privacy
Better Than WhatsApp? Why Downloads For The ‘Signal’ App Are Spiking
04 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Since the #BlackLivesMatter protests broke out across America, this new messaging app has seen a massive surge in downloads.
Bad News For Android Users – App Developers Can Record Your Face Cam Without You Knowing
21 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A security flaw in Google’s Android has allowed malevolent apps to access your camera and microphone to secretly record you.
1995 Springbok Has Wife Under Constant Surveillance At Home
28 Oct 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It is alleged that former Springbok Hannes Strydom had more than 20 cameras installed inside and outside of the home he shares with his wife.
Finally, A Way To Use Facebook With Maximum Privacy – Introducing The “Kill Switch”
10 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
There’s a “kill switch” on Facebook that protects you from those who might want to steal your private information. Here’s how to activate it.
What The New York Times Found In Zuckerberg’s Trash
10 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Mark Zuckerberg got a taste of privacy invasion when the New York Times raided his bin with some interesting results.
Handy Google Extension Tells You If Your Password Has Been Hacked
20 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Google has created an extension for its browser specifically for those of us who, for whatever reason, don’t bother to change our passwords.
Why You Should Be Worried About The Latest Massive Facebook Breach
03 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Facebook was hacked last week, which compromised at least 50 million accounts. Turns out it’s far worse than we initially thought.
There Is No Love Lost Between The WhatsApp Co-Founder And Mark Zuckerberg
27 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has come clean about his reservations about Facebook’s intentions for the messaging app, and his various run-ins with the company.
This Messaging App Has The Worst Reported Privacy – We’ll Give You One Guess Which One It Is
19 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whatsapp has taken over the way we communicate, from messages to voice notes to images, videos and calls… but just how many people are looking at your conversations?
Yoh! Tim Cook Goes HARD At Google And Facebook
03 Jun 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ah, remember the days of advert-free Facebook? Now all I see on the side of my newsfeed is little white blocks with mundane advertising. Actually, I don’t even see them anymore.
BEWARE – How Carefully Are You Reading Your App’s Terms And Conditions? [Video]
24 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
So what exactly are we agreeing to every time we download an app and automatically agree with the terms and conditions? Well, it ain’t pretty my friend.
Did Russell Brand Go Too Far This Time?
10 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Russell Brand could face the Twitter tribal council soon. He was a very bad boy and posted some very revealing details on the social media site. Sounds like Russell, doesn’t it?
Got An Angry Ex? The SA Courts Are Now Ordering People To Remove Nasty Facebook Comments
25 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The KZN High Court has ordered a woman to remove defamatory comments about her ex-boyfriend and father of her child from her Facebook page. Awkies…
Celeb Hacker’s Brother Speaks Out
04 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Whilst the man behind the leaked pictures of Jennifer Lawrence et al. has yet to speak out publicly, his brother is taking the PR job to heart and is letting everyone know what’s going on behind the scenes.
This Is How You Protect Your Own Nude Pics From Getting Hacked
02 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Securing your personal iCloud account is as important as ever, especially after the massive Hollywood hacking scandal, so here is how you do it.
This Is Why You Are Currently Living In The Truman Show
16 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Truman Show is not that far off from where we’re heading, with our lives being broadcast to the world thanks to modern technology and social media.
Apple Have Quietly Addressed A Massive Privacy Issue With iOS 8
10 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It wasn’t shown off, but a new iOS 8 feature is set to cause havoc for location trackers trying to mind your data, which is a massive privacy-win for the common user.
Don’t Like Twitter Photo Tagging? This Is How You Disable It
28 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Twitter’s recent tweaks to their photo sharing experience allows tweeters to tag people in posted photos. So before you get your panties in a bunch about the tagging, here’s how you can disable the function if you want to.
Hacker Reveals Major E-toll Website Security Flaw
08 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A hacker by the name of “Moe1” has revealed to E-toll users that their pin numbers used to login to their E-toll accounts can be easily decoded if their username is known.
Major Cell C Security Flaw Revealed
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cell C’s online portal, My Cell C, experienced something of a lapse in security that allowed anyone with an internet connection to view personal information about many of their subscribers.
Mashable Gives 5 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Facebook
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It always seemed like only a matter of time before Facebook users started questioning how much time they were expending online, and now the questions have started coming thick and fast from the group of people Facebook relies on most – the millinials.
Governments Are Able To Spy On You Through Your Laptop Camera – With The Light OFF
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most of us with a brain and an internet connection already figured that third-party spying via a laptop webcam was entirely possible – but we assumed that the hardware would at least indicate it was in use. Boy, were we wrong about that one.
What Is A Masked Credit Card, And Why Should You Use One To Shop Online?
05 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Whenever you make an online credit card purchase, the processing bank as well as the merchant in question both see all your details. That means your name, number and address. But what if you don’t want them to?
Instagram Accounts Make This Man Look Psychic [VIDEO]
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In this week’s installment of “Well, What Did You Expect?” we profile a man named Jack Vale, who people are calling a ‘psychic’ .
Man Begs Google To Remove Maps Image Of Murdered Son
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A man from San Francisco claims that a Google Maps satellite image near some train tracks shows the body of his teenage son – who was murdered in 2009.
AWESOME: Send Emails That Self-Destruct After Reading
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
We all feel a little bit uneasy about our private emails being stashed and archived in someones inbox forever. Surely when we invented digital mail, we could have thought ahead and prevented it? Anyway, we didn’t – but now someone has created a service that will help with this.
Google Wants To Track You In The Real World – This Is How
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The whole point of online tech companies monitoring us is to try and get an idea of what we’re doing in real life. Thankfully, up until now they could only use our online footprints to try figure out what we were doing in reality. Now, though, Google is telling advertisers that they have a way of tracking us in real life, all the time.
Facebook Will Be Tracking Your Cursor Movements On The Screen
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
It seems like the more we worry about being monitored – the more we’re being monitored, especially on social media. If you want to use it – expect them to know everything. Facebook in particular is going the extra mile to monitor our precise activities on their platform. Sources say that they may be considering gathering data from even our most minute mouse-movements.
Soon Your Face Will Appear In Google Results
14 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, so you thought your name, face and fact that you “liked” the coffee at that place down the road was personal, private information? Sorry to say but, you’re wrong. At least in Google’s eyes that is…
‘Just Delete Me’ Tells You How Hard It Will Be To Delete Yourself From Any Internet Service
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After you’ve signed up, most online services keep your information indefinitely, and make it nearly impossible for you to remove it. And it’s more common than you think for services to require you to call them to delete you off their database. Wouldn’t it be helpful if you found that kind of stuff out before you sign up?
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