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When the nice lady replied in the affirmative, we'd shout: “Well you'd better get off, there's a train coming", then hang up, laughing, This shameful harassment of BT came to mind recently when | was browsing the web on a train and suddenly found myself distinctly been prepared for this breakdown in ‘communications. We've rounded up 20 of the best ways to keep using your favourite sites, services and apps even when your connection has gone - or been severed by a vengeful operator with a long memory. Also, eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that this is Issue 404 of Web User, 50 on page 50 you'll find some of our favourite 404 error messages. off (the) ine and reduced to reading a card about upcoming engineering works. 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ING Never miss another issue — subscribe at subscribe.webuser, co.uk (GB rae stn, tre 2015, 29485 copes per ve #share your knowledge at forum.webuser.co.uk 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 3ISSUE 404 BYWer ae © Access The Web OFFLINE Download and enjoy websites, music, films and more - whenever and wherever you want pg Google <5 Revealed -ciht ofthe Motorola's budget Moto so" hesterror pages! pSO —-Géreviewed = _:- o— —— Could you be breaking p20 ap thelaw online? p48 US) dod ‘ 36 FAQ New TV licence rules | 38 COVER FEATURE: ACCESS THE WEB OFFLINE Enjoy favourite sites and services at all times | 44 Torrent downloaders ‘The best software for downloading content | 46 Keep your face off the web How to regain control of your public image 48 Are you breaking the law online? ‘Seven ways in which you may be acting illegally 50 Error pages Eight amusing error pages 424 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 REVIEWS | Apps, sites and products on test 14 Best New Websites ‘We review the best new and relaunched sites | 20 Product Test + Motorola Moto G4 + AOC Q278IPQ monitor | 26 Best Free Software This fortnight's most useful free downloads 30 Best New Browser Tools |” Get more from Chrome, Firefox and Opera | 32 Best Free Apps Our favourite new phone and tablet appsContents tw www.webuser.co.uk Ei www.facebook.com/webusermagazine WH wntitercom/webusermagazine el ee eo 6 What's New Online 10 brilliant things to do on the web | 8 Need to Know This fortnight’s top tech news stories | a2 Stay Safe Online 1 Security advice for PC and mobile | 18 Build a Better Site Expert tips, tools and practical help | 24 Best Buys Our pick of the best new products | Si Take a Screen Break Find the apps in our wordsearch | 70 Broadband Deals Find the best-value package for you By Pacenor Fou! unknown errors? p74, 72 Inbox Tell us your views and opinions 74 Page 404 Barry is baffled by error messages =| Web Workshops, tips, projects and problem solving 52 Workshop 1 Give your Desktop a stylish makeover with Rainmeter 4 54 Workshop 2 Run Linux software in Windows 10 55 Workshop 3 Sean photos in Android 57 Workshop 4 Chat to anyone in Chrome 58 Weekend Project Erase everything from an old PC 64 Web User's Top Tips Windows troubleshooters 66 Ask the Expert All your technical questions answered 68 Readers’ Tips ‘The best tips from our readers 71 Readers’ Helpdesk Answers from our reader forums < Your guide to using Linux inWindows10 p54 How to erase everything fromanoldPC p58 Fsubscribe to web User at subscribe webuser.co.uk (et Do Spm acta serene ne Pert ‘ua recta Saree Naeewone dee oma Fase See. sa won ak tte ‘Sentaan neonate, Secon Negara (Sih aot Scuitedts ftesennete ese (sues Sy Te textdewatcaniuiztioee ‘evans cod Fr Ns or Ribena a ess sired ct tia ‘eprtingare mpat Pare Siegert rete Beqeam cota Ieee ae seein ae, fensecacsiehcogente te ‘aye err mena. ‘Bight dima etre Saeco ene won fe ater ‘Sin oisaromgmay re faachieomee an ai i Ro ete gametes serspastig it Comer nT ‘Dionyrese gatas, ‘Stes tude ‘enn os SSS ow St co 24 Aug -6 Sept 2016 5[3 What’s New Online Explore Indonesia underwater Images give you a stunning alimpse of life around the Indonesian island of Komodo. They hhave boon taken using Google's cutting-edge Street View panoramic camera system, which snaps '360-degree photos every three seconds while travelling at about 2.5 miles per hour. ‘Operated by a single diver, the Have a Vulcan chat with Spock in Skype worw.skype.com Bots are continuing to take over the web, and Skype is ensuring that its serviee is out-of this-world by letting you talk to Star Trek character Spock and learn about the rational ways of his poopie. ‘Although you'l find the chats are rather stilted and led by pre-scripted responses, they give you an idea of what many believe isthe future of online interaction. Spock is not alone, though: Skype also has a new IFTTT bot that sends ‘messages based on the triggers of your choice, and you can also book a late-summer holiday via the Skyscanner bot, 6 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 floxible camera was able to get up close to scores of vividly coloured reef fish, glant trevally, yellowstripe sad, garden eels and resting turties. You can also view gorgeous coral gardens and wonderful reefs, and the high-resolution images have been seamlessly stitched together. There isa serious side to the photos. By noting the geo-location of each Image and the direction of the cam Google hopes to go back and retake the pictures s0 they can be compared for changes. It's a mammoth, long-term monitoring project but it sglves you a chance to take the plunge: without the inconvenience of getting wet. If you want to take a virtual breather, you can also stroll around the dry land of Komodo village and search for the famous dragons. bit.y/indosoa Run classic Mac OS ina browser jamestriend.com. au/pce-js You're no doubt familiar with provious incarnations of ‘Windows, but may not have had the pleasure of | dabbling with classic versions of the Mac. This ‘new online tool from James Friend changes thet by letting you run System 7.0.1 directly in your browser, to get a feel for Apple life circa 1991 in all of its monochrome glory. The JavaScript demo allows you to click around the icons ang ‘open various programs, including Puzzle, Note Pad and, Calculator. You can also select the Macintosh HD icon to try MacPaint, MacDraw and KidP x. It'sa brillant piece of emulation steeped in nostalgia, but I you are new to the interface and want some on-screen ‘guidance, just click the question mark icon and select Show. Balloons. You can also try a Mac Plus emulator at bity/ ‘macplus404 and play some games.What's New Online [J We highlight 10 of the most amazing and amusing things you can do on the web this fortnight Use Google Maps’ Wi-Fi-only mode bit.ly/scoglemaps404 Google Maps has added a Wi-Fi-only mode tots Android app to save you wasting data while you're traveling. This switches to using offline maps until you connect to 2 WiFi network. You can also download ‘maps to your memory card. See page 28 for ‘more tips about accessing the web offline Build castles in the cloud scloncevsmagic.net/castios In medieval times, it would typically Learn to use a drum machine 2 large cube, Castles Made Of Castles lets you lay down a series of blocks, the twist being that each piece is the same as the whole. This lets you produce some complex looking structures that you can bring to life through a range of random noon colours. Once you've finished your castle, you can share the structure online by simply copying the link. lo808.com ‘Anyone with a sense of rhythm will Find this online drum machine impossible to beat. It reproduces the Roland TR-808, which was ‘2 programmable drum machine launched in 1980, Packed with knobs, controls and pads it certainly looks the business. But don't let that put you off if you've never used one before ~ ‘designer Vincent Riemer is well aware that the TR-B08 looks overwhelming, ‘50 has put togotnor an easy-to-follow tutorial. This takes you through the steps needed to produce your first bests and is both educational and fun, Explore the Himalayas bit iy/nimaoa ‘The adventures of Verne, 2 500-foot cartoon yati, across a 3D Google Map of the Himalayas are likely to warm your heart. Allowing you to explore the world's largest mountain range, this amazing game from Google's Creative Lab isa true voyage of discovery and will have you running, keting, hang-aliding and jet-Dacking ‘amid breathtaking scenery, while learning many fun facts. Foiscuss web news at forumwebuser.co.uk take more than a decade to construct 2 castle, but with this fun tool you can knock one up in seconds. Starting with TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER @evieaks Evan Blass tends to be spot ‘on in his reporting on the latest ‘smartphone leaks @eirlswhocode ‘Seo how women are using technology to make the world a better place @thingswork ‘An amazing series of GIFs and videos showing how things work @wellerstein ‘Academic Alex Wellerstein posts about the history of nuciear Delve deep into the ocean and. view close-ups of sea life iz ‘to music from games ‘www. spatify-gaming.com Spotify's new gaming portal is full of ‘original tunes trom the latest video ‘games, making it perfect for chiling to the stirring music of Uncharted 4 forthe drama of Call of Duty il Curated playlists are also available. ‘See Instagram for Windows 95 bitly/instadoa ‘There's currenty a trend for reimagining new apps on old tech, This series of GIFs is Russian ‘raphic desianer Misha Petrick’s {ake on how Instagram would lock itif was released for Windows 95, Design a football shirt bit.ly/adidas404 Adidas is asking fens of Manchester United to come up with designs for their thi kit next season. Setting site Paddy Power nas already come Lp with some ideas and we reckon rival fans wil do 50, too. 