Your Cyber-Safe Black Friday Guide
Online scammers and thieves are on the hunt this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Here's our guide to cyber safe shopping....
Consumer awareness
Ring Video Doorbell recall – 2nd generation
Product Safety Australia has issued a recall notice for Amazon Ring Video Doorbell 2nd generation. It follows reports the lithium battery could sustain damage ...
Trivago – rips-off customers, puts profit before people (update – loses appeal)
Trivago - a price comparison website (and that should ring loud alarm bells in its own right) has been found guilty of misleading consumers on the so-called ‘best’ hotel deals....
What phones can you trust?
Long term reader Tony A asks, "What phones can you trust?" Now, Tony is responding to the potential of Chinese made handsets spying on their owners. In reality...
Apple AirPods Pro can have sound issues
Apple has issued a service program notice for its AirPods Pro manufactured before October 2020.
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Are we on the brink of a China and Australia cold war?
Beijing is aggressively 'probing' Australian politicians and anyone associated with them. Analysts are asking 'Are we on the brink a China and Australia cold w...
ACCC – amaysim and Lycamobile deceit to win customers
amaysim and Lycamobile have paid penalties of $126,000 and $12,600 after the ACCC issued each of these mobile services providers with an infringement notice fo...
iSelect fined $8.4m for dodgy and misleading conduct – price comparison websites suck
iSelect is a price comparison website. It (and all its dodgy cohorts) pretend to offer you the best deal on a range of mobile, internet, electricity, human and...
Privacy is not a given with Chinese Apps and Chinese Clouds – A US perspective
There is a paranoia that privacy is not a given with Chinese apps and Chinese Clouds. By simply opening the app, users agree to some unconscionable and highly ...
The Social Dilemma outs the greatest problem facing humankind
The Social Dilemma is a Netflix documentary about big tech monetising your data. And if you thought that was all about serving so-called relevant ads to you th...
How Amazon uses AI to drive sales, well everything
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, is the wealthiest person in the world. Was it DI (Divine Intervention) or how Amazon uses AI (Artificial Intelligence Intervention) to ...
How to stay secure on social media – free course from KnowBe4
KnowBe4 is providing a no-cost 'Social Media: Staying Secure in a Connected World' course. It is part of a global effort to increase online safety during Natio...