On Friday, 7 January it was announced that Johann Steynberg, the fugitive CEO of Mirror Trading International (MTI) had been arrested in Brazil on…
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How Africrypt became the next big crypto scam
Imagine a child prodigy and early bitcoin adopter starting a company from his bedroom in 2013. Then his brother joins forces with him in…
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Caught in the crossfire – Scams, scammers and the scammed
A big chunk of my attention has been sucked into tracking a scam since 2019. Not because I invested any money in it but…
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Free articles for your website or spam scam?
On Tuesday 16 March 2021, I received this message via my website’s contact form. The message is well-written and didn’t trigger any spam filters.…
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Can WhatsApp really steal your data?
WhatsApp recently bungled their terms and conditions update as covered in my recent The Great WhatsApp Trek article. Following the uproar and exodus of…
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Crypto assets to be regulated as financial products
Should cryptocurrencies be classified as financial products?
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The Great WhatsApp Trek – Why Users Are Flocking to Telegram and Signal
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…