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 7EaNeed to Know Facebook faces off against ad blockers What happened? Facebook end ad blockers are locked Inn arms race over advertising on the social network. The battie between publishers and ad blockers is focused fn Facebook's News Feed, with the social network trying to stop people Using blocking tools by offering them dreater choice over what they see 6 the sito, Tho skirmish comes amis a host of publishers forcing visitors on their sites to turnoff adtblocking tools before they can browse content ‘The latest round in the war started when Facebook rolied out more controls for the way that its ads are displayed, saying thet some advertisements are actually useful but others “obscure the content we're trying to read” or slow ppace-loading times. To address that, the site will offer more granular a¢- preference settings, so users can say they don't want to see ads on certain topics or specific businesses. There's a trade-off. though. Alongside the ennanced ad controls, Facebook said it would start forcing adverts to display to people using blocking tools on its website, effectively ignoring users who dor't want to see any ads. ‘The most popular ad- blocking tool ‘Adblock Plus, quickly retaliated. within days, the company issued a workaround for Facebook's ad-blocker ban ¢bitIy/ adblockplusd04), meaning users could once again avoid seeing ads on the site Of course, Facebook's coders didnt sit by idly but worked to disable the latest ad-blocker efforts, saying the ad-blocker trick was removing posts You can tell Facebook the type of adverts that you want to soe B 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 from users' friends and families as well {8 ads. Adblock Plus responded with ‘another workaround and - no surprise = Facebook broke it. Ifa that’s too much to get your head around, here's the short version: ‘ag blockers want to remove ads from Facebook; Facebook doesn't want to let them. Expect this battle to rumble on. How will it affect you? Ifyou use Adblock Plus and youre a Facebook fan, you may notice that what you see dally changes on the site as tne Uitsorstat battle continues. Ads may show sometimes but not always, and posts you'd normally see might not ‘appear. That should settie down as the two companies run out of ammunition there are only so many ways to block fads, and Facebook can reduce the effectiveness of those methods with simple tweaks to its code. That suggests that ad blockers may not wark on Facebook In future. With that ia mind, it's worth editing your ed preferences so you don't see topics that irritate or bore you ~ head to www. facebook com/ads/oreferences when you're logged in. Even if youre not bothered about ads - or your ad-block tools continue to work it's interesting to see what Facebook thinks you want to see, and amusing to observe how wide of the mark its assumptions aro, What do we think? It's hard net to be cynical about this. If Facebook wants to give users ‘choices about advertising, then why is It blocking tools that remove ads? That sald, Facebook is a free service and some 96% of the social network's |§6.2on revenue in the second quarter of this year came via advertising - according to eMarketer - 50 no wonder it wants to koop thom. This problem isn't exclusive to Facebook - it's being faced by the entire ‘web. All that ree’ content needs ta be paid for somehow, but acs designed to ‘generate revenue from websites have become unwieldy and iritating. Some ‘ads can block content, crash pages, slow loading times, burn through mobile download caps and even deliver malware, so it’s no wonder people want to block thom. Redrossing that balance may not be ‘as easy as Facebook thinks; stepping back from bad acs wor't be enough to get people to turn off their ad blockers. New funding models need to be ‘created. What that means for Facebook remains to bo seen, but it could herald the end of the Trae! web.Need to Know What we think of this fortnight’s top tech news stories and rumours, and how they affect you Chrome finally says goodbye to Flash What happened? Google's Chrome browser will start blocking most Flach content trom next month as It shits away from the out-ot-date multimedia standard to the mare modern HTMLS. ‘As of Chrome 53, around 90% of Flash content wil no longer work. Two versions later, when Chrome 55s released in December, Flash will be blocked completaly Tne only exception is websites that have been designed using Fash, In such cases, vistors will have to click to play Flash content it won't run automaticaly. Mozila has already taken a similar stance in its Firefox browser How will it affect you? Most web pages already Use HTMLS or offer both Flash and HTMLS versions, so hopefully you shouldn't be left with unplayable videos or broken ads. For sitos that depend solely on Flash, you'll see a message saying that you need to click to affirm you want the Flash content to play, soyoucen choose whether for not te run. the plugin. Google's head LaForge, said ditching Flash would improve site responsiveness, cut page-load times and help save battery power on ‘mobile devices. tt will also Increase security because ‘yulnerabilties are often, found in Adobe Flash and users often fail to keep it patched and up to date. What do we think? Flash’s death throes {areas strung out and melodramaticas 2 Brlist actor in a cheesy Hollywood thriller ~ somebody just needs to put it out ofits misery. Most video and other ‘multimedia content we see online is already HTMLS, and any that isn't neods to got with the times as It's now years out of date. We applaud Google's move to block Flash by default and only allow tit there's no other option, because it means you can still see content, even if it's Inold-fashioned Flash. But ‘we'd prefer to see such sites modernise their systems and upgrade to the newer standara, Poiscuss web news at forumwebuserco.uk _QuadRooter bug hits Android phones What Android was hit by yet anothor zoro-day bug, with researchers from security firm Check Point (www. checknoint.com) hightighting a flaw in phones | happened? = leucine that run chipsets — The vulnerability 5 could give hackers the abity to access | your phone and steal dota, and even take § eontrol of the device. | How will it affect you? Don't panic: although the © bug is theoretically present in 900 millon handsets. as yet no criminal hackers | are making use of the flaw - though Check Point | experts predicted that may happen within the next few months, To affect you, hackers would need to write an exploit and trick you into 5 running it on your phone | Although 900 million phones use the vulnerable | chipset, many of those are older and out of use, | though some are newer ‘models, Those with the | flaw include the HTC One, M9 and 10: Blackphone | | and 2:L6 G4, GS and Vio; Google Noxus 5X, 6 and. | GP; Motorola Moto x; BlackBerry Priv and DtekS0, among others Qualcomm has already set to work creating patches for the flaw, but E made by roan | @ualcomm, wee Updates don't always reach phones that are already with customers. You can ccheck if your phone is, vulnerable or ifthe patch has boon installed using Check Point's QuacRooter Scanner app (bitly/ quad4o4y If your phone is affected, It doeshrt mean you've been hacked, it simoly means you need to be extra careful online and void downloading apps that aren't from the official Google Play store, What do we think? Kudos te Check Point For finding these fiaws and for responsibly reporting them to Qualcomm, aiving the chip maker time to build @ patch before the vulnerability was made public. But that good work could be for nothing. because It's so dificult to {get updates onto Android hones. With more hackers targeting smartphones, it's @ problem that needs ‘addressing - and soon ~if we're to stay safe con our mobiles. 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 9Need to Know Police slammed for still using Windows XP What happened? ‘The Metropolitan police i still running 27,000 out-of-date Windows XP Computers, more than two years after official support ended forthe ooerating tystem. Microsoft stopped issuing patches for Windows XP in April 2014, meaning newly discovered bugs or flaws are open for hackers to exoiott. The figures wore revealed by ‘Conservative Greater London Assembly member Andrew Boff, who said “The Met should have stopped using Windows XP in 2014 when extended support ended and to hear that 27,000 computers are still using its worrying “My major concern is the security of Londoners’ information on this dangerously out-of-date system, but | would also like to know how much ‘money the Met has wasted on bespoke security updates.” Public organisations who did not complete a migration from XP by the time support expired in April 2014 were able to arrange custom support deals with Microsoft, but at ahigh cost. The UK government paid €5.5m to do this as the cutoff date approached, but that arrangement ended in April 2016. Boff has called on Mayor of London ‘Sadia Khan to re-evaluate the Met's upgrade schadule, and wants reassurance that a better plan will be ut in place for future updates. FIRST LOOK / Samsung Galaxy Note 7 | www.samsung.com/note7 Back in 2011, Samsung looked | atthe mobile phone landscape fand decided that devices were too small and fiddly. The result was the Samsung Galaxy Note: a handset that almost single-handedly started | the phablet boom. Now five years on, | we have the Note 7 and it’s still a huge phone, sporting a whopping 5.7in, | 2560 x 1440 AMOLED screen. Despite packing a larger display, it's | actually smaller overall than the iPhone 6s Plus and looks extremely | sleek. Although the stylus has gone ‘ut of fashion since the decline of PDAS, the fourth iteration of the Note's'S Pen’ makes 2 compelling case for their return. indeed, it's more | of apleasure to use than ever before 10 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 How will it affect you? Ifyou lve in London, you'd be right to worry about the Met police storing your details on an unsafe PC. After all the police ere supposed to protect us from Eriminals, not make it easier for them to et hold of our personal data, Sadly. we woulent be surprisedif other aolice forces throughout the UX are also stil running Windows XP without much thought for the consequences ~ not to mention many hospitals and doctors’ surgeries 's true that newer operating systems aro alco at risk of cata thet, butt least they support up-to-date and reliable securty software, and for the first time feels like you're uniting on a page rather than cragging plastic across glass Bringing the Note series in line with the $7 (there was no Note 6) means the phabiet also gains some of the tstablished features