Skill Zone News issue 94
We live in strange times. Most people have a Hollywood-shaped fantasy about the superhuman powers of hackers, and at the same time pay lip service to security on their own computers. Will the recent headlines about the Talk Talk data theft be a wake up call, or will it be another seven day wonder?
28th October 2015
The right to privacy
Article 12 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights says "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks".
Anti-social networking
Social networking was the band-wagon that a lot of people missed, but it doesn't stop others coming along and trying to create a social networking bandwagon of their own. Trouble is, these new bandwagons are anything but social, and in some cases the wheels have already fallen off.
Armchair to kettle, kettle to armchair
We've all heard how wonderful the Internet Of Things is going to be, whether we like it or not. This month the Internet Of Things kettle is in the news, and the news is that it leaks passwords.
Unlock the jukebox
Did you know that using an online music streaming service such as Spotify is too nerdy for most people? British company Electric Jukebox say this is why you need their electric jukebox on a stick which is due in the shops any day now.