Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!
“Guards at the gates of estates, complexes, office parks, or gated communities should not make digital copies of your driving licence, as it could infringe on the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). This is […]
“You can now use1 Firefox’s free built-in VPN without a monthly data limit – but only until August 31, 2026. Mozilla is also temporarily expanding the list of VPN server locations available to proxy your […]
“According to a report from Wired, Meta has been quietly installing facial recognition in its Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses for the last few months. Internally called “NameTag”, the feature, if activated, will […]
Whilst exploring Google’s NotebookLM product I decided to try pointing it to my GadgeteerZA YouTube Channel, and I did the one-click generate an audio podcast about this source. The result was the audio channel you’ll […]
Don’t get me wrong, I think AI has very many useful things it can be used for. It can also be cloud based or self-hosted. But medical records, personal discussions, and most especially therapy sessions, […]
“Unlike earlier experimental systems that relied on expensive sensors or specialised equipment, the new method works with ordinary WiFi hardware already found in most homes and businesses. Previous approaches often depended on channel state information […]
“An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions in fines. According to the audit from privacy search […]
I initially ignored the first post about this after LinkedIn had stated it did not dispute that it detects specific browser extensions, telling BleepingComputer that the info was used to protect the platform and its […]
“Meet provides end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) calls to protect the confidentiality of the conversations and does not require a paid plan or even a Proton account to use. It is free for one-hour meetings of up […]
This is a nice private option to sync across all your devices in real-time, and you can self-host you own sync device, rely on peer-to-peer between devices, or use their cloud sync. Traffic is end-to-end […]
