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20/10/2017

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Have I been pwned? allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email addresses has been compromised.

12/10/2017

https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1123141/tracking-down-a-stolen-phone-is-easy/

Each phone comes with a number that makes it easy to locate a stolen device yourself.

23/07/2017

18/07/2017

Why You Should Delete Your Old Number from Facebook Now
by Marshall Honorof Jul 17, 2017, 10:02 AM
Summarised Below

If you have an old phone number linked to your Facebook account, delete it. Anyone who comes into possession of that number can log into your account sans password, and you won't get so much as a notification email.

James Martindale, an independent programmer, discovered the bug after he started getting Facebook reminders for someone else's account on a new phone number.

Because Facebook lets you search for users via their phone numbers, Martindale said it wouldn't be hard to check each potential new number to see if it was tied to a Facebook account.

Martindale out of curiosity, tried to log into the account, using the phone number as the username, then claimed that he'd forgotten his password. As it turned out, the user's old phone number was still connected to their Facebook account, and Martindale could have chosen, if he'd wanted to, to receive a text message to reset the password.

Better still: Facebook does not actually require a user in these circumstances to reset his or her password, meaning that Martindale could have hijacked this user's account without a single notification reaching the legitimate user by Facebook or email.

Read the full article: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/facebook-hackers-phone-numbers,news-25485.html

If you have an old phone number linked to your Facebook account, anyone who comes into possession of that number can log into your account.

18/06/2017

Happy Fathers Day!

17/06/2017

It is almost fathers day - have you considered how you plan to spoil day? Check out these great ideas: https://davescomputertips.com/7-fathers-day-tech-gifts-for-2017/

16/04/2017

Whats your internet speed?
http://speedtest.mybroadband.co.za/

14/04/2017

Easter Egg Hunt of a different Kind!
An Easter Egg is a hidden code that is not harmful, but not a normal feature of the program.
The first “Easter egg” discovered, was a secret room in the 1979 Atari game “Adventure”, where designer Warren Robinett included his signature, because his name was not in the games credits. After Atari had coined the term "Easter Egg" for this practice, evidence of earlier examples came to light.
Other “Easter Eggs” can be found in many programs. Follow this link to discover a few google Easter eggs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_Easter_eggs
Happy hunting everyone