Australia’s most distrusted brands (December 2022) are dominated by tech and communications companies, with Facebook, Google, Optus, Telstra, Amazon, and News Corp leading the top ten. Australia’s most distrusted brands Understandably, Optus is there due to the massive data breach. But interestingly, QANTAS has nosedived from the top ten trusted…
…– we don’t expect more. OS Android 12 Security patch date UI ColorOS 12.1 OS upgrade policy No OS upgrade Security patch policy Two years of security patches Bloatware A little too much – AliExpress/ Amazon/ Booking.com/ Facebook/ LinkedIn/ O Relax/ PUBG/ Soloop Cui/ TikTok/ and OPPOs alternatives for Google…
…Layout Display: Peek Display, Attentive Display Gestures: Power Touch, Quick capture, Fast torch, Three-finger screenshot, Pick up to silence, Screenshot toolkit, Media controls Play: Gametime Audio OS upgrade policy No OS upgrade Security patch policy Two years of security patches Bloatware Facebook (uninstallable) Other Comment There is a lot of…
…of real journalism. First, social media like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more make it easy to build followers. Second, real journalism costs money, and advertising has moved to social media because it is cheap and gets the ‘eyes’. It was with immense delight that I read that these purveyors…
…every brand sold here is made in China. Your real enemy is Apps like TikTok, Facebook, Zoon, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter and thousands more that plant cookies and trackers, offering a free service in return for massive data harvesting. Notes: Prices are recommended retail (from the JB Hi-Fi website) and exclude…
…web personal profile data to see if it can guess other passwords based on that root. There is a massive market for cracked Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram and other social media accounts as it is sold to online marketers to use your account to promote their wares. There is also…
…offers various ways to set it up, including signing in with Google or Facebook (DO NOT USE if you value privacy) or preferred – using a junk email account (easy to set up in Gmail etc.). If you want to use any smart TV features, you must create a Hisense…
…transactional digital token (backed by biometrics or MFA) to verify who we are for online transactions (un-hackable) and b) legislate to delete the tonnes of data already collected. Google has tightened up Android, but the nefarious data-harvesting Apps like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Zoom, TikTok, and many others vacuum your personal…
…for at least 2, possibly three years Bloatware Pure Android – all Google Apps. You can uninstall Facebook. Other Play: Gametime Audio Comment My UX 3.0 adds value to pure Android Security Fingerprint sensor location, type Under Glass optical Face ID Yes, 2D only Other Lenovo ThinkShield is more for…
…Pure Android – all Google Apps. You can uninstall Facebook. Other Play: Gametime Audio Comment My UX 3.0 adds value to pure Android Security Fingerprint sensor location, type Under Glass optical Face ID Yes 2D only Other Lenovo ThinkShield is more for enterprise use Motorola Edge 30 Ultra rear camera…
…upgrade policy Three upgrades Security patch policy Regular security patches for at least three years Bloatware Pure Android – all Google Apps. You can uninstall Facebook. Other Play: Gametime Audio Comment My UX 3.0 adds value to pure Android without materially altering it Security Fingerprint sensor location, type On the…
…Infinova Group. It uses a local cloud. Uniden is a Japanese-owned company, and much of its manufacturing is in Vietnam. Ring is an Amazon-owned company that provides account data to it, Facebook, and others. It has had several security scandals’ mainly about sharing Ring camera images with law enforcement, euphemistically…