by Nabil | May 11, 2020 | Cyber Security
Wifi security is extremely important and as many of us have ‘dead spots’ in our homes, we often use wifi repeaters/extenders to increase our wifi coverage. The first step of course is to secure your modem by using the steps outlined here. Once...
by Nabil | May 5, 2020 | Internet & Privacy
Just turned mine off. I didn’t ask for this and they didn’t tell me. Facebook rolled out a new ‘feature’ in February. Did you know that over the past 8 weeks Facebook has been monitoring and tracking what you do when you’re OFFLINE and...
by Nabil | May 4, 2020 | Cyber Security
Your modem is the gateway to all the devices (computers, tablets and mobile phone) in your home and needs to be secured properly. There is a fundamental problem with almost al modems – they have a default password that anyone can find in a matter of seconds...
by Nabil | Oct 24, 2019 | Internet & Privacy
Firefox 70 has just come out and it’s fab. Mozilla, the Foundation behind Firefox, is on a mission to protect people’s privacy and is beginning to look very interesting. It’s moving the goal posts. I’ve been using firefox since the mosaic and...
by Nabil | May 17, 2019 | Internet & Privacy
Man fined £90 for refusing to smile for camera Just as I sat down to write about San Francisco banning surveillance cameras, I read an article about the UK fining someone £90 for having the audacity to hide his face from a camera. ‘He was acting suspiciously’. This...