ofits flagship stablemate. Most eye-catchingly, despite having to include a hole to store the S Pen. it gets an IP68 rating. meaning that it can be submerged in 1.5m of water for haif an hour. What do we think? Considering that Microsoft offered Windows 10 free for a whole yoar, the Mot police has no excuse for continuing to use the out-of-date anc unsecure Windows XP operating system, We can only assume its hardware can't cope ‘ith anything more modern, which is a worrying thought when you consider the sensitive nature of information stored on and shared by police machines. Hopefully. now the story is ‘out in the open, steps will be taken to romody the situation as soon as possible and reassure the public that such sensitive data is safe, Elsewhere, security gets a boost - the fingerprint scanner made its ebut in the Note 4, but this time It's ‘accempanied by iris scanning, too. Note phones have always been beasts when it comes to specifications and the Note 7 keeps this trend going. Like the $7, the Note 7 uses the 23GHz quad-core Exynos 8890 SOC in the Uk, backed up with 4GB of RAM, meaning I's likely to be among the fastest handsets around, What's more, the larger frame means there's space for a bigger 3,600mAh battory. ‘As standard, it comes with 6468 of storage builtin and you can also expand it with a microSD card. tall sounds very impressive on paper, but ‘unfortunately you'll ave to part with ‘a whopping £750 if you want to be ‘the proud owner of a Note 7,2kn Will Mozilla wipe out 404 error pages? Sick of stumbling across pointless 404 pages: when looking for something ontine? Mozilla's got it covered with the help of the Wayback Machine Garchiveorg/wob). The Firefox maker is testing an add-on that shows an archived version of 2 web page rather than a 404 error, Which is the message shown if a page has been deleted or is otherwise no longer available, but is stil being linked to from other sites or search engines. The archived pages will bbe sourced from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, which takes and saves snapshots of websites. “Tired of deed ends on the webs? Mozilla asked, "Wellllet you know when there's a saved version of what you're looking for on the Intornot Archive's Wayback Machine: If there's an archived page available, Firefox wil fag Up the option to view it, se you'll be aware that it's an old page that isn't showing up-to-date information. However, not all websites are archived by the Wayback Machine so youtl stil see some 404 pages. The system works via @ Firefox ‘add-on called 404 No More which scans the text on the page to see if’s, showing a 404, thon checks if the Ce eel UT might Me TD rey Ea rea} ele) EDs Internet Archive has a version to display. To test the system, you'l need to be running Mozilla's Test Pilot Version of Firefox, which trials experimental new features in the browser before deciding whether they should be rolled out to everyone else. Touse the add-on, you'll need to install the Test Pilot extension, and then install the 404 No More tril LIKELIHOOD RATING VASSS | Although some sites make their | 404 errors tun and creative - see our feature on page 50 - they're | mostly annoying, se we welcome | Mozilla's idea to do something useful with them. I's far better to see some content, even ifit's old, | rather than face a dead end. What’s new on Kickstarter Ota Carbon SUV e-bike bit ly/ebike404 | From £600 Pn aac um arene ns ‘Sturdior than a standard blko and more eco-frienclly than a ‘motorbike, the Carbon SUV is described as the “perfect package of design, engineering and art ina revolutionary way of transportation with a strong persenality". This lightweight electric bike is available in 250W and SOOW versions, both offering eight gears, carbon- aluminium builds and tough tyres that are ideal for use on gravel roads, in desert zones and through hish water. The bike has a top speed of IEmph and its battery lasts for 1,000 charges. The team hopes to raise £60,000 by Il September. Poiscuss web news at forumwebuserco.uk Need to Know Tt WEBOMETER ‘Android and, ike set up accounts. started issuing fp Snapchat racist” fiter ap Sane iaunches free WhatsApp, it ties to your phone number ‘and accesses your Pokémon Go developer bans cheats Niantic, tho lifetime bans to Users who exploit bots to unfairly gain an advantage over other users. The upsets users Snapchat was criticised tor Introducing a stereotypes about people of East Asian origin, The filter, dubbed “yellowface” by angry users, was quickly vvideo-calling app contacts ist Geveloper of hit Company is also pursuing legal controve removed by the socal network. Google Duo (cuo.ao0le.com) has launched on iOS ang ‘meaning there's no need for users to mobile game, Pokémon Go, has action against bot developers photo filter that promoted gp Android apps used to secretly track users Android apps can ‘access your phone's accelerometer, ‘gyroscrope and ‘compass without coxplictly asking for permission, according fo researchers who were able to se data from these sensors to Infer the possible routes taken between two points, 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 11EJ Stay Safe Online News about the latest threats and advice from security experts _ Volkswagen vehicles hit by security flaw Miions of Vollewogen cars manufactures Detwoon 995 ara 2016 canbe Unlocked by heckers ening ton vuersity in hee Keyless entry systems according to security researchers rom Birmingham Univer and Gorman Security fm Kaspar and Oswald Ine recently publaed popes Move D Cerca ond is feo revealed that most ears ronutoctured by the VW Group (netuding models trom the Auch Skoda and Seat brands) during this ped used the seme few global master keys By recovering the elgrthns and keys or tne electronic contre uns, the orcarchors wore thon able Sale TEs ei Stor oosropeng sate seeks Petonaieieypretay rom voKaogen tla ine BS Te mena Saerenore st doumepen croup eh ome ee senate ous doa enn eons voices hiatioa he Ok Toren a onece eet mest paiworaoe Hackers steal mers data om forum AN ‘online multi-player game - peed eter ee warana a Watareses urate anapoaer bane wooed Nearly two milion fans of The attack, which affects the Dota 2 message board, rather than the game itself, was reported by ‘reach-notification site LeakedSource. ‘According to a post on LeakedSource's blog, 1923,972 records wore stolen from the official Dota 2 forum, which is tun by gaming firm and Dota 2 crestor Vaive The attack occurred at the beginning (of July, although it has oniy just been disclosed. According to LeskedSource, the forum passwords were stored in Valve's servers using MDS hashing toenerypt them. However, while se of MDS | still quite common, itis also considerec to be severely compromised and vulnerable ‘to myriad attacks. Ths allewed LeakedSource to decrypt roughly {80% of the information stored in| the leaked database. bitiy/hackaoa Security Helpdesk | Your questions answered by security specialists ‘THIS ISSUE'S EXPERT: (rom the Goosle Play Now that because it's free or ‘already Mark James, Security store, Phones running Windows: installed’ that i's going to Specialist at ESET versions of Android from Defender has been give you good protection (wwwreset.co.uk) 4.2onwards (Jelly Bean) have a feature called Verity Apps, which scans apps from third-party sources for known malware and ratifies you before How worried in should Android users be about the threat of QuadRooter attacks (See story on page 9)? Joe! Bray. Twitter While the vulnerabilities are quite bad, the chances of it actually affecting you are currently very slim, and even less if you only download apps: 12 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016, jation ita problem is ‘ound. f you're stil worried, ‘then download and i the Check Point QuadRooter Seanner app from the Play store (bit ly/quad404) and unit on your own device. This will tll you if you could be affected by the ‘vulnerabilities but even m ifyouare safe, you should rounds, some of which is always make sure you have installed a g006, reqularly updating internet security product, very destructive, you should evaluate a number of security products before you commit tocone. Don't assume that improved, do we really need other antivirus ‘software in Windows 107 Louise Jameson, Facebook Yes. While Microsoft offers. tree option for scanning tor malware, you should consider what paid-for programs offer you, If something goes ‘wrong, who an you turn to? Do you have access to good technical support and timoly product updates? With so malware doing the Are police departments putting our data at risk by continuing to use Windows XP? Ed Wright, via email A The problems that ritical dat infrastructure thet is not ‘being updated, then any currently known malware Is not blocked. That means the bad guys can do as they please. The operating system and your software should be updated and patched. Windows xP. should not be used. bemail us your security questions at webuser@dennis.co.ukNA ako ols ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE! Protect all family devices for less with =) Multi-Device Security Pack Now with Parental Control for Android aay Getty Images www.gettyimages.co.uk Ifa picture is worth a thousand words then the 200 million photos on view at GGotty Images cartainiy have some stories to tell. Acknowledging this, the stock- photo site has been revamped to appeal to consumers rather than just businesses that want to license its pictures. As such, ‘many beautiful photos have been curated Into eye-catching galleries, ranging from colobrity portraits and undorwatar soifies to landscapes and optical ilusions. Its now easier to explore Getty's vast brary ‘and we love the extra effort to reflect current events. The constant stream of Images from the Ro Olympics has een particularly outstanding. Our rating kA sfter mum and de @ Victoria www.victoria.co.uk ‘Aimed at women aged 50 and over, Vietora isan o Created by consumer-goods company Proctor & Gamble. Amid the many articios about fashion, culture, home, family and health are details of the company's products such as Fairy Non Bio and Lenor, complete with discount vouchers. Yet, for a corporate site, it's head and shoulders above standard fare. 