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Update Windows NOW!

January 19, 2020 Geoff Security, Tech Matters

If you’re running Windows 10 … well, you have my sympathy. But that aside, you need to patch your system[…]

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Laser-hacking voice-assistants

November 21, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

Who knew? Microphones respond to light waves as well as sound waves. This allows hackers to attack voice-assistant technologies such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant, sometimes from a considerable distance.

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Location, location, location history

November 14, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

Who knew? Turning off Location History on Google doesn’t actually turn off location history. That, at least, is the basis[…]

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The Dark Side of Facebook

September 30, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

“The biggest surveillance-based enterprise in the history of mankind.” In a hugely popular post titled The Ultimate Retaliation: Pranking my[…]

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Smartphones: The Abuser in Your Pocket

September 23, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

The first three questions in the Am I In An Abusive Relationship questionnaire take on a whole new meaning if[…]

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The Spyingest Windows Ever

September 16, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

Windows 10 is without doubt the “spyingest” Windows ever. Visit Settings > Privacy and you’ll find 25 separate privacy settings,[…]

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Web of Spies

September 9, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Tech Matters

How to check out who is secretly checking you out Lightbeam is a simple browser add-on for Firefox that lets[…]

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The iPhone hack: What you need to know

September 1, 2019 Geoff Privacy, Scams, Tech Matters

A few days ago, one of Google’s security teams called Project Zero revealed a chilling and truly massive hack of[…]

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Clutter-free Web Browsing

January 17, 2019 Geoff Tech Matters, Tips & Tricks

Firefox has a great little built-in tool that most users don’t know about. It’s called Reader View and it’s right[…]

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Diagnosing Mac Hardware Problems

December 16, 2018 Geoff Tech Matters

Your Mac’s acting up. It’s been all right for hours. Days, even. Then you have a rush on. You need[…]

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