Menu Social Engineering
 

Social Engineering - is this a "technical" issue?

I have been saying for years that the root of most security issues is Social Engineering.

Windows 10/11 in S-Mode

Microsoft seem to have decided that a way of making Windows a "safer" place is to follow Google's lead in a similar way to the Chromebook.
Windows 11 in S-Mode will not install apps and programs that are not hosted on the Microsoft Store. This way anything malicous can be screened.

The problem with this approach is that it is only likely to work for those that are not at risk in the first place. All it will do is frustrate those that want to run less that "above board" software so that they switch S-Mode off!

Links

Top

References: - a note on these

  • 1 - Social Engineering - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Social_engineering_(security)
  • 2 - Around 6,000 porn sites start checking ages in UK - https:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/ articles/c24v4dl5r16o
  • 2 - UK porn age verification: How will it work and what will happen to your data? - https:// www.independent.co.uk/ tech/uk-porn-age-verification -b2795354.html
  • 3 - Age verification system - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Age_verification_system
  • 4 - Andrew Tate - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Andrew_Tate
  • 5 - borderage.com/ - https:// borderage.com/The only age assurance solution with zero personal data
  • 6 - Australia is testing hand scans to figure out your age. No-one outside the company that created it has used the technology yet - https:// www.crikey.com.au/ 2025/02/06/teen-social-media-ban-hand- scan-age-verification-test/
  • 7 - BorderAge promises 100% anonymous age assurance with hand gesture modality - https:// www. biometricupdate.com - this website was very slow when I was trying to access it.
  • 2025 Digital Identity Verification Market Report and Buyers Guide - https://www.biometricupdate.com/2025-digital-identity-verification-market-report-and-buyers-guide

Site design by Tempusfugit Web Design -