I only got a smartphone last month,mainly because with arthritis and tendonitis I found it painful and difficult to use my Nokia.whats the difference between using a pc, well it costs money of course,have always detested mobile phones they have made people so rude,I don't bank online,or have a credit card.after reading the other day about people having their phones stolen and bank account accessed none of these details are going on here either, thanks very much.
Someone got cross on here with me because I spelt Helen Mcrorys Name incorrectly,no insult was intended,I heard the news on the radio,have never watched Peaky Blinders,Harry Potter
Spent most of my life teaching spelling. Always thought it was a pile of .... Unfortunately, it matters to those who matter if you want to get a job. Conventional spellers belong to a very exclusive club. The way I see it, so long as the conformation of letters makes the sound you want, hoo gyvs a muncees
I wasn’t cross, a few people spelt it wrongly including me! Serves me right for being a pedant but I do hate to see things spelt incorrectly, just a quirk of mine. I took my spelling from a Twitter post which was later corrected. I do watch Peaky Blinders, it’s a good show and I am a brummie. Always sad to see someone taken far too soon. Obviously no insult was intended.
Spent most of my life teaching spelling. Always thought it was a pile of .... Unfortunately, it matters to those who matter if you want to get a job. Conventional spellers belong to a very exclusive club. The way I see it, so long as the conformation of letters makes the sound you want, hoo gyvs a muncees
This reminded me of the welsh word for monkey - mwnci - I'm told it's phonetic. For some reason when I first came across this I found it hilarious, but actually it makes perfect sense.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
My 91year old mum is getting to grips with an iPhone. Someone showed her how to use a convert speech to text app. Unfortunately, they didn't show her how to switch it off. I got a weird text about various options for mending a sticking door. Good job she wasn't maligning one of her buddies! I disable alexa and the like - I hope. But who knows😒
My OH likes gadgets and has an alexa. It (she?) lives in his man cave. I don't want or see the need for one anywhere else in the house. If she listens in on his computer gaming sessions, I hope she isn't easily offended by cursing.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Someone steals your phone it's locked, I hope, with a passcode, fingerprint or face scan. Nobody gets in easily with that. Years ago BlackBerry phones were the business phone partly because it had higher security level through its OS I believe. For many years now both Android and iOS has similar or better security levels. iPhones were the first to get business security approval but TBH that's only n because b of US obsession with iPhones. Android was as secure as iOS back then and both are safe enough.
More importantly is the user. A lot of fraud is because of user error. Humans are now the weak link with security. That's on phones and laptops or PCs. Supposedly if you know what you're doing you can buy lists of enough personal details to defraud people. Those details can be of people who have already m fallen foul of fraud so are considered more likely to be defrauded again. They even profile people. It's sophisticated and laptop or phone Makes no difference. Even landlines can give them enough information to commit fraud.
IMHO it's better that you try to understand the basics of fraud and how it's done to protect yourself than saying it's one device that's riskier and avoiding it. Whatever devices help you live your life better is safe of you are aware of risks and learn how to minimise them.
Don't know about about making my life easier, phone changes my words just as I hit send or post, it doesn't fit in my pocket, something I never thought of, course my Nokia did,and the flaming adverts, I used to text 2 handed on the Nokia,I can't do it with this phone because my left hand is holding it.I might not be techi Davy but I trust no one, this phone was finger print and password and pin number which got ridiculous when I needed to use it.Was saying on here a few weeks back my Pc wouldn't recognize the printer, someone said my computer whizz kid son could access it from his house, Hubby sat here did what he said and guess what,he couldn't get through the security that HE installed on it! A couple of years back kept getting calls saying they were my BroadBand provider, getting these calls daily,with foreign accents, I put the phone down,guess what go t a letter from yup,the broadband provider saying they had been trying to contact me!! When I worked for the NHS we had a bloke come every year fraud prevention,ex CID he said he could access any of our computers within 10 minutes.I was assured I was the only person on the planet earth without a smartphone.Can someone put a poll on here, mobile smart phone yes/no
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Unfortunately, it matters to those who matter if you want to get a job.
Conventional spellers belong to a very exclusive club.
The way I see it, so long as the conformation of letters makes the sound you want, hoo gyvs a muncees
This reminded me of the welsh word for monkey - mwnci - I'm told it's phonetic. For some reason when I first came across this I found it hilarious, but actually it makes perfect sense.
I disable alexa and the like - I hope. But who knows😒
More importantly is the user. A lot of fraud is because of user error. Humans are now the weak link with security. That's on phones and laptops or PCs. Supposedly if you know what you're doing you can buy lists of enough personal details to defraud people. Those details can be of people who have already m fallen foul of fraud so are considered more likely to be defrauded again. They even profile people. It's sophisticated and laptop or phone Makes no difference. Even landlines can give them enough information to commit fraud.
IMHO it's better that you try to understand the basics of fraud and how it's done to protect yourself than saying it's one device that's riskier and avoiding it. Whatever devices help you live your life better is safe of you are aware of risks and learn how to minimise them.