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Author: David Olds

Data Brokers and the Handling of Your Personal Information

February 26, 2025 David Olds

In our ever expanding digitally world, the flow of information is relentless and often invisible to the average person. A…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: data broker, privacy

Sophos – Your computer is at risk

January 24, 2025 David Olds

There appears to have been a recent update to either Sophos Anti-Virus or macOS which has upset a few Apple…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: macos, Sophos

You have mail!

June 3, 2024 David Olds

I’m just bubbling this article up to the surface again from March 2023 – Email Rules – the art of…

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VPN Replacement Project – 26 April 2023

March 17, 2023 David Olds

The University’s Virtual Private Network (VPN? – what is VPN?) service is being upgraded during the morning of 26 April…

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New Security Feature for Microsoft Authenticator

February 3, 2023 David Olds

Effective from 22 February 2023. Number matching will be added to the Microsoft Authenticator app used for multi-factor authentication (MFA).…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: authenticator, mfa, microsoft, security

New, Lost and Broken Phones with MFA

December 16, 2021 David Olds

Might you get a new phone or tablet at Christmas .. or maybe during the January Sales (is that still…

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QC-MyRoom is here

November 23, 2021 David Olds

What is QC-MyRoom? Well, it is the College’s implementation of a branded product called Cloudpath by Ruckus. The system enables…

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You can’t change your password here

September 16, 2021 David Olds

Oxford manages your OXFORD SSO password and then sync’s it with Microsoft – unfortunately it doesn’t go the other way.…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: microsoft, password, WebAuth

University Registration

September 13, 2021 David Olds

You must register at the start of your studies, and at the start of each subsequent Term. Failure to register…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: evision, Registration

PC infected notifications in Windows 10

July 22, 2021 David Olds

You suddenly get a message in your Windows 10 notification feed that you have a virus! This is a notification…

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