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Netflix accounts taken over in South Africa through session cookie hijacking

2026-08-082026-08-08 Danie
Modern office building with large red "NETFLIX" sign on the rooftop under a clear blue sky.

“These cookies allow users to stay logged in to websites or to save items in a shopping cart even after they exit a site. Through these cookies, cybercriminals have found an exploit that has allowed […]

Blogsecurity, southafrica, technology

Team South Africa wins at NASA space engineering competition

2026-08-062026-08-06 Danie
Group of smiling young people proudly holding medals and a South African flag at an award event.

“The international finals for the world’s longest-running space engineering competition were held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre and the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida from 30 July to 2 August. Team ZA was the […]

Blogsouthafrica, technology

Spam callers face penalties of up to R1,000,000 in South Africa

2026-08-032026-08-03 Danie
Man in suit and glasses speaking at podium with microphones, floral arrangement, and map with South African and Lesotho flags in background.

So a few amendments made, but what I really am happy to finally see, is the loophole closed around marketers opting in or not: “Any direct marketer who is not registered on the opt-out registry […]

Blogsouthafrica, spam, technology

EskomSePush app transitioned to neighbourhood service disruptions otherwise it would have died

2026-07-252026-07-25 Danie
Newspaper headline dated May 21, 2015, reading "Eskom-Sepush outstrips Facebook" on a Cape Times front page.

This is the story of how the app evolved from being a high demand app to manage the electricity load shedding across South Africa, to something completely different after load shedding went away. The app […]

Blogsouthafrica, technology

MeshCore Radio for Social Networking and Disasters with zero Internet required

2026-07-242026-07-24 Danie
Flyer for Western Cape Hamnet Meshcore Tech Talk on 23 July 2026 at 19:30 SAST, hosted by Danie ZS1OSS via Zoom.

The Boland Amateur Radio Club (BARC) invited me to do this talk on 23 July 2026. HAMNET Emergency Communications provided the Zoom platform. The audience consisted of radio amateurs, citizens, and disaster management. MeshCore is […]

Blogdisasters, meshcore, opensource, southafrica, technology

FokOffMense is South Africa’s spam block and POPIA toolkit

2026-07-232026-07-23 Danie
Dashboard screen showing exposure score of 0/100, sections for breaches and community shield with 94 alerts, and call & SMS report input.

Block community-flagged spam on Android, send formal POPIA opt-outs, and monitor breaches — one SA account, no ads. iOS users can use the website, but there is no iOS app yet (probably also because iOS […]

Blogsouthafrica, spam, technology

Warning about guards scanning driving licences at estates and offices in South Africa

2026-06-242026-06-24 Danie
Gated community entrance with two security guards checking vehicles beside a guardhouse, surrounded by residential homes and mountains in the background.

“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 […]

Blogprivacy, southafrica

South African app AutoFinders helps people identify problem cars before they buy them

2026-05-232026-05-23 Danie
Three smartphones displaying the Autofinders app with vehicle valuation, accident report, and vehicle history features on screen.

“Capetonian Eugene Zoghby launched an app to address a common problem in the South African automotive retail market: the many used vehicles sold with hidden historical damage and other issues.” Yes dealers and insurers have […]

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South African universities developing their own ChatGPTs that better understand local languages

2026-05-102026-05-10 Danie
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“From Cape Town to the Free State, local educational institutions recently announced work on language-focused AI models that better understand local languages compared to international giants like ChatGPT. On Monday, researchers from the University of […]

BlogAI, southafrica, technology

Easy way South Africans can find fuel stations with the cheapest diesel

2026-03-292026-03-29 Danie
Smartphone displaying fuel price and station app next to a purple diesel fuel nozzle at a gas pump.

“Unlike petrol prices, retail diesel prices are unregulated in South Africa. Only the wholesale price at which suppliers may sell to stations is fixed by the government.” I thought both diesel and petrol prices were […]

Blogdiesel, southafrica, technology

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