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AI Harvesting Personal Data
A recent AI trend is the creation of personalised doll images. On the surface this is a fun spin off of AI although some …
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AI Harvesting Personal Data
A recent AI trend is the creation of personalised doll images. On the surface this is a fun spin off of AI although some …
UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill Policy Statement
The UK government chose 1st April 2025 to release details of its upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. The Bill is due to introduced …
AI Job Applications
AI has become a serious factor in job applications both as a means to simplify the application process and for the prospective employer to …
UK Government Ransomware Payment Proposals
A UK government open consultation is running from 14th January to 8th April 2025. Its aim is to gather possible reactions to legislation preventing …
Windows 10 Support To End
Microsoft has announced that support for Windows 10 will end on 14th October 2025. Microsoft want their users to move to their latest Operating …
Apple Advanced Data Protection in the UK
Apple removed its Advanced Data Protection for new UK users on 24th February 2025. Existing users still have a period of grace to use …
AI Meeting Assistants
AI Meeting Assistants will join a meeting, transcribe the conversation and provide a summary. They integrate with remote meeting tools such as Teams and …
AI Copyright Changes
Kindus discussed AI texts and copyright in 2023. This is a rapidly evolving theme both in the nature of the ability of machines to …
Smart Ring Security
Smart Rings are following up on Smart Watches as an attractive consumer wearable. Costs and services offered vary widely but typically include health and …
The UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act
The UK equivalent of the EU Digital Markets Act came into force on 1st January 2025. It gives powers to the Competition and Markets …
UK Digital Driving License
The UK has announced plans to bring in a digital driving license as part of a new Government App. They envisage that this could …
Google and Apple Privacy Relaxations
Recent changes announced by Google and Apple will harvest data from users without their consent. The Google changes have been announced but are not …
Scam Promotions on Facebook
Web adverts promoting questionable offers and schemes are old hat. Facebook is no exception but unlike wholly dubious hosts or otherwise reliable sites depending …
Sitting Duck Attacks
The Sitting Duck attack revolves around taking control of a domain and then using it to distribute malware or as a source for phishing …
Developers Hit By Compromised Software Packages
A Typosquat campaign uses slight variations on well-known names to mislead a user to access a rogue rather than genuine asset. It is well …
Data Privacy in Job Recruitment
The online job-market business model involves building up a bank of CVs and matching those with possible job vacancies. Unlike an old school recruitment …
ChatGPT Fake Citations
Anyone undertaking research will want to back up their conclusions with citations as to where their source material came from. It is assumed that …
UK Data (Use and Access) Bill
The Data (Use and Access) Bill had its first reading in the Lords on 23 October 2024. This step is merely a formal introduction …
Zero-Day Attacks
In October 2024 Google Mandiant reported on 138 exploited vulnerabilities since 2023. They concluded there had been an increase in the number and speed …
Smart TVs – Getting Smarter At Watching You
Kindus has described how connected devices harvest personal data and how that can be misused or breached either by the hosting body or others …
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