You hear the stories about data breaches and login details sold on the dark web and you think it won’t happen to you, until it does. According to a survey by Studio Graphene, 12 per cent of UK adults have fallen victim to fraud and hacking in the past 12 months - which is equivalent to 6.21 million people. For the past two weeks, I have been regularly in contact with my bank after my email and password combination ended up in a data breach when I didn’t change the login details for my Deliveroo account. Whoever was lucky enough to access my card details is clearly very hungry, regularly trying to make transactions through the app, and occasionally Nando’s, despite the card marked as fraud and despite Deliveroo shutting the account down. Whilst Deliveroo has been accused of shoddy security practises in the past the London-based company, which recently raised $575 million in funding including from Amazon, can count itself lucky. It doesn’t even make it into … [Read more...] about The brands targeted the most by hackers and what to do about it
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Local elections: An introduction to the candidates
Each candidate in the forthcoming Stoke-on-Trent City Council elections has been given 150 words to introduce themselves to enable you to make up your mind when it comes to who gets your vote on May 2. If candidates went over, they were cut back. So, take a look at what each candidate had to say here.... (* = previously elected). Abbey Hulton and Townsend (two seats) Mel Baddeley (City Independents) “I believe that everyone matters, everyone has a story, a past, and a future and a reason to exist... but with all the government’s cuts.. it’s caused the implementation of food banks... depression, anxiety and in some cases suicide. "I live in my ward, and every day I’m out there listening to all the problems and issues that all my residents have to cope with. They know I’m there for them and I will do everything within my power to help. "I’m involved with a lot of my local residents’ groups, and we have a lot of community minded people. In fact we … [Read more...] about Local elections: An introduction to the candidates
Tiger Woods the personification of dislocation
Tiger, eh? I have to confess I didn’t echo the calls for his canonisation last weekend. I’m not a golf man, for one thing, and I find Tiger Woods a fair turn-off, to put it mildly. A couple of pals were in touch when I articulated my distaste, launching ready-made arguments about his infidelities, pointing out that other sportspeople had done the same and if you were to apply the same standards, etc, etc.My issue doesn’t relate to what is, ultimately, a private matter, even though some of the reported details would make you swallow hard if Woods walked up the driveway with one of your female relatives.I’d be more bothered about the fact that Woods was caught by Florida police driving under the influence a couple of years ago with five drugs in his system, two of which are banned by the PGA. To me that undermines his sporting achievements significantly.There was something about the outpouring from Irish fans of Woods which caught my eye, however, and from … [Read more...] about Tiger Woods the personification of dislocation
‘Facebook’s spying on me’: User gets ads for odd things she’s just talked about
Tyler Mears is convinced Facebook is spying on her after two adverts popped up for random products she'd just been chatting about. The journalist had been talking about some very unusual things - and the next day adverts appeared on her timeline. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has denied the social network uses your phone's microphone to listen to your conversations and target you with ads, but despite this the urban myth persists. But how did this happen? Is what they say - that Facebook is listening in on us 24/7 - true - or is there a less sinister explanation? Tyler, who works for Wales Online , tells her story here - For years now, there's been an "urban myth" that Facebook is using your phone's microphone to listen to your conversations and target you with ads. The theory is that you chat about something with a friend - a broken washing machine or where you want to go on holiday - and then come across an ad for that very thing or place. Despite struggling to contain the … [Read more...] about ‘Facebook’s spying on me’: User gets ads for odd things she’s just talked about
Avicii’s Journey: The Untimely Death of a Superstar
On a summer evening in Ibiza, ready to give them what they wanted one last time, Avicii was hunched down behind the DJ booth on stage. His fans at the outdoor club Ushuaïa weren't supposed to see him yet. They held up their smartphones, the displays glowing in the night, and pointed the cameras toward the stage. Avicii was about to play live and they were there -- ready to post stories on their timelines, share videos and enjoy all the likes that started pouring in. Avicii started the first song, "Without You," a tranquil beginning. Only after half a minute did the beat begin -- and Avicii jumped up, the spotlight revealing a blond, slim young man in a white T-shirt and headphones draped around his neck. With his right hand, he cheered his fans on, and with his left, the DJ pumped out 130 beats per minute. The crowd couldn't have been any more excited at Ushuaïa that night -- Avicii, was their king. Not even two years later, on April 20, 2018, Tim Bergling would go to his … [Read more...] about Avicii’s Journey: The Untimely Death of a Superstar