New privacy features being rolled out this month mean that WhatsApp users can now leave group chats silently. Three New Privacy Features WhatsApp has announced the introduction of three new privacy features: Leave Groups Silently, Choose Who Can See When You’re Online, and Screenshot Blocking For View Once Messages. Leave...
Featured Article : Ofcom Investigates Whether 999 Calls Work (Via VoIP) During Emergencies
Communications regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation to make sure that telecoms providers are complying with rules to ensure that there is always uninterrupted access to 999 calls. Investigation Into Compliance With General Condition A3.2(b) The new investigation will essentially decide whether providers are operating in a way that meets with...
Tech Tip – How To Backup Your WhatsApp Conversations
With so many of us using WhatsApp for important business matters, it makes sense to backup chats either on Google Drive or iCloud Drive. Here’s how to backup your WhatsApp Conversations: To make a Google Drive backup: - Open WhatsApp and Tap More options (the three dots). - Select Settings...
Security Stop-Press : New Trend : Multiple Ransomware Gangs Attacking Victims In Short Space Of Time
A security company task force Sophos X-Ops has reported to Black Hat USA 2022 in Las Vegas that ransomware gangs are competing for resources, leading to a trend of victims being attacked by multiple gangs over a short space of time. It even suggested that collaboration between ransomware gangs is...
Tech Tip – How To Send WhatsApp Voice Messages
If you need to instantly deliver important and time-sensitive information to contacts and groups in WhatsApp, you could use ‘voice messages.’ Here’s how to use this feature: To send a voice message - Open an individual or group chat. - Tap and hold the microphone and start speaking. - Once...
Security Stop-Press : GitHub Users Targeted With Malicious Copies Of Repositories
Cyber security researchers have warned that GitHub users are being targeted with similarly named but malicious copies (containing malicious code) of legitimate repositories. The copied repositories are designed to siphon user environment variables, steal API keys, tokens, crypto keys, and execute arbitrary code on affected endpoints. The advice to developers...
Tech Insight : What is GitHub, GitLab Etc?
In this insight, we take a look at what GitHub and GitLab are, and why they are important in the world of software development. What Is GitHub? GitHub, from GitHub Inc., is a not-for-profit website and cloud-based hosting service for open-source development projects – it is the largest open-source host....
Tech News : Google Improves ‘Quoted Search’
Google has made it easier to do quoted searches by adding snippets to search results to help users save time in locating a phrase in a web page. Quoted Searches Quoted Searches are searches where the search term is placed within quotation marks to find an exact match in the...
Featured Article : Pros and Cons of Weakening Encryption
With the Online Safety Bill threatening to undermine end-to-end encryption, we look at the strengths and weaknesses of this security trade-off. Encryption Encryption comes from the science of cryptography. In today’s digital world, encryption refers to using electronic devices to generate unique encryption algorithms which essentially scramble messages and data,...
Tech News : 60% Of Us Will Have Digital Wallets By 2026
While some people are busy asking whether we’re seeing the death of cryptocurrencies, a new report says 60 percent of us will be using digital wallets by 2026. Digital Wallet Usage Driven By ‘Superapps’ A Juniper Research study says that the presence of ‘superapps’ will drive digital wallet use in...