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Justasthe(false)promiseofsaucy
picturesoftennislegendAnna
Kournikovaonceledhundredsof
thousandsofcomputerstobeinfected
witha nastyvirus,thethreatofa nasty
real-worldvirushasledtoa rather
infectiousemail.Inthemidstofthe
recentCoronavirusoutbreak,many
Ukrainiancitizensreceivedanemail
purportingtobefromthecountry’s
ministryofhealth,announcingseveral
casesofinfectionwithinthecountry.The
emaildidnotcome
fromtheministryof
health(itdidnot
evenoriginatefrom
withinUkraine)butit
didleadtoviolent
protestsasChinese
evacueeswere
broughtinto
thecountry.
Emailis notthe
onlysourceof
misinformation.Facebook,Twitter,
TikTok,YouTubeetalhaveallbeenused
tospreadfalsenewsabouttheoutbreak,
eitheremittingfrompoorsourcesor
backedupbynosourcesatall.Thatfalse,
sensationalinformationthenbecomes
thesource:bothTheSunandThe
Express,forexample,pickeduponan
imagewhichpurportedtobea satellite
imageshowingmasscremationsin
China.Thiswasneithera satelliteimage
norevidenceofburning– it wasa
weathermap.
Realisticallythisis notintheleast
surprising;whereyoumightoncehave
receiveda letterthroughtheposturging
youtosendit ontotenotherslestyour
littlefingerfalloff,younowgeta
Facebookstatussayingthesame,ora
Tweeturgingyoutodivulgetenhighly
personalfactsaboutyou– withthe
incentivetheyoumaygettolearnthe
samefromothers.
Hoaxespresentedas
facthavebecomeas
normalaspicturesof
cutecats,andthey’re
sharedjustaswidely.
Thepressdoesn’t
tendtopickupon
thecontentofchain
letters,butthey’ll
printthingswhich
makeforgood
headlines,whichleavesuseither
believingeverythingortrustingnothing.
Justasyou’recleverenoughto
disregardthatobviouschainemail,
you’recleverenoughtolookata
sensationalheadlineandquestionit.
Thereareplacesyoucangotofindout
if somethingis trueornot;FullFact
(www.fullfact.org)is a UKfact-checking
charityanda greatplacetostart.It’sa taleasoldastime:hoaxemailleadsto
riotsonthestreets.Isn’tit timewewisedup?
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1
How much RAM
did the Apollo
11 guidance
computer have?
A 2 kilobytes
B 20 kilobytes
C 2 megabytes2
How fast did
its main
processor run?
A 20 MHz
B 2.3 MHz
C 2 MHz3
How much faster is
an average processor
from today?
A 100 times
B 1,000 times
C 100,000 times4
How many laptop
PCs are aboard
the International
Space Station?
A Around 10
B Around 100
C Around 1,5
Which of these
manufacturers
does not have a PC
on board?
A IBM/Lenovo
B Alienware
C HP6
How fast is the
internet connection
to the ISS?
A 1 Mb/s
B 10 Mb/s
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1A 2C 3C 4B 5B 6BAnswersThe chain letter problem
Brave
http://www.brave.comIf you feel like a change, Brave could be
the browser for you: it blocks dangerous
ads and gives you the option to earn
credits for viewing privacy respecting
ones; it blocks trackers that follow you
around the web; it offers a built-in privacy
mode that routes all your traffic through
the TOR network (see p34 for more on
this), which means even your location is
covered up. If that weren’t enough, it’s
fully compatible with Chrome extensions
which should make the transition
between the two quick and easy.
New for the latest version is integration
with http://www.archive.org’s Wayback Machine,
which stores snapshots of websites as
they appear over time. If you follow a link
to a dead website, Brave won’t just show
you an error – it will dip into the archive
and bring you the latest stored copy. With
web pages typically lasting between
40-100 days, that’s a great feature.FLY UNDER THE RADAR A TOR window will
mean you shouldn’t be able to be traced8 |^ |^ April 2020