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Now we have Clickjacking to worry about

In those old, old, old humorous TV shows or movies there would sometimes be a car chase, or car rally, or similar. One of the lead cars in the race would stop at a road sign, the driver would jump out, swivel the sign to point in the wrong direction, and then drive off in [...]

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TradeMe safer now; TradeMe goes mobile

In the last couple of days I bought goods from two separate TradeMe auctions. In both cases the goods arrived promptly and in excellent condition. It’s been the same for everything I’ve bought on TradeMe and for that matter the few items I’ve bought on eBay. There are cheats and frauds about though, and many [...]

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Genuine call or ID theft attempt?

I find it bizarre and alarming that someone claiming to be from the ACC Business Centre rang me a few minutes ago offering me payment options on a bill that is apparently due in about 3 weeks time. Caller ID on my phone indicated a Private Caller. The worrying thing is that I took the [...]

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