The latest computer-related and sundry news articles of particular importance on the PC Buyer Beware! website
Consumer protection provided by the UK Consumer Rights Act and the Sale of Goods Act Different countries or states within countries, such as the USA, will be bound by their own legislation. The UK Consumer Rights Act and Sale of Goods Act protect the purchase of goods and services and recent EU legislation that is…
Invasion of privacy: Outrageous UK Snoopers Charter is now law Snoopers Charter just requires Royal Assent to become law New UK surveillance and hacking powers, dubbed the Snoopers Charter (official name: the Investigatory Powers Act), gives 48 government departments access to everyone’s private web-browsing histories. This is the most intrusive invasion of privacy in the…
Equifax hacked – The implications of the massive hacking of the Equifax credit reference agency Of the big three credit reference agencies in the UK and USA There are three major credit reference agencies serving the UK – Callcredit, Equifax and Experian. The big three in the US are: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Equifax, which…
Facebook cookies are not enabled in your browser – prevents login The facebook cookie message that seems to prevent a Facebook login but really does not If you log in to Facebook by entering your email address or phone number and password, the message in the image above might come up that merely only appears…
Insights into the 2017 A Level exams results – Debunking the equality illusion created by liberal gender politics The following images tell the true story about the A Level exams and what has been going on with the UK’s school education system that reaches right up into its universities, many of which used to be…
Why you should never use short passwords with 8 characters or less Short passwords of 8 characters or less consisting of every possible type of keyboard character are easily cracked by modern computer setups that have been built for that specific purpose. The strongest short passwords that have 8 characters or less have a finite…
Google joke that gets uncomfortably close to the bone Hello! Is this Gordon’s Pizza? No sir, it’s Google’s Pizza. Did I dial the wrong number? No sir, Google bought the pizza store. Oh, alright – then I’d like to place an order please. Okay sir, do you want the usual? The usual? You know what…
Is the moon-landing hoax where fake news started? Fake news started long before the current outbreak Fake news started long before the current outbreak that was highlighted so alarmingly during the 2016 US Presidential Election. It was directed at Trump by the globalist media that was supporting the serial malfeasant, Hillary Clinton, to an unprecedented…
Face recognition – Facebook and Google are trying to get other people to verify your identity in photographs Facebook’s face recognition The image above appears on on someone’s Facebook page. Click on the image to view its full size. As you can see, the faces in it are marked out by face recognition software that…
Phony Critical Firefox update message that presents itself automatically as a webpage PC Security malware problem: A few days ago, whenever I started the Firefox web browser on my laptop, the webpage shown below came up by itself. It says: Critical Firefox update – Download Now. A box appears in the middle of the…
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