Man up and press that button!

We all like to protect our comfort zone and that means that when something familiar changes there’s a level of resistance, no matter how beneficial we’re told the new change will be. Good examples are the new look LinkedIn, changes in Facebook over the years. ...

Big brother is watching YOU!

There’s been a bit of a flutter about the latest Investigatory Powers Act.  It means we will no longer be a free country – but one where any part of the government can look at our private computers and see what we’ve been looking at. And that’s ANY part of the...

Better safe than sorry

Your Mum probably said this about all kinds of things when you were a kid, but it’s not a bad rule to live by.  Now we’re all linked to the rest of the world online there’s an issue of security that affects every one of us, the minute you enter the world of the...

Don’t just tick the box

When you’re working online you often get asked to confirm that you’ve read the terms and conditions before you can proceed.  How many of us just tick the box without reading the T&Cs at all? Let’s be honest, faced with a closely typed screen of small print most of...