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The Motorola Moto G4 has a55in display, ‘making it @ whole half-inch bigger than last year's Moto G Grd gen. Size-wise, it's now up there with the giants of the ‘smartphone world, such as the OnePius 2 and the iPhone 65 Plus. But Motorola hasn't simply increased the screen size without considering the consequences: it's also slimmed down the case, Which is now 2mm thinner than the previous model, and 20 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 G4 ‘ts softy curved metal frame feels sturdy and looks classy. It's appearance isa litle more staid than in previous years, bout ifthe plain black ang silver finish you see in the ‘photos here doesn't float your ‘boat, you can customise the jbhone's appearance via the Motorola Moto Maker website, which offers a selection of alternative colours, There are some negatives. Its no longer water-resistant, a the Moto G (3rd gen) was, ‘and although it's still splash- proof - courtesy of a special ‘chemical coating - It won't survivo a sustained dunking, ‘The phone also has no NEC cr fingerprint reader, so you won't be able to use Android Pay at contactless payment terminals. Stil, these are small ‘Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 complaints and, as ever with running at 15GHz, backed Motorola, the Moto Ga’s by 2GB of RAM and either specification isimpressive 16GB or 32GB of storage, for the money. Inside it depending on how much contains an octa-core you're prepared to spend. 6G the most noticeable gain is a larger screen, The Moto Gé’s 5.Sin display is a whole half-inch bigger than last year’s model i §} Performance and battery life This isa responsive smartphone, but we came ‘cross the occasional alten, \We found some lag while zooming in and out of images in Googie Photos, and scrolling quickly through Image-heavy websites Isnt ultra-smooth. In the ‘benchmarks, however, the Moto Ga is significantly faster than last year’s model, gaining2 score of 5107 In the multicore GeokSiench test and an average of 7ips (rames per second) in the gemes-based GFXBench Manhattan 3 test. OF its bbudgot smartphone rivals, conly the Honor $x and the £189 OnePius X come close. Battery life's even better When we ran the phone throush our standard video-rundown test, the Moto Ga lasted I3hrs 39mins, which is above average and almost three hours longer than the Honor 5x. = and camera quality The Mato Gé's display is, Motorola Moto G4 Product Test 0c ikon srendogen quite simply, magnificent ane IRmeacures sSimacross the Vauaeaal are SS eae ee The Moto G4 runs on a base of Excellent baltary fe 1080, and its performance ANdroid 6 Marshmallow, and it looks, largely, ESI isimpeccable as Google originally intended ‘Cantesionto 5 Moma ghtess ee ariel 33 = reaches S40cd/r. which s nearly twice as bright as its and a wide-angje lens, most of them are actually ca i Predecessor The contrast which means youdon'thave pretty useful. Our favourite of Huawel Honor 5x, fats impressive, too, and to stretch out your arm these is Moto Gas gestures, ‘rom £170, tithough the colours dort toaccommodate adecent which et you accest basic weve ou/ik Took as vvidas on phones chunkeof background or fit functions by waving or With AMOLED splays, it Group of frends ino.a photo. wagaling the phone around in ‘300d enough to maka graphics and photos appear Operating system and vibrant and easy ontheeye. gestures Even the camera=so.often Another bonus is that 2 weak point in cheaper Motorola doesn't tinker smartphones -Is excellent. too much with Androic's The Moto Gé has a ‘operating system. The Moto Ws-megapixel rear camera Gd runs on a base of Android with 2n/2 aperture anda 6 Marshmallow, and it Iooks, dua-LED flash for low-light largely, as Google intenced indoor shots. There's no laser There are, naturally, some. for chase-detect autofocus, of Motorola's own features, and you don't get optical but thay/re unobtrusive and Image stablisation, but the picture quality doesn't suffer and photos are packed with OUR VERDICT detail and well exnosed. Noise is kept uncer control Inall but the darkest of scenes and the HDR mode works well to equalse extremes of shadow and highlight (as long as you hold the phone steady). The only problem wo encountered was thet autofocus was sometimes litle slow to lock fon a subject and. occasionally ‘As an all-round package, © t's very hard to find fault with the Motorola Moto G4. It may be a touch more ‘expensive than last year’s Moto G, but its numerous Improvements make It worth the extra cost. There may be some who complain that the Moto Gis now too big, and for those somewhat jumpy and erratic. | with smaller hands and Even the front camera is ‘pockets, a 5.Sin phone may accomplished. it has 3 Indeed be a stretch too far, resolution of 5 megapheels es at Foiscuss this review at forum.webuser.co.uk a spocific way. For oxamolo, simply placing the phone face down ona flat surface triggers a ‘do not disturb! mode, while @ karate chop. lluminates the torch function, To launch the camera, you can sive the device a couple of twists and, if you get a call you dor't want to answer, you ‘con just pick up the phone and place it back down again tosilence the ringer. aS Oats OnePtus 2, from £249 FEATURES toil) > eee PERFORMANCE cic’: TSEORISE tote VALUE FOR MONEY obicick: ino matter how slim. 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Ed 26 24 Aug- 6 Sept 2016Best Free Software EJ This fortnight’s top new software downloads to help you make the most of your PC, and they’re all FREE WINDOWS CUSTOMISER 8GadgetPack 20 Bgadgetpacknet Min requirements: Windows 84/10 Filesize: 19.708 ‘Windows 7 lets you add tloating gadgets such as clocks, calendars ana system ‘monitors to your Desktop. This feature was removed from Windows 8 onwards, but BGadgetPack restores it. There are more than 50 gadgets to choose from and 2 sidebar for keeping everything tidy. The latest version ensures that many of the ‘gadgets work in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, and it also fixes a bug that stopped you dragging and dropping fies to the Clipboarder gadaet in Windows 10. BROWSER TOOL Browser Chooser 2 browserchooser2.com Min requirements: Windows XP/_ Vista/7/2+/10 File size: 5148 Many people use different browsers for different situations. Chrome works best with Google Drive, for examplo, while Edge is tho default PDF reader in Windows 10. Browser Chooser lets you assign specific tasks to the browser of your choice. As well as letting you pick \Wwhich browser to use when you click links in cocuments, you can designate Certain sites to always open in a particular browser. WEB BROWSER | Opera 39 www.opera.com Min requirements: Windows xP/Vista/7 {84/10 File size: 940KB Cinstaller-only) pers doesn't get as much attention as Chrome or Firefox, but it's an excellent browser that's packed with uscful features. The latest stable release | reduces the memory used by each tab, fand acids customisable block lists to its new built-inad blocker. It also Introduces a revamiped video pop-out see page $1 for more about this. There's 2 new personalised newsreader F and improved search feature, too. BRecommend free downloads at wwwfacebook.com/webusermagazine DAT ae) d Photo Scan bit.ly/photoscan4o4 ‘Min requirements: Windows 8/10 Fle size: 3.268. Photo Scan isa free OCR (Optical Character Recognition) app that pulls text from photos. Load an Image and the app will prosent you with text to edit or copy. Cubiline bit.ly/cubllineso4 Min requirement Fle size: 90.9MB Cubiline is ike a game of Snake, except it takes place on a 3D cube. You have to guide your growing ‘roature across tha six sides, eating coloured blocks and avoiding your own tal Windows 84/10 Nonogram2. bit y/nonoaoa Min requirements: Windows 84/10 File size: 6.2ME, ‘Anonoaram isa picture-basec puzzle. Use the numbers at the side of the grid to reveal a hidden image, either by colouring in cells (or leaving them blank. This app offers more than 500 puzzles. 24 Aug- 6 Sept 2016 27Ey Best Free Software DEFRAG TOOL Vopt worwvopt.com Min requirements: Windows XP/ Vista/7/8+/10. File size: 3.5MB ‘The creator of this commercial defragmenter and cleanup tool recently passed away and, in accordance with his wishes, Vopt was made free. You need to download the registration file on the website and copy it to the program folder in Windows to unlock the software. ‘Ones installed, select a drive in the drop- down menu and the program will display its fragmentation state, You can defrag the driv, run a quick defrag or batch-defrag multiple drives in ene cor view the health of 2 drive: and run a cleanup of it. Bo warned that Vopt will defrag SSDs Golid-state drives) if given the chance, which is something best avoided oa Sens. BACKUP TOOL Duplicacy duplicacy.com Min requirements: Windows XP/ Vista/7/8#/10 and Mac OS X File size: 783 Duplicacy focuses on backing up your files, s0 youll always have an up-to-date copy of important personal data shoul disaster strike. To use the program, you just need to select the folder you want to back up (called the Repository) and a target location to save the backup to. This can be local, networked or cloud-based. Backups run every day on an hourly basis by default, but you can adjust the frequency if you want to back up more or less frequently ‘Only files that have changed will be backed up, and you ean choose to enerypt file contents, file paths, sizes and other details. 