The recent terms and conditions update has left WhatsApp with a bit of a public relations issue. Despite the company sharing data with Facebook…
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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Has Failed in South Africa
Following my previous two articles on the COVID Alert SA app – a deep dive review of the COVID Alert SA app and then,…
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Is Technology The Answer To COVID-19 Contact Tracing In South Africa?
Following my security audit of the COVID Alert SA app with the White Noise Podcast, I was invited by Joe Emilio to talk to…
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The sins of the bather
You can say a lot of different things about our neighbours. They are loud, inconsiderate, arrogant and underhanded but dirty is not one of…
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COVID-19 Alert App – Security Audit and Review
President Cyril Ramaphosa asked South Africans to download the government’s COVID-19 alert app during his latest address on 17 September 2020. His appeal has…
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Digital burnout – staying sane and keeping connected at the same time
Digital burnout is a mental and emotional state that can overwhelm and cripple even the most well-adjusted humans. Working in the technology space, I’ve…
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The World Is Your Oyster – China’s Insatiable Seafood Appetite
Seafood is a global industry that provides food to at least 3 billion and employs nearly 60 million people worldwide. Unfortunately, this all hangs…
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PASA responds to ongoing rogue debit order scams
In the wake of our most recent article on rogue debit orders, How To Steal A Hundred Billion Rand, PASA (Payments Association of South…
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The Transformation of SA’s Covid-19 Curve
The Transformation of SA’s Covid-19 Curve Does this curve look flattened to you? Let’s break this down, shall we? Initially there had been a…
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How To Steal A Hundred Billion Rand
Warning. This headline is incendiary and overstated by 4% for a nice round number. It is, hopefully, at the upper limit of likelihood. The…