In a world where emails rain like confetti and passwords are harder to remember than your high school locker combination, safeguarding your Gmail account is as essential as making sure your house plants get sunlight. It’s not just about setting a strong password (although that helps); it’s also about being smart with your recovery options. …
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Jul 22 2024
Updating your email
Many people are receiving an email from Microsoft and BigPond that appear, on the surface, to be fake. Both these emails say very similar things and offer similar instructions on how best to update your security before the deadline of September 2024. They tick all the boxes of a fake and scamming email but they, …
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Mar 06 2023
iPhone watch and grab thefts
iPhone watch and grab In recent weeks the press has been reporting on an epidemic of iPhone thefts that not only see the victim loosing their phone but also thousands of dollars. Of course, dig a little deeper and you find that this is not a wide spread issue, only affecting about 200 people in …
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Nov 24 2022
Considering your security
It seems like everyday we get notified about another data breach. First it was Optus, then ahm, then Medibank and the latest I heard was Microsoft data had been leaked. Obviously the first question is “how much of my info was exposed?” and then next would be “what do I need to do?” The answer …
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May 10 2022
One reason to update
A while back I suggested that keeping your Mac, iPhone or iPad up to date was the best defence against security breaches and Malware. While this is still true I am not one to suggest an OS upgrade just because it is the newest kid on the block… for me it is all about the …
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