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Posted on 21 October 202121 October 2021

Privacy and Security and the UK Government

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I read this article by Nathaniel Tkacz from The Conversation a few days ago: New government app will provide access to public services but questions around privacy and design remain (theconversation.com) It discusses the drive by the UK government to “appify” about 300 government services into a single app with …

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Posted on 13 October 20217 December 2021

Patches are essential – #BeCyberSmart

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I had to write about patches today – yesterday was Microsoft Patch Tuesday and we got a range patches for their software. Some of these were for critical vulnerabilities with one of them actually being exploited in the wild. Microsoft October 2021 Patch Tuesday (sans.edu) Other software vendors also seem …

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Posted on 12 October 202112 October 2021

iOS 15 – a quick word about privacy

I updated my iPhone as soon as iOS 15 was generally available – see the story here: Here I just want to mention a feature that may be new and if it is not, I was not aware of it. I had some display issues with the iOS 15 and …

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Posted on 24 September 202129 September 2021

This would be nice if it happened here!

EU rules to force USB-C chargers for all phones – BBC News Just take a minute and see how many cables you need when you travel or just leave the office. I have a couple of multi-connector leads but the reliability of those can be poor. One of the things …

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Posted on 23 September 202129 September 2021

Apple will scan your images – but don’t worry!

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Child Safety – Apple It sounds like an idea we can all get behind. Apple who manufacture one of the most popular range of compact cameras (albeit they are built into the iPhones, iPads and iPods we all carry), want to do their bit to keep our’s and the world’s …

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