Government
NHS Track and Trace
The government have launched their new NHS Track and Trace app, making use of the technology developed jointly by Google and Apple and deployed into modern handsets at the start of the outbreak.
Video Messaging
Video Messaging
It’s an unprecedented time, with people all around the world becoming isolated in their homes, we look at some of the best video communication platforms to make your isolation or social distancing a little less solitary.
Apps
FaceApp
You can’t have helped but see the FaceApp images appearing on people’s social media, photos edited by AI to make them look older, younger or to swap genders.
You’ve probably also heard that the app is stealing your data in the background and uploading it to Russian servers.
We take a look at the app and dig into what it’s actually doing with your data.
#DataSecurity #App #Android #AppStore #AI #FaceApp #DataPrivacy
CPU
Meltdown & Spectre
Serious security flaws identified on Intel, ARM and AMD processors could affect billions of devices around the world exposing security information.
CPU
Intel Chip Flaw is big
A major flaw in Intel processors going back over a decade has been identified and could expose your security information on Windows, Apple and Linux operating systems, including servers.
MacOS
Apple’s High Sierra has a major security hole
Apple’s latest OS for Mac has been shipped with a major security hole that renders it venerable to access by anyone at the console, including access to your supposedly secure passwords in the Keychain, without a password.
Anti-Virus
Anti-Virus
Protecting you from the video nasties… Back in the 1970’s a ‘neat little self-replicating automata’ was released on the ARPANET (the predecessor of today’s internet) that was called “the creeper“. Not a virus in the way we think of them today, it was more of a test of code and Read more
