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False Sense of Security

By Peter Daley In my opinion, the Windows operating system is now owned by the bad guys. They’re sitting back laughing at the pathetic attempts of the average computer user to secure their Windows...

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First Line of Defence, or is it?

By Peter Daley Your ADSL Broadband modem is your high speed gateway to the Internet. It is also your first line of defence against attack, so it should be secured. Isn’t it already? NO. The vast...

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ROOTKITS, nothing to do with a kit to improve your sex life!

By Peter Daley For those of you with a sense of humour, this has nothing to do with a kit to improve your sex life, in fact it would probably have the opposite effect! So what are rootkits? They are...

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Who is Spying on You!

By Peter Daley Who could be spying on you over the Internet? Well lets see, governments, corporations, a competing business, data mining businesses, marketing organisations, and criminal gangs etc,....

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Wireless Security! You need to be a Secret Agent

By Peter Daley Securing you wireless router is an adventure. You will need to be a bit secret agent, plus be willing to play the odds. Your tools will be some dice. You know the type they use to gamble...

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Using Key Generators, and Cracks is just plain stupid!

  by Peter Daley I have done numerous tutorials over the year in the club pointing out that using a key generator, or a software crack to make illegal use of software is just plain stupid. Firstly a...

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What Wireless Security?

  by Peter Daley The statistics are pretty frightening, 70% of home, and small business wireless routers providing broadband connections, have no security on them. In reply to a previous blog I had...

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NoScript Essential to Web Surfing

by Peter Daley At present, the hacker black market is paying $100 per thousand hacked Australian computers. That’s correct, there is a black market for hacked computers, and Australian computers are...

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Freedom and Privacy being eroded by Technology!

Technology is becoming Big Brother’s surveillance tool. Everything we now do in modern society is being recorded and watched, whether you like it or not. Let’s look at the personal computer of the...

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Hacking, the good, the bad and the ugly

by Peter Daley Hacking as an activity is now wide spread and International, as our society has become more and more dependent on everything being controlled by computers. Hacking has become a much more...

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Wireless Security and Risk Management

Wireless technologies are  everywhere, providing convenience, and portability. Being able to communicate from anywhere, plus being able to get on the Internet and find information in an instant, are...

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Important, WiFi in Schools!

  For wireless convenience, we are placing at risk the health of generations of children! Facts   1.    Microwave radiation was classed as a 2b carcinogen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in...

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WiFi Is Not Safe For Children!

(21st February 2016)   If you haven't already, I suggest watching this recently aired ABC Catalyst program on the risk of WiFi technologies.   Extract: “Wi-Fi blankets our homes, schools & cities....

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Smart Meters, and The Internet of Things!

July 2nd 2017 FOR YOUR FAMILY'S HEALTH, SAFETY AND PRIVACY, SAY TO THE INSTALLATION OF SMART METERS / DIGITAL METERS Research these devices and you will be shocked!   Peter Dodwell suggested at the...

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Slimjet Web Browser

   By Peter Dodwell, March 2018   Slimjet is a fast, smart and powerful alternative web browser built on top of the Chromium open-source project (on which Google Chrome is also based)....

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Modern Technology Eroding Freedom, Privacy and Health!

8th December 2019    Technology is now a Big Brother's surveillance tool. Everything we now do in modern society is being recorded and watched, whether you like it or not. Let's look at the personal...

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PhoneGate Alert Update 2020!

15th July 2020 Large numbers of mobile phones in use are emitting microwave frequency radiation way above the regulatory limit, when placed against the body. For safety reason it would be wise to check...

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