Managing your computer security
Here at Kapiti SeniorNet we spend quite a bit of time exhorting our members to be computer security minded for the very good reasons that failing to do that can be an expensive lesson. We even run a...
View ArticleOh No, not again!
It is 1995 and the latest computers boast the latest computer chips or processors from the big manufacturers of such things like Intel, ARM, AMD and others. Two decades later the millions of computers...
View ArticleDon’t be Fooled by Google!
This message is for everyone who is using Microsoft Outlook or Windows Live Mail (or Thunderbird) together with their Gmail Account. You have probably received a message from Google...
View Article87 Million Problems
The latest admission from Facebook that up to 87million Facebook users may have had their information “improperly shared” with Cambridge Analytica is a sharp increase on the 50 million estimate that...
View ArticleNewsletter – April 2018
New Course and Workshop Booking Number The Committee has decided to provide the Enrolments Coordinator with a mobile phone that will become our primary phone number for booking all Classes and...
View ArticleThey’re at it Again!
This is a very short post because I’ve said it all before… If you get the following message in an email from Google, please click here and read the article I posted back in February. Nothing has...
View ArticleAnti-Tracking Software
I was reading an article in a consumer magazine about how to protect your privacy when using Facebook and the author had added a sidebar about an anti-tracking product (Privacy Badger) that he...
View ArticleSerious Security Flaw
Check the version of Chrome Browser you may be using and if the version you are using is NOT 72.0.3626.121 please update your browser straight away. Google found a serious flaw and indicates that...
View ArticleNewsletter April 2020
From the Chair Gosh, I don’t recall a Global Pandemic and nationwide Lockdown being included in the SeniorNet ChairPerson’s Job Description! What a month it’s been so far – thankfully New Zealand,...
View ArticleNewsletter May 2020
From the Chair I hope you’re all enjoying your new-found freedom under COVID-19 Level 2 and that you’ve been able to hook-up with family and friends again. It certainly reminds me how important daily...
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