Sight Helpdesk: Older Americans are given the wrong idea about online safety – here’s how to help them help themselves
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- NORA MCDONALD and HELENA M MENTIS
Information technology researchers NORA MCDONALD and HELENA M MENTIS, explore - in an article published on The Conversation, what tools older people can use to maintain online safety...
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- OMPRAKASH KAIWARTYA and MUFTI MAHMUD
In an article published on The Conversation, OMPRAKASH KAIWARTYA and MUFTI MAHMUD, of Nottingham Trent University, look at, with some specific reference to the UK context, what could be slowing your internet speed...
Sight Helpdesk: You know how to identify phishing emails – a cybersecurity researcher explains how to trust your instincts to foil the attacks
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- RICK WALSH
In an article first published on The Conversation, RICK WALSH, associate professor of information science and cybersecurity at Michigan State University, on what to look for to detect a fake email...
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- OMPRAKASH KAIWARTYA and MUFTI MAHMUD
In an article first published on The Conversation, OMPRAKASH KAIWARTYA and MUFTI MAHMUD, both of Nottingham Trent University in the UK, provide some advice on how to avoid slow downs...
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- PAUL HASKELL-DOWLAND and BOGDAN GHITA
Academics PAUL HASKELL-DOWLAND and BOGDAN GHITA, in an article first published on The Conversation, explain what an IP is (and how to quickly look it up)...
Sight Helpdesk: What is Pegasus? A cybersecurity expert explains how the spyware invades phones and what it does when it gets in
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- BHANUKIRAN GURIJALA
The Pegasus spyware technology has been making headlines around the world. BHANUKIRAN GURIJALA, of West Virginia University, explains, in an article first published on The Conversation, how it works...
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- STEVEN FURNELL
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEVEN FURNELL, professor of cyber security at the University of Nottingham, looks at some of the difficulties around the creation of passwords - and some tips to follow when creating one...
Sight Helpdesk: Phone wet and won't turn on? Here's how to deal with water damage (hint: soaking it in rice won't work)
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- RITESH CHUGH
In an article first published on The Conversation, RITESH CHUGH of CQUniversity Australia, gives his tips for how to deal with a wet phone...
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- NULIFAR AHMED
In an article first published on The Conversation, NULIFAR AHMED, a lecturer in social sciences at University of Bristol in the UK, looks at how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we work and how we can address issues like "Zoom fatigue"...
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- NICK NEAVE
In an article first published on The Conversation, NICK NEAVE, associate professor in psychology, and director of the Hoarding Research Group at Northumbria University in the UK, looks at the problem of digital hoarding...
Sight Helpdesk: 3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?
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- TJ THOMSON, DANIEL ANGUS, and PAULA DOOTSON
In an article first published on The Conversation, TJ THOMSON, DANIEL ANGUS, and PAULA DOOTSON, of Queensland University of Technology, look at how to sort the real from the fake online...
