The ICO has ordered Penny Appeal to stop sending unsolicited marketing texts to people without their consent, after the charity sent more than 460,000 unsolicited texts over a ten-day period to 52,000 people who had never provided their consent, or who had clearly opted out. In warning other charities, the ICO’s advice includes: You can […]
Author: Nick Swain
AI & Cyber Security primer from NCSC
The National Cyber Security Centre produces some great free resources, and they have just added to the list with ‘AI and cyber security: what you need to know’. It includes sections on: You can find the guide using the link https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/ai-and-cyber-security-what-you-need-to-know.
ChatGPT can read aloud … sometimes
A new ‘Read Aloud’ feature is being quietly launched to ChatGPT, as some users have reported. Look for the loudspeaker icon as it will read its responses in one of choice of AI-generated languages. The ChatGPT smartphone app already has a voice memo feature, and this will complete the circle, as it were. We expect […]
How to create an email alias?
We suppose the first question is actually why would you bother? Well, it can help with the deluge of email that most of us receive, and to keep our identities private. Email aliases can act as “fronts” to your main email address, and can help you to quickly filter less important emails, such as newsletter […]
No such thing as free software?
We note that Avast has been fined $16.5 million by the US Federal Trade Commission for selling its users’ browsing data, as reported in this week’s Security Now! show notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-963-Notes.pdf, and this reminded us that free software often has hidden costs. That being said, I hope you all know about Charity Digital https://www.charitydigitalexchange.org/, which […]