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With data leaks becoming common, people are concerned about protecting their own Keeping data anonymous seems easy, but keeping identities separate is a big problem. Professor Derek McAuley explains. A hacked car that could kill you should be more worrying than a thousand lightbulbs taking Facebook offline. University of ... Deleting files may not mean they're gone. Even overwriting them isn't safe. Professor Derek McAuley explains. EXTRA BITS ... How many times have you been asked to share 'anonymous' location data? Andrea shows just how simple it can be to work out ... Security of users' passwords should be at the forefront of every web developer's mind. Tom takes us through the insecure ways in ...

Many of us use Location Services & GPS on smartphones but Cell Phone Companies have been able to track us for a long time. Spies used to meet in the park to exchange code words, now things have moved on - Robert Miles explains the principle of ... As we move towards a remote working culture, Dr Steve Bagley remotely connects to explain what VPN is & how it works. As we contemplate life after lock-down, what technology could help the health services to work out how viruses can spread? If you're not the customer you are the product. Dr Max Wilson on the third party apps embedded in social media. EXTRA BITS: ... Computations involved in mining Bitcoin are astronomical. Professor Phil Moriarty explains how estimating the energy useage is a ...

To explain the deep web and the dark web, first we lay out the basic difference between The Internet and the World Wide Web. Substitution-permutation networks are the basis for almost all modern symmetric cryptography. Dr Mike Pound explains. Share part of a secret without knowing which part? Dr Tim Muller explains how Oblivious Transfer works. Netflix's interactive film 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' included an Easter Egg. Dr Bagley uses it to explain how computers used to ... How do instant message apps do end to end encryption when one phone may not even be switched on yet? Dr Mike Pound on ...