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October 11th 2014 Hackers are reportedly planning a massive online leak of images captured using the controversial photo messaging app Snapchat. For information and advice on responsible social networking, click here Up to 200,000 photos and...
11 October 2014
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October 10th 2014 Family members of a businessman jailed for aiding a romance fraud gang screamed and fell to the floor in shock as he was handed a three year jail sentence yesterday. For our newly updated advice on how to keep online dating...
10 October 2014
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October 6th 2014 A 63-year-old woman accused of trolling Madeleine McCann's family has was found dead at the weekend, with police not treating the death as suspicious. For information and advice on responsible social networking, click...
6 October 2014
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September 30th 2014 A Bristol man has been jailed for 18 weeks for sending abusive Twitter messages to Walthamstow Labour MP Stella Creasy, after she campaigned to feature Jane Austen on the £10 banknote. For information and advice on...
30 September 2014
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September 25th 2014 If you have a computer, server or mobile device running non-Windows operating systems - including Apple's OS, Linux and other UNIX-based systems - you may be facing a severe security threat from a bug dubbed Shellshock....
25 September 2014
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September 19th 2014 Get Safe Online would like to warn you to ignore any advice to the effect that you can charge your iPhone by placing it in a microwave oven. However unlikely the claim may sound, we are concerned that some people may be taken...
19 September 2014
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September 18th 2014 It seems to have been an age arriving, but finally today is the day when the people of Scotland vote on whether they wish to become an independent nation or remain as part of the United Kingdom. For information and advice...
18 September 2014
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