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In news earlier this week we heard about the government’s review of the use of VPN technology over concerns of intellectual property infringements under the Copyright Act. For a country that wants to be a smart nation, ...
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This week, Microsoft pretty much lost their lock pick. Security circles have described the incident as the loss of a golden key. Yes, it’s as if Microsoft has lost a precious magic key. But it really isn’t so much as ...
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This has been hot news of late, that of the Singapore Government cutting off Internet access for the 100,000 or so desktop computers of its public servants. Since then, we’ve heard all sort of remarks about how our ...
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It sounds unreal, but it is real. Fortunately, it isn’t for the general populace. The Singapore government will ban the Internet from computers officially used by public servants from May next year. This will affect some ...
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At some point, your computer gets old, and you buy a new one. Then, what do you do with your old computer? Perhaps some people may re-use the hard disks. But if not, then what do you do with them? Do you just dump them in the ...
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If you’ve used a PC long enough, you must have heard of QuickTime. Once upon a time, you needed QuickTime to play video on your computer. Everyone installed QuickTime on their computers. Fast forward to 2016. You ...
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Since October 2015, Google has released month security patches for Nexus devices. These are accompanied by an announcement in the form of the Nexus Security Bulletin, which details security vulnerabilities affecting Android ...
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Earlier this week, WhatsApp enabled end-to-end encryption for all messages, photos, video, everything you send. It’s been reported over and over so many times, like TheVerge, Wired, and even BBC. Suddenly, it seems like ...
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The FBI and Apple had been battling over the former’s demand to access a terrorist’s iPhone, and the latter’s refusal to do so. It turns out that the FBI has now accessed data stored on that said iPhone without ...
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Some Nexus devices already received their March 2016 Android security update earlier this month. It turns out, however, that Google will release another March 2016 security update for Android. This is needed to plug a ...