28 24 Aug- 6 Sept 2016 HARD-DRIVE MONITOR HDD Guardian bitIy/nddedoa Min requirements: Windows XP/Viste/7/8*+/10 Filesize: 2.78 ‘When your hard drive starts to fall, it can have catastrophic consequences. You might not be {able to boot into Windows and you risk losing important personal data. HDD Guarian ‘monitors your hard drives and SSDs by using their builtin SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis {and Reporting Technology) information, and will alort you at the fist signs of trouble, from impending failure to overheating components. Select a drive in the main left-hand panel of the interface to view details about it on the right. You ean also run a selection of tests to ‘check for potential problems. To alert you to any problems, HDD changes its system-tray icon to red ita device is failing,Best Free Software EJ Dae oc) AkelPad _ Notepad++ akelpad.sourceforge.net | notepad-plus-plus-org. Min requirements: Min requirements: Windows XP/Viste/7/84/10 Windows xP/Vista/7/8+/10 | File size: 4MB, File size: .2MB, Notepad++ is @ far superior alternative to the AkelPad isa simple standard Windows Notepad, and the ideal tool Notepad replacement but for writing code for a web page or more complex its features are very programming, Its tabbed interface works lust ike limited. It can open more a web browser, so vou can have several text les than one document at | open at once and switch easily betwoan them for time, but only ina separate / cutting, pasting and comparing. It's packed with os window. Unlike other, Useful tools including word count, auto-complete Sacramento similar tools, it doesn't ‘and decument maps, and can be expanded Via bitly/sacraao4 have atabbed Interface so optional add-ons, which can be downloaded for Itfeols ol¢-fashioned in| free from bit iy/npadd393 and installed using the comparison. thas agood = program's built-in plugin manager. selection of useful add-ons bul the software is very basic without them, Min requirements: Windows XP/ Vista/7/84/10 or Mac OS X File size: 728M Sacramento s a gentle and very short first-person exploration game that i al about capturing flosting memories before they fade. I's a calming ‘experience with some stunning watercelourstyle graphies and a relaxing soundtrack. But don't get too relaxed - you only have a short time to explore before you get pulled back to the start of the game again, a | DISC-AUTHORING ‘SOFTWARE BurnAware Free 9.3 www burnaware.com Min requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7/8+/10 File size: 9.4MB WINDOWS CUSTOMISER | Classic Shell 4.3 SYSTEM CLEANER Wise Disk Cleaner | Free 9.27 | www.wisecleaner.com | Min requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7/8+/10 File size: 4.88 ‘SYSTEM TOOL Windows Repair 3.9.7 worwtweaking.com Min requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7/8¢ le size: 27063 Classic Shell aives Windows 8+ and Windows 10 a Windows Repair can helo you fix all manner of PC problems. The latest version focuses on improving stability and trons out a bug that provented the program from being run from BurnAware Free writes to al Wise Disk Cleaner cleans ‘optical dses, including traditional Start menu and up after Windows and Blucrays. This update {adds 2 more familiar toolbar | internet use and removes Improves the way the anda status bar to Windows unwanted features. This program reads MPS tags and / Explorer. Thisnew release | update improves cache CD text, and reduces officially supports the cleaning in Chrome and processor usage during track | Windows 10 Anniversary | Opera, and gains minor networked drive.Italso | extraction. Besure to choose | Update and fixes problems interface improvements. fixes problem withthe — { the Custom installation to _! that were reported inthe | Decline the bundled junk Windows drive checker. { decline the bundled junk. | 4.2.7 peta. uring installation. AR ay BRecommend free downloads at wwwfacebook.com/webusermagazine 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 29f.J Best New Browser Tools A Silence noisy websites by default If you've ever jumped out of your skin when a loud online video started playing in the background, you ‘appreciate the latest improvements to the Chrome. extension MuteTab (bit y/mute 404), Previously, the add-on showed you which tab was making anoise so {you could silance it, but it new goes further by letting, you mute and unmute all tabs (or just background. tones) with a single click. You can create a blacklist of noisy sites, so they're muted by default; add other sites, such as music-streaming services, toa whitelist s0 they're never muted; and ensure that all tabs stay silont when you're browsing in incognito mode, MuteTab can also be controlled using keyboard shortcuts - go to chromer//extensions, click Sp oS "Keyboard shortcuts’ at the bottom of the page, serall ddown to the MuteTab section and choose which Keys You (a ali tab. ‘Want to activate the extension and mute and unmute tabs. hide Go incognito in one tab only Automatically Switching incognito mose in chrome Online comments taunly meanslaurchinga seperate Scmetiies online comments ars more (9 ony com ay aes rapeert acer noiy or laying abe Sy id simplify Twitter The mobile version of Twitter is not privato-browsing sossion that doosn’t store deals ofthe sites you vist, But you might only want to conceal detalls of a specific page = if, for example, you're looking for a present for someone or watching an embarrassing video - which is where Go Incognito Gbitly/incognito404) comes in. This new Chrome extension lets you open the current tab in an incognito window ‘and deletes all record of the page from your browsing history. To use Go Incognito, either click tne mask icon fon the toolbar to switch instantly to incognito mode or right-click the page and choose Go Incognito. Note that if you have the History option selected in your Chrome Syne settings, the page will romain visible in your history. etcse R Print Traneate to Engen View page source Ioapect 30 24 Aug 6 Sept 2016 Intoresting than the articles above thom, bbut they can also be offensive, idiotic, and distracting. NoComment (bity/ nocomment404) is a clever new Chrome extension that automatically hides the comments sections on news websites, blogs and socialemedia sites incluciing YouTube, Facebook and Reddit. You don't need to configure tnything, but youll instantly notice that the web seems a lot more peaceful I there are specific sites on which you want to see comments = perhaps you enjoy clicking the green and red arrows below Mail Online stories ~ you can add them to NoComment’s Allow List. Likewise, if unwanted comments Continue to appear on a particular site, you can place Tt on your Block List. {as crampod and fidally to use as the Desktop sito, and - as we reported in last issue's What’s New Online ~it has a new, dark ‘night mode’ that's much easier on the eve. Refined ‘Twitter (bit.\y/retined404) brings the best elements of Twitter from your phone or tablet to your PC or Mac, for 2 smoother, simpler ‘experience. When you visit the social networkin Chrome, it forces Twitter ‘to switch to its streamlined mobile version, without losing essential ‘eatures such as notifications, messages and search. Best of al, you can use keyocard shortcuts to perform common tasks ~ press N to ‘compose a new tweet, CtritEnter to post it and use D to togale night mode on and off.This fortnight’s most useful tips and add-ons most from Chrome, Firefox, Opera and more Find out what’s draining your memory (One of Chrome’s most useful tools is its Task Manager, wihich shows you atagiance which tabs are using the ‘most memory and processor power, 0 you can close the biggest resource hogs. Firefox doesn't offer an equivalent tool, other than its baffling aboutmemery’ and ‘about:performance’ pages, but you ‘can find out which tabs are draining your mamory by installing Tab Memory Usage (bit y/ tabmemory404), Click a tab and the adé-on displays a figure next to its toolbar button that tells you how much memory that page is consuming. Switch to ‘another tab and the memory figure wil update accordingly. It's not particularly sophisticated, but you can combine It with the excellent About:addons-memory 2016 (bit.ly/edelons404) to see how much memory your add-ons are using, too, Control your dawnload security settings Firefox 48, the last vorsion of tho browser, has beefed up its security settings in response to the fact that most malware is spread through dodgy downloads and infected websites. It des three new options to the Securtty section of the Options pane! to protect you from harmful content, The first, "Block dangerous and deceptive content’, warns you that the site you're Visiting may contain malware, try to ‘phish your details or feature Download buttons that trick you into instaling unwanted software. The second, ‘Block dangerous downloads’, intervenes when youeclick a link to a fle that contains a Virus or other malware. although you can override it by clicking ‘Allow download ‘The third and most interestina option is. "Warn me about unwanted and Luncommen software’, which tells you i 2 program you'te trying to download isn't recognised by Mozilla and could therefore contain manware of make Unwanted changes to your settings. All three options are turned on by i default, but - you canturn them off if you fina them Secuty ‘A Tell us your favourite add-ons at vwwfacebook.com/webusermagazine overzealous ort you tut your a tis eoteware to protect your PC. ft fcktonaly, when yout to download a dangerous or Suspicious file, 0 yellow or red exclamation mark appears next tothe Govmload arow on your toolbar Block adverts on video websites Nobody tikes havina their video viewing ruined by annoying ads that flash inthe corner of the page, Video AdBlocker (bit/ video 04) solves this problem by filtering ads from popular video sites including YouTubs and Dailymotion, but not other websites. This speeds Up loadina times, reduces data usace and ollminatos cstractions. The add-on gets rid of banners, overlays and pop-ups, and can be turned off using @ slider when you want to allow ads on a video nage. Video AdBocker is also available for Chrome (www.videoadblockernet) ands updated frequent to combat new forms of annoying ad. Best New Browser Tools EJ to help you get the Pe eT sits ‘Watch PI out QO veers paused and resumed with asingle click, ‘and you can) disable the feature it you don’t want it. ‘Opera claims that its users ireadly watch 842,000 hours of pop-out videos every month. a Block ads in Microsoft Edge One of the most welcome improvements in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update 15 the long-awaited introduction of extensions to the Edge browser. We suspect thet the most popular of these wil be ‘Adblock Plus for Edge (bit y/ ‘adblock404), which is already fone ofthe most installed add-ons for Chrome anc Firefox. [AS withthe version for those browsers, it blocks annoying adverts intrusive trackers and matware domains to give you smoother, cleaner ana safer online experience. Adblock Plus lows through