reminder about what to do about your passwords and more importantly, what not to do. This very special day is also very timely. It comes only weeks after the first UK National Cyber Security Centre survey that posted a very exhaustive list of the most top […]

This is how Facebook’s new Secret Crush feature is going to work

By Craig Charles on May 2, 2019

Would you tell Facebook your secret crush? During the F8 Facebook conference this week, even the CEO himself, Mark Zuckerberg, couldn’t keep a straight face when he talked about the social network’s “privacy focused” future. “I know that we don’t exactly have the strongest reputation on privacy right now, to put it lightly.” the Facebook […]

How your photos may be revealing your address to strangers

By Craig Charles on February 6, 2019

Last updated on February 13th, 2019We discuss the potential privacy ramifications that your photos may cause, and talk about how they could give away your address to strangers on the Internet. If you’ve never heard of terms such as EXIF data, Meta information or geo-tags, then you not realise that the photos you snap with […]

Cyber stalking with Netflix’s ‘You’ – poetic license or accurate storytelling?

By Craig Charles on January 15, 2019

New Netflix series ‘You‘ follows the story of a bookshop manager who begins stalking a grad student who he meets after she walks into his shop. But does the series use poetic license when it details his online stalking efforts, or is it really that easy? A warning; this article contains mild spoilers for the […]

5 Reasons why accepting strangers on Facebook is a bad idea

By Craig Charles on January 9, 2019

Facebook is a great place to connect with friends. But when we allow strangers into our digital lives by accepting their friend requests, it can become a darker, more dangerous place. Okay, while those phantom “don’t add this person because he is a hacker who will wipe your computer” type rumours are a load of […]

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