Computer Tamers & Woman to Woman Computing

02/26/2024

New legislation tabled today in Canada, to fight online harm.

Bill C-63, as it has been named, focuses on seven categories of harmful content:

Content that sexually victimizes a child or re-victimizes a survivor
Content used to bully a child
Content that induces a child to harm themselves
Content that incites violent extremism or terrorism
Content that incites violence
Content that foments hatred, and
Intimate content communicated without consent, including deepfakes.

Bill C-63 targets social media services, live-streaming services and "user-uploaded adult content services." These entities are being put under the umbrella term of "online services."

The aim of this legislation, according to government officials who provided a briefing on the contents of the nearly 90-page bill, is twofold: reducing users' exposure to harmful content; and making online services accountable for and transparent about how they handle harmful material on their platforms.

01/13/2024

Phishing, smishing, and vishing are all techniques used by hackers to scam individuals and steal their personal information and money.

Phishing involves email scams, smishing uses text messages, and vishing uses phone calls.

To avoid falling victim to these scams, carefully inspect sender addresses, links, and requests, confirm the legitimacy of texts before clicking on links or calling numbers, and hang up and call back using an official number if a call seems suspicious.

12/19/2023

Important information in today's world - How to detect Fake News!

Tools exist, but you've got to develop an eye for it too.

09/02/2023

If you've noticed an increase in spam phone calls from numbers that share your area code (and even resemble your own phone number beyond the area code), you're experiencing a new telemarketing technique known as "neighbor spoofing" wherein the telemarketing agencies spoof phone numbers from your area code to trick people wary of out-of-state calls into answering their phones.

07/27/2023

Good advice for parents

Protecting kids is harder today than it used to be, due in large part to technology. We tell you how to prepare children for the dangers they face online.

06/24/2023

Protect your phones and tablets, as well as your computers. ALL are vulnerable! I recommend Avast and Malwarebytes for all systems, and the use of a good, paid VPN (Virtual Private Network). I use Avast's Secureline VPN on all my devices. Not expensive, worth every penny! Contact me if you need help.

In her first media interview as head of Canada's cyber intelligence agency, Caroline Xavier says Canadians must start with the basics to protect themselves from digital threats.

05/11/2023

More good reasons to use Gmail

The company is also adding a button that promises to make it easier to delete your recent search history from Google Maps.

05/05/2023

Google is adding blue checkmate to help avoid phishing scams

The checkmark confirms you're reading an email from a legitimate brand, not an impersonator.

03/10/2023

Beware of scammers!

The next time you get a call from a family member or friend in need, you might want to make sure it's not a robot first.

12/21/2022

Twitter alternative from a trusted source

When looking for an alternative to Twitter, Mastodon is probably one of the options that pops up more frequently. Yet, you’re probably faced by a confusing choice on which server to join — Mozilla wants to be the answer.

10/24/2022

Cyber Security - Please Read!

Canada Revenue Agency wants to give me a $295 tax refund – amazing! All I have to do is click on the link and provide my personal info.

09/23/2022

Your Facebook accounts are generally cloned, not hacked!

One tactic scammers use on Facebook is “cloning,” which allows them to create a copy of a person’s profile and attempt to add the person’s friends.