acceptable, unobtrusive advertising tohelp support websites, unless you noose to block everythine. Abe Plasoc MirostE 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 31[8] Best Free Apps#@am App of the Fortnight Music MINI WORKSHOP Apple Music for Android Discover new music using bitiv/appiesoa Apple Music Min requirements: Android 4.3 Size: 33M3 Install and launch Apple Music. Tap Don’t Send te bleek tracking, then tap Sign tn if you're an Apple ‘Music member EI or Join Apple Music to create an account. ETap the £9.99 plan, then enter your Apple 1D or create one for free. ‘You havo to ontor payment details and verify two email addresses. Finally, sign into Apple Musi to discover some groovy tunes, ‘We know what you're thinking: What's the point? Thore are plonty of excellent ree Android apps that let you juggle music between your PC, phone, tablet and online accounts. Android users naven't ‘exactly baon twiddling their thumos in anticipation of Apple Music. But Apple needs Android - iTunes sno longer king and Appie doesn’t want to be left bbehind. So Apple Music, which is built into iOS and (On the screen that is finaly out of beta for Android, combines opens, build your taste the best ofits rivals - with great success. profile using blobs that Like Spotiy it focuses on ‘euratee’ streaming and the represent music stves ‘choles in content Is vast. There are more than $0 milion suchas Blues Hand 80s, songs, exclusive albums and videos, hand-picked playlists, Tap the ones you like to con-demand content and radio stations. Teach it your taste make them bigget, and in music. and itl offer tunes drawn from decades of chart _double-tap those you “love” and archive recoraings. tke drowning in 8 record shop. to make them realy big, and we mean that as high praise. You get three months of _—_Loni-tap those you disike Unlimited streaming completely tree; after that's £9.99 unt they disappear, and per month tap Reset if you wert to Like Google Play Music, Apple Music also lets you access _start again. El Tap Next 0 your music library across your devices for free. ithos to select artists in a similar plavoack settings tat Goosle wav, then tap Next when Play Muse is crying out youre done, for, such as an equaliser and repeat button, but no On the My Music screen pay-per-download option that opens, tap the This app deserves five stars, three-ine menu icon to butts sign-up process is 2 ‘open the sidebar menu. ‘quzomite that could cost you Tap For You to see artist, dear. You have to create an pleyiists and albums you ephonveen a ‘Apple ID, endl over your might like, Long-press one od payment details and then to.open options such as 7 disable automatic renewal in Download and ‘Add toa a... (Add ies Playlist...) yoursettings to avoid being Playlist... Tap your namo charged after three months. in the sidebar menu to er ‘As with Tunes, edit your tastes. To cancel | esr it's a decent too! blighted by Apple's heavy- handedness. Ourrating dokbok!: auto-renewal, tap your name, Manage Membership, ‘Subscription, then tap the slider next to Automatic Renewal GoMticad) 32 24 Aug- 6 Sept 2016Best Free Apps [fi] This fortnight's top free and paid-for apps for Android, iOS and Windows phones and tablets, and smart TVs TRAVEL Sidekix worw.getside kixcom Min requirements: ios? Size: 26.148 Ta ity-hopping becomes a pleasure with Sidekix, the urban-navigation app that's been updated to let you create itineraries in advance. Forget Iti you're off to the beach - Sidekix focusos on municipal hotspots, with a refreshing emphasis on getting ‘around by foot rather than car, and Is continually expanding its database ff more than 50 elties worldwie, You canalso use it to eiscover places ae distance of your current Jodo: location, then navigate to your destination via the ‘most ‘interesting’ route. Our rating EDUCATION TinyCards bit.iy/tiny4o4 Min requirements: iOS 8.2 Size: 176MB Like any self-respecting pop-culture classic, languages app Duelingo now has a spin-off. TinyCards is a kind of pan-learning version of Duolinge, which featured In last issue's round-up of the 50 best free apps ever, Like its older sibling, TinyCards is the teacher you always wished you had at school. It works with your brain rather than against it SOCIAL Thinga.me thinga me Min requirements: los Size: 5OMB Create a digital scrapbook using the latest free tool from Microsoft Garage. Thinga.mo isa litte the Pinterest, but it's for archiving items in your life instead ‘of photos: your garden plants, your collection of Star Wars toys, your kids! fr grandkids’ artwork, even the junk in your loft - i's totally up to you. You can Use @ variety of fun backgrounds and labels to mount your collection, and have them displayed on Thinga. me's Showcase page. At the time of writing, the app is in beta, and you need to sign up for before downloading Get inspiration from thinga.me/showcase. Our rating turning learning into a gamo ~ and it really works. You can mastor thousands of topics, from the periodic table to the countries of Africa, by progressing through interactive challenges using multiple-choice quizzes and animated flashcards. Challenges are based on educational psychology techniques, such as ‘spaced repetition’. and incorporate lovely details such as a ‘memory bar' (similar toa battery-life icon) that you strive to keep topped up. Sadly, it's IOS-only, for now, Our rating kkk ERecommend free phone apps at www.facebook.com/webusermagazine Ee els bit.y/tyaos Min requirements: Size: 3.6Ma Flytube lets you play YouTube videos in the corner of your Android screen while ‘you're using another apo, so you can ‘chock Facabook while you're playing ‘a music video or write a WhatsApp message about «clip you're watching in the YouTube app (which you'll need to download separately: bit Iy/tube404), It'sa lightweight and etticient third- party app that complies with YouTube's T&Cs, a io} notably the rule that ft the video window must always be on top. Our rating la ea GUIDE TO ANDROID ‘Our updated Android MagBook is packed with 148 pages of apps, workshops and. advice to uniock the ‘ull potential of your tablet and phone, Discover how ta: ‘¢ Master new tools in Lollipop ‘and Marshmallow ‘¢ Stop apps leaking your personal date ‘© Record anything on your phone ‘and tablet ‘© Provent updates from wrecking your device ‘¢ Remove hidden junk so it never ‘comes back ‘© Switch from iOS without losing data Order it now from Amazon at bitly/defguidetoandroid 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 33[@ Best Free Apps EMAIL ART ro Polymail Google Arts & Culture polymallio _ bitiy/artsdroidéod Min requirements:105 6.2 oFSreene | | pittyarteloeaoe Size: 40.5M3 [fl seen, Minreqtremens: nce 4405 9 Size: Varies by device (Android, Fans of Dropbox's excellent but one iS 28MB (IOS) defunct Malbox, rejoice; this third= party email app is a worthy = Google's wonderful museum app finally. Teplacement, despite lacking an A | works in landscape format on iPad. ‘Android version. Link t to your ‘ith that oversight fixed, it's a must- Gmail and iCloud accounts and get Cas | have for anyone who longs to flit from. all the features you wish they offered | gallery to gallery across the world. You natively: email tracking, so you know whan a message | can virtually explore more than 1,000 museums across 70 has been read; scheduled sending; the option to archive Countries using 360-degree panoramas, or in VR (virtual fa message by pressing Enter; and a snodze button for realty) if you have a Google Cardboard headset. Search messages you want to come back to Like Gmail, for artefacts, scroll through the history of art and Iealgo lets you uncend’ amessage tyounave [EYRAIE] browse by artist or even colour ifyoure everin HE] sender's romorte, as long as you're quick. (talco Aad South London, use the new Art Recogniser too! f Supports tne business-ocused Google Apps toldenti'y paintings at Dulwich Picture Gallery. email service (apps. google co.uk) More galleries will be addled soon, Our rating toto Ourrating Jott 6 NEW APPS WORTH PAYING FOR wv ‘Stream any game trom your PC to your Android phone Serist Cr tablet using this powerful app, which then converts bit ly/seristaoa the stream into 30 for the full immersive experience. Min requirements: iOS 91 1's compatible with any PC game and any VR headset, Size: 36.2MB Price: £2.49 including Google Cardboard. ATY app that doesn't let you watch TY but sill costs over two quid? MEASUREMENTS ‘Actually, this tlly to-do too! is great, VisualRuler Bulld a feed of programmes you want bitly/visualeoa to watch and get notified when new ‘episodes are coming ur. Your bank card and driving licence Foop are the same size - card sized ~ s0 CanleatThis this app uses them as a reference. bit.iy/caniaoa Take a photo of anything next to Min requirements: Android 4.4 Size: 4.3MB Pree: 59p Use your device's camera to scan the barcode of a food Item, or soarch for a product, and this app will tell you what ingredients, calories and allergens it Swift Chess contains. It also lets you find shops and bitly/ehess404 restaurants nearby thet sell and serve sultable grub. Min requirements: Size: 3.5MB Price: £1.99 As classic as Somni VR Is futuristic, this excellent new app is packed with more than 17,000 five-minute cchess challenges for all abilities, from beginner to grand master. Includes 2 10-module course for learning chess. your card, and this app felis you the object's measurements. No card details are stored GAME GAMES ‘Somni VR Min requirements: Android 403 Size: 8.1MB Price: £4.99 ‘Serist CanitatThis SomiVR aye BE oxo pest ake iat 34 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016VIDEO Vimeo bit-ly/vimeodroid4o4 bitly/vimeoios404 Min requirements: Android 4.1, iOS 8 Size: 15MB (Android), 29. 8M3 (/OS) ‘The ad-free, HD video-sharine service has updated its mobile apps with some. wolcome improvements that make it Quicker and easier to.use, The Android version now displays a search option fon every page, not just on the main sereans, and there are more filters to help you tind the perfect video to watch. You can navigate sections smoothly by swiping between tabs on the home screen, and share your own videos instantly by tapping the new Upload button at the top. On IOS, you an now tap any Vimeo link on 3 wob page to open it in the app, and both versions speed up loading times to make “spinners” a thing of the past: a) Best New TV Apps TV 6 FILM Now TV bit.ly/nowtvaroid404 bit ly/nowtvios4oa Min requirements: Android 4, 108 & Size: 21MA (Android), 45.8MB (OS) Sky's pay-as-you go entertainment service is getting better anc better, with loads of great TV shows and films to watch on demand, as well as live streaming of Sky chennels. The latest Update to the Now TV mobile apps makes it easier to binge-watch your favourite television series, without needing to go back to the main list to manually select the next episode. ‘As with Netflix, as soon as you've finished watching one episode, the following instalment will start playing ‘automatically. Now TV even tolls you how long is loft until the next episode ‘expires’ from the service, o you don't Best Free Apps [fi] EDUCATION TED bitly/teddroidao4 ly/tedios4oa Min requirements: Android 3,108 9 Size: 1468 (Android), 61MB (10S) Ityou fancy watching something ceredral on your ohone or tabi new TED app Is your brainy friend, Redesigned and rebuilt "from the ‘ground up", it lets you browse, stream and download more than 2,000 talks from the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) library, either on your mobile device lor your TV via a Chromecast. Notable improvements include the ability to watch videos in landscape mode; curated playlists organised by topic; and simpler, fastor navigation. ‘As woll as talks by “remarkable people, you get episodes of the TED Radio Hour podcast - and all the content is completely free Pra el) Barking Dog Sounds bitiy/barkingoa We love deat, but we're baffis by he attraction ofthis app, which rounds up the noises they maka, There are more than 50 types of dog sounds, inclucing barking, howling, whining and growing, trom breeds such as Doberman, Rottweiler, German ‘Shepherd, ish Setter end ‘small angry dog’. According to the app descrintion, your doe, cator thar animal wl surely react on [sie] some of these sounds" presumably by tearing your phone to shreds. Frecommend free TV apps at www.facebook.com/webusermagazine risk missing it. Signing inte the app has also been made easier Relax Rain bitiy/rainao4 ‘Min requirements: Android 2.3 ‘Size: 26MB, Is been a pretty dry summer for most of the UK (sorry, Scotiand), but I you're missing the relaxing sound of precipitation then this is the perfect ‘app for you. Relax Rain offers more then 30 rain sounds, which you ean combine with thunder effects and ‘music to echieve the perfect pitter- ppattor soundtrack for sleeping, ‘meditation and concantration, or to soothe tinnitus. The app can run in the background and its options include ‘rainy night with crickets, ‘under the umbrella, ‘puddles in the countryside, light rain on the windshield’ and ‘bungalow in the forest’. Best Of all, there's no risk of flooding! 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2015 35Everything you need to know about the most interesting new technology trends and events C2) FAQ sexe TV licence changes The rules for watching TV shows on BBC iPlayer are changing. David Crookes explains why you now need to cough up for catch-up What is happening? From September. anyone who wants to watch BBC programmes on catch-up Using the corporation’ Player service a1 3 PR Cul Rat) WHAT YOU MUST =) ele ae) RS Prevent the worst of the web LTE oo Rect) Access the web offline COVER FEATURE PLAY CHROME’S OFFLINE GAME TRAVEL f (> 19 Set oftine Hainan Tools such as Google Translate land Microsoft Translator help you Understand words and sentences written in different languages, which makes thom a IMresaver when you're travelling abroad and much more convenient than traditional phrase ‘books. Although these tools are designed to be used online, they both offer offline support in their mobile ‘pps for IOS and Android. Google's app Coit. lv/transtate404) can translate between 52 languages in offline mode (compared to 103 when online), and Microsoft Translator (ot y/ transator40d), which is also available for Windows Phone, lets you download the required offline pack(s) before you set off on your travels. There are 44 packs to choose from, including Croatian, Japanese and Urdu. ‘Download language ‘packs to use offine when you g0.en holiday ‘When you try to access a web page in Chrome without an internet connection, you'll get an ‘Unable to E connect’ message with a dinosaur above it. Click this ~0r tap tf you're using a mobile device - to start playing a secret offiine game. Pres the Space bar or tap your screen to make the dinosaur leap over the cacti in its path. The longer the dinosaur runs for, the E faster it gets and the more points you score, but watch ‘out for the pterodactyl when you reach 500 pointst on sale Wednesday 7 September 2016 ¥ He | ZO grees Seas ) Maps offline If you're heading off to a location that has patchy mobile internet (parts of the Lake District or the ‘wilds of northern Ezz Scotland, for example), you should consider downloading maps to your phone in ‘advance while connected to sos Wi-Fi. Google recently updated its Maps app for ‘Android and iOS oitiv/maps404) | cok to provide turn-by- turn navigation on offline maps. When Download Google the app senses ‘Maps to navigate ‘while offline pateny or non- ‘existent connectivity, it automatically switches to offline mode, then back to full mede when you go online again, To download mans in advance, go to the ‘area you want to explore, open the app menu, go to ‘Offline areas’ and tap the plus symbol to downicad the rolovant section of the map. PLUS... (BEST FREE MOBILE VPNS ‘Access blocked content fon your phone or tablet ‘O FORGET YOUR PASSWORDS |Log into sites and services ‘without typing anything © DOWNLOAD ANY VIDEO Fastest ever way to grab and convert from YouTube ‘SUBSCRIBE TO WEB USER AT SUBSCRIBE.WEBUSER.CO.UK 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 43ree orrent ools BitTorrent has plenty of excellent, legal uses, so don’t be put off using it. Rob Beattie compares the top torrent software for downloading videos, music and more uTorrent Free | www.utorrent.com | aka What we il Dospite some rocent ‘bumps in the road ~ such {as rumours about Bitcoin mining and being bundled with unwanted extra software - uTorrent rightly remains a firm favourite, thanks to its handy features, small size (Ground 13MB compared with 22MB for Deluge and 26MB for aBittorrent), and {an interface that looks positively ‘glamorous when compared with the other tools we've roviewed hore. We particularly Ike the functionality of the Download dialogue box, which lets you rename a torrent, direct it to specitic folder, automatically create a subfolder and select specific items Inside the torrent to download. Usefully, UTorrent includes @ built-in media player; offers encryption so that nobody (not even your ISP) can see what you're downloading: and has the ability to ‘force’ atorrent to start if It's stuck - Deluge has something similar but it's tucked away. It also has a simple, global scheduler that's similar to Deluge's and much more intuitive than qBittorrent’s. The program is equally competent at downloading ‘proper’ torrents and ‘magnet links, and it supports RSS subscriptions for automatic downloads 44 24 Aug -6 Sept 2016 FEATURES tobi PERFORMANCE tobi EASE OF USE toe = It also displays @ pop-up in the Notification area when a torrent nas finished downloading, in case you want to manually stop it seeding, The free version is ad-supported, which you may find annoying, but we think the combination of features and performance makes uTorront worth a few adverts; and if you really can’t stand them, $4.95 (£3.72) a year is a small price to pay to remove them How it can be improved: You can no longer search from inside the program and, as mentioned above, you have to pay to remove the adverts, More sophisticated scheduling would be welcome, as would the much-promisea 10S app for controling uTorrent from ‘your Apple device. OUR VERDICT ‘The features offored by uTorrent fant that different from the other services in this test, but the software feels more polished and complete If you're new to torrents, it can be run without any configuration, but ‘advanced users will find plenty of tools to enhance thelr experience.Deluge | dev.deluge-torrent.org | toca A FEATURES sobikk PERFORMANCE ohh EASE OF USE dott: What we liked: ‘As with uTorrent, ‘a beginner can use Deluge immediately without having to fiddle with settings. But if you're an experienced user, it has more plugins than any of the ‘other clients reviewed here, s0 you can transform it into a sophisticated BitTorrent cliont/manager/lbrary application The Plugins manager displays eight oxtras ~ including a Scheduler that works like uTorrent's and is more straightforward than qBittorrent’s ~ and there are dozens more available. OF the available plugins, our favourites are Extractor, which extracts many kinds of ‘compressed files; and Label, which lets you assign custom actions to torrents Deluge supports the same level of encryption as uTorrent, understands ‘magnet links’ and isn’t encumbered by bloatware or ads, so the interface is rofroshinaly clean. This extends to the controls in the notification area that let you pause torrents, and even change the upload and download speed limits How it can be improved: The interface could do with a polish {and the initial download ‘experience’ is pretty basic -it's just a directory, with no builtin search. We found the Extractor plugin abit unpredictable in Windows 10, and Deluge doesn't provide an easy way to control it from ‘a mobile device. OUR VERDICT | Deluge was pushed into second | position because accessing the ‘advanced features meant delving Into areas that some users may find overly technical. Close call, though. gBittorrent | www.gbittorrent.org | dodcaro What we liked: This open-source alternative to uTorrent is ‘ad-free and althoush it doesn't have a builtin media player, you can preview files using Windows Media Player, which isa step up from both uTorront and Deluge. Like uTorrent and Deluge, qBittorrent has three levels of encryption - ‘prefer, ‘require’ and ‘disable’ It offers scheduling of sorts, but this is more to do with throttling upload and download speeds between certain hours of the day. By default, it also supports RSS subs and magnet links ~ just go to Tools, Options, Behaviour and scroll down to ‘make sure the latter option is turned on, ‘There are lots of interesting plugins for qBittorrent but these are distributed via Github (a sort of programmer's playground) and can be fiddly to install ‘The online FAG, on the other hand. is easy to understand and provides answers to wealth of torrent related {questions - mostly in jargon-free plain English. FEATURES dott PERFORMANCE hk EASE OF USE debt: How it can be improve: Deluge i bigger and slower than Lforret. its interface is cld fashioned = Itineludes some rather weird $0 icons and you have to install Python if you want to use the builtin search engine Also, previewing @ torrent with the builtin media player isa bit flaky. | QUR VERDICT ‘Our top three tools are all excellent, but qBittorrent lags a little behind the others because it's not as lightweight or attractive, and the | way some features are implemented Is unnecessarily techy. Foiscuss torrenting tools at forumwebuser.co.uk Free torrent tools BEST OF THE REST Transmission-gt Win www.transmissionbt.com Beloved by OS X users and now available for Windows, Transmission ‘would easily make the top three for its fast performance and simplicity, but it struggles with very large ‘les and there have been roports of a worrying memory leak if you leave it running in the background for along time, Rumours of an updated version are circulating though, 50 watch this space, Tixati wwwe.tixatl.com There's plenty to lke about this lightweight torrent client, including speedy installation and good ‘bandwiath-management features. However, Its terrible Elghties-style Interface makes ita real eyesore That said, you may find it looks pleasingly retro, and the software is ‘certainly technically sound and free of adverts and bundled junk. Frostwire www frostwire.com This torrent client also includes ‘900d library features and 2 sophisticated media player. Unfortunately all that functionality comes at a price ~ the software's footprint is a whopping 130MB, even, when it's idle, and its startup siows toa crawl asit loads components and ‘builds’ its interface. t's a decent too! but probably too heavy for most users’ requirements. 24 Aug-6 Sept 2016 45Keepy off the web Are you tired of being tagged, identified and gawked at online? Edward Munn reveals how to regain control of your public image STOP PEOPLE TAGGING YOU IN PHOTOS Facebook Most of us have experienced a sonco of dread after receiving a notification that ‘so-and-so has tagged you in a photo on Facebook’ (ther than wearing @ bag on your head, the only way to guarantee that your face doesn't appear Se fon the internet isto avoid being photographed, But there are measures you can take to make sure that your timeline isn't Plagued by images you're not fond of, To access Facebook's tagging settings, click the down arrow in the top-right comer of any Facebook page, select Settings and choose ‘Timeline and Tagging. You will see the option to ‘Review posts that friends tag you in before they appear on your timeline?” Click Est and select Enabled. Now, Whenever someone tags you Ina picture, you'll receive a notification and be elven the option to ‘Add to timeline! or Hide. Note that this only affects what's allowed on your own timeline ‘and thet posts you're tagged in can still appeer elsewhere on Facebook. Further down the page, you'll see the ‘option, ‘Whe can see posts you've baen tagged in on your timeline? Click Et and select Only Me if you want to prevent tagged photos appearing here. Ityou're ever unsure about how your profile appears, you can click ‘Review \what other people see on your timeline from this page or select the three-dot 46 24 Aug- 6 sept 2016 button and View As from your cover photo. By default, your profile appears {36 it would to the gonoral public, but you can select 'View as Specific Person’ tend enter the name of a friend to Understand how much they can see I'you want to remove a tagged phete trom your timeline retrospectively, click Photos then ‘Photos of You" select the ‘offending item and ‘lick ‘Hidden from ‘timeline" in the drop-down menu. Alternatively, you ‘can remove the tag altogether so that people who see the photo elsewhere don't know that it's you) by clicking Options and Remove Tag. If the image is offensive and you think it should bbe removed, you can use the Report Photo option in this menu. You can also prevent your profile photo from appearing in Google searches, so that people who search for your name can't see what you look like. Go to Settings, Privacy and in the ‘Who can lock me up? section, ensure the option ‘Do you want other search fengines to link to your Timeline? is set to Off, Instagram By default, photos you're tagged in on instegram appeet fon your profile, but you can easily change this by selecting ‘Photos of You" tapping the three-dot button and Tagging Options and selecting Add Manually. Now. when someone tags you, youll receive a notification saying Xtooks photo of you Tap the photo and then your ‘and you ean activate the smith for “Keep in Photos of You" if you want ito appear ‘on your profile. You can use the same method to romove proviously taggod. pphotos from your profile too, obviously turning the switch off instead of on. If you want to remove a tag completely, there's also a Remove Tag button in the same menu, Twitter ‘Twitter was the last of the social networks to give users the option to tag people in a photo, Dut I's also the most public site, which makes your face being identified a real privacy concern. To stop yourself being tagged by people, click Settings and then ‘Security and privacy’. By default, ‘Twitter's settings let anyone tag you ina photo, but you can choose to only allow tagging by people who you follow, ‘or you can stop tagging altogether.® public forum but don't want to reveal (or family), there are several online tools that automatically blur faces in your pictures. Lunapic (bit Iy/lunapic404) is one of the best free options. Simply click Draw and Blur Faces and either upload ‘an image or open it from its URL. The blurring process happens instantly anc ‘aren't as comprehensive as Lunapie’s CREATE A FAKE PROFILE PICTURE You canhide almost everything from public view on your Facebook account, with the excoption of your profile picture. However, that doesn't mean that your face needs to plastered all over the social network for everyone to see. Instead, why net create an avatar that represents you without explicitly revealing your identity? You could try using # service like Bitmoil (formerly Bitstrips), which was recently acquired by Snapchat. It's available on Android (bit!y/bitmojia404) and iOS (bit.1y/bitmofi404), and as an app for Google Chrome Gbity/bitmojic4O4). Once you've created an avatar, you can choose from a number of entertaining and topical Bitmojito send in Gmail, Messenger and Slack, or use however you like It this all sounds like too much effort. you could simply use ane of your own photos of a pet, object or landscape as your profile picture to prevent strangers seeing what you look ike. BLUR YOUR FACE IN YOUTUBE VIDEOS If you want to upload a video to YouTube for the hole world to sae but you don’t want to reveal your identity, why not Use the site's built-in ‘ace-blurring tools? Simply upload and open the video that you want to edit (while logged into the ‘appropriate Google ‘account, than click tne Enhancements wand below it. On the page that loads, select ‘Blurring effects! and click Apply next to ‘Blur faces! You can watch preview of the video with the effect applied (move the vertical slider to switch between the original video and the preview) and, once you're happy. click Save {0 update the video. If you'd rather just control who sees the video, click the Info 4& Settings tab and choose Unlisted from the drop-down menu so that only people ‘who you share the link with can find the listing, ‘Foiscuss online privacy at forumwebuser.co.uk your identity (or the faces of your friends you can then continue to make tweaks to the image or export it in a number of formats (including JPEG, TIFF and PDF) by clicking File and Save Image. FacePixelizer (www-facepinelizer com) is anoth: tool that gives you more control of the extent of the blurring, but its editing tools, [Facebook launched its photo- recognition E points is Keep your face off the web a Te Ne ety IF you're uploading a picture to Twitter or is free WILL FACEBOOK OFFER FACIAL RECOGNITION IN THE UK? sharing app Moments cbit\y/ moments404) in the UK in June, but you'd be forgiven ‘or not having heard about It. Its ‘underwhelming launch can in part be blamed on the fact that the app. lacks the groundbreaking facial technology ofits US (0e3es | the States, one of the app’s main that It makes itmuch quicker and ‘easier for you to share your photes with other People at the same ‘event by automatically identitying {and tagging the users in your snaps. Thanks to a long-running argument with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner about whether the technology is legal in the EU, however, Moments has not Introduced the featur in Europe, meaning you still need to tag ‘everyone manually. This is good news for anyone worried about privacy, but now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, we could see such technology introduced here in the near future. 24 Aug - 6 Sept 2016 476a" 6'2" 60" 52" NW oltur-Malelalinic no) aa" at least. Robert ! QM Netayin Last year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced “one of the biggest tax crackdowns in history” cbt. ) to target individuals and businesses who dan't pay tax (on sales they make through eBay. ‘Amazon, Etsy, Aironb and other online ‘marketplaces. New powers allow HMRC to bulk-collect data from these sites to identify users who fail to declare the income they make via the web, which is, said to cost the taxman billions of pounds every yaar. HMRC than ‘compares names, addresses and revenues with tax returns filed, soit can pursue those who haven't pei. I you earn more than £1,000 per year from eBay, you need to tell he taxman Before you panic about that tenner you made on 2 1968 Beano annual, note