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Category Archives: Privacy
How to fill storage space on an iPhone or iPad with little effort
Before I sell-on my old gadgets, I always try to do a factory reset and erase all data. I want to make it as difficult as I can for future owners to recover my personal data. As an additional step, … Continue reading
Deactivating Facebook Messenger
Today I deactivated my Facebook account, including Messenger. According to Facebook’s instructions, I needed to first deactivate my Facebook account, then deactivate Messenger. Deactivating Facebook was easy, but then I tried to follow the instructions to deactivate Messenger: Unfortunately, there … Continue reading
IOS Speed Dial – .tel.qlnk.net – avoid!
Last night I was looking into how one might go about adding a ‘speed dial’ contact shortcut to the home screen on an iPhone. According to my Googling efforts, a commonly-proposed solution is to browse to 1111111111111.tel.qlnk.net in safari and … Continue reading
NordVPN – HM Customs and Excise HQ network???
I live in the UK, and I’ve just connected to one of NordVPN‘s OpenVPN servers in France. The NordVPN site (see screenshot above) is supposed to show me that I am connecting via an ISP used by the VPN server I’m … Continue reading
Patreon hack email
I was wondering when I was going to see fallout from the Patreon hack. Just received this email – thanks Patreon! Unfortunately your data was leaked in the recent hacking of the Patreon web site and I now have your … Continue reading
Selling on a games console without selling on your data – Xbox 360 & DBAN
After reading an article highlighting that personal data may be recoverable on console hard disk drives even after a factory reset, I took the precaution of running DBAN on my Xbox 360 drive before selling the console, as per the recommendation on various … Continue reading
Selling your OpenPeak O2 Joggler?
I’ve had a lot of fun with my Joggler, but it was time time to move on so I decided to sell it. I followed standard procedure and did a factory reset to clear all my personal data, but just … Continue reading
Selling a networked device without selling your data
I recently wrote about repairing an internet radio that had a corrupted configuration, and managed to wipe the config and get it working again like new. During my investigations, I noticed something of interest to the security-conscious. Even after a … Continue reading
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Tagged internet radio, network config, Privacy, Reciva, Security
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Stalking and social engineering with last.fm
I’ve been logging my music listening habits (or scrobbling, as it’s called) to last.fm for many years, and enjoy the value that this service brings in the form of suggestions for new music to check out. My friends can also … Continue reading
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Tagged last.fm, Privacy, Python, Security, snooping, social engineering, stalking
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Why do so many sites ignore basic security (Jamendo)?
I did a bit of research recently to find a site to make some of my own music easily available under a Creative Commons license. Jamendo seemed to be an excellent choice, so I went ahead with the signing-up process. … Continue reading
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Tagged creative commons license, Jamendo, Privacy, Security
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