When it comes to computer tech-speak, the term ‘firewall’ is old-school – it was first applied to computer technology in the early 1990s. And when a word has been kicking around for some thirty years, we’re pretty much all familiar with it. But do we all understand what it means? What exactly is a firewall?
We might just about be settling into the ‘new normal’, but you’ve probably heard the warnings that financial scams have been on the rise during the coronavirus outbreak. Indeed, according to the ACCC’s Scamwatch site, thousands of scams exploiting our anxieties over Covid-19 have popped up over the past 12 months. Of course, it’s not just fake Covid-19 cures we need to watch out for, but all of those other attempts to obtain our sensitive personal information (user names, passwords, and bank account or credit card numbers), too. Sometimes, though, when you’re going about your daily life, it can be hard to make a snap judgement about what’s a scam and what’s genuine.
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