LinkedIn data hack reveals 4.3 billion records
Cybernews has discovered a leak of an unprotected 16TB database containing up to 4.3 billion LinkedIn records.
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Temu and Shein: AI-generated fake reviews up 1361/1596%
Chinese online stores Temu and Shein allow AI-generated fake reviews to convince customers to buy.
Rural reception phones are hard to get
CyberShack is the only review site that has real-world tests of phones and classifies them as suitable for city, suburbs, regional or rural reception phones.
Avoid iTagPro: it’s a scam
If you are thinking about getting tracking tags, avoid iTagPro like the plague – it’s a scam, a rip-off, does not work, and you will…
Evading the social media ban: Under-16s have lots of tools
Apparently, there are already ways of evading the social media ban, and some are extremely easy.
World War Privacy Part 9: iProtect iPhone
World War Privacy Part 9 offers three ways to enhance iPhone protection, although one, Lockdown mode, is best described as the nuclear option.
World War Privacy Part 8: Gag Google
World War Privacy Part 8 is about reducing the amount of personal data that can be harvested by Google.
No more portable battery bank use on flights
Australian air carriers and the aviation industry have unanimously agreed to ban the use and charging of portable battery banks on domestic and international flights.
Smart TVs data harvesting: How to reduce spying
Smart TVs data harvesting has gone beyond recommending programs you like to a multi-billion dollar industry selling your data.
World War Privacy Part 7: Stitch up Safari
World War Privacy Part 7 is for Apple users and gives five ways to stitch up Apple’s Safari browser to ensure greater privacy and anonymity…
They should pay you to have a smart TV (opinion)
We watch smart TV without necessarily realising that it is watching us. New research from Samba reveals just how much information is being hoovered up…
World War Privacy Part 6: Some essential, free, easy-to-use, anti-snooping, Windows tools
World War Privacy Part 6: is about some ‘one-click’ free, tested, and proven tools that can instantly increase privacy and anonymity.
Rooftop solar – Stop the daily energy supply charge rip-off
Rooftop solar owners have to pay a fixed daily energy supply charge regardless of how much grid energy they use or export. Its unfair.
Free NBN Router advice is back by incredibly popular demand
CyberShack gave free NBN Router advice to over 230 readers during August and September with a 100% success rate. Readers have been pleading for renewed…
Solar Sharer – Will it help anyone?
The Federal Government has announced a new back-of-the-napkin potential policy called Solar Sharer which won't work!
World War Privacy Part 5: Stop MS Edge snooping
World War Privacy Part 5 is about locking down Microsoft Edge to maximise anonymity because privacy is a thing of the past.
Microsoft 365 with Copilot: Refunds available for forcing AI on us
Microsoft 365 with Copilot users who were forced to accept higher prices for its AI Copilot version may be eligible for a refund.
2025 Phone of the Year – Nothing surprising
We can’t award the 2025 Phone of the Year Award because no phones reviewed met the criteria. Nothing is a play on words, as Nothing…
World War Privacy Part 4: Lockdown your Apple
World War Privacy Part 4 is the first of a series of short practical guides to locking down Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Apple users – we have news for you
Apple Users now have access to unvarnished Australian Apple news free of Crapple's hype.
Old Samsung phones may not be able to call 000
Telstra testing has revealed that over 70 old Samsung phones comprising more than 20,000 handsets may not be able to access the 000 emergency service.
World War Privacy Part 3: Staying private and safe at home (guide)
World War Privacy Part 3 is about privacy and staying safe at home. Some is common sense, some is tech, and some is clever.
Telstra Blue Tick Part V: More bloody lies from the expert
Telstra Blue Tick Part V is about the blatant, bald-faced lies that Telstra sprouts about Blue Tick phones – the ones that are supposed to…
World War Privacy Part 2: Staying off the radar in a digital world (guide)
World War Privacy Part 2 debunks the notion that we have a right to exist freely on the internet, that we can choose what type…
