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PoachedbyRachelLove
Nuwer(Scribe,R315)
SciencejournalistLoveNuwer
couldhavetakenrefugein
analysingthesteadystream
ofscientificandconservation
reportsontheimpactof
poaching.Butsheknewshe
hadtogetthestorybehind
thefiguresandtheconference
declarations.Thisapproach
givesherbooktheimmediacy
ofa TVdocumentaryas
shegoesundercoverin
China,shadowsa poacherin
Vietnam,andinterviewsa
Thaipoacherserving 40 years
ina SouthAfricanjail.
Shetakesapartwhatshe
calls“theCITEScircus”,
whichshouldbeprotecting
endangeredspeciesbutall
toooftendoesn’t.Yetshestill
believesthereis roomforhope
inthedarkworldofpoaching
andwildlifetrafficking.
Poachedis a bookthatyou
willnoteasilyforget.
ThearTof
Logicby
EugeniaCheng
(Profile,R225)
If youhaveever
wantedtoshred
anopposing
argumentwith
logicrather
thanemotion,thisis the
booktohelpyoudoit.
ForCheng,ourworldmostly
doesnotmakesensebecause
it is drivenbyinstinctiveand
emotionalhumanresponses.
Despitethis,sheargues,we
canbecomea voiceofreason
andfeellessbuffetedbythe
emotionalstormsofsocial
media,politicsanddebates
aroundthebraai.Wecan
achievethisbyharnessing
the‘lifebelt’oflogictomove
forwardinour“beautiful
andmessyworld.”
Cheng’swritingis clearly
expressed,sotrynottobe
putoffbythetinytypesize.KiLLingSTaTeby
JudithO’Reilly(Head
ofZeus,R290)
MichaelNorthis livingon
borrowedtimeandallows
himselftobecomea very
well-paidgunforhire.
Hehasalwaysbelieved
thathisjobis todisposeof
thebadguyswhocould
disrupttheworld,untilheis
orderedtoassassinaterising
youngMPHonorJones.
Baulkingathisorders
forthefirsttime,hesees
allhellbreaklose.The
shadowyestablishment
thatcontrolshimwants
Jonesdeadtostopherfromaskingawkwardquestions,
andassassinswhoflunkit
don’tgetsecondchances.
O’Reillywasa senior
politicaljournalistand
thisdebutthrilleris made
crediblebyherinsiderdetails.
Ultrafast-paced(thehero’s
brokenribshealsuspiciously
quickly!)andweavingin
convincingpoliticalissues,
it’samazingthattheauthor
hadtoself-publishbefore
thiseditionwasbroughtout
bya mainstreampublisher.- Fa r m e r ’sWe e k l y ’sbook
reviewer,PatriciaMcCracken,
is a featuresandinvestigative
journalist.▪fW
Animals and people
in the cross hairs
Manybusinessownersface
thedangerofemployeesor
competitors stealing business
information. One of the ways
this can be done is via spyware
secretly installed on phones.
With a fast Internet
connection, spyware can be
installed in just five minutes.
The following are signs
that spyware may have been
installed on your phone:
- The phone’s operating
speed has slowed down; - Its battery life has deteriorated;
- Strange text messages
have begun appearing; - The phone restarts
for no reason; - Strange background noises
can sometimes be heard; and - Data usage is inexplicably high.
Preventing the theft of digital data and information
greg milesThesafestwaytoremove
spywareis todoa factory
rebootonyourphone.whaTSaPP
WhatsApp’s end-to-end
encryption means that only
you and the person you are
communicating with can read
what is sent. This is because your
messages are secured with a
lock; only you and the recipient
have the special key needed to
unlock and read texts. All of this
happens automatically; there is
no need to turn on settings.
But beware: even WhatsApp can
be bugged by spyware installers.
The company offers a useful tool:
the website web. whatsapp.com.
This allows you to use WhatsApp
from a laptop or PC, and thecontentscanalsobeaccessed
onvariousmobiledevices.
Onceyouaresetuponyour
PC,youcanopenWhatsApp
onyourmobiledevice,click
thethreedotsinthetop
right-handcorner,andselect
‘Whatsappweb’.Simplyscan
theQRcodeonyourdesktop.
Theproblemis thatanyone
needsyourphoneforonly
30 secondstoactivateWhatsApp
web,sobewareofleaving
yourphonelyingaround.
Byclickingthethreedotsyou
canseeif yourWhatsAppweb
hasbeenactivated.Removeit by
clickingon‘Logoutofalldevices’.- GregMilesis a livestockfarmer
andInternetmarketer.Emailhim
at [email protected].
Subjectline:Onlinefarmer. ▪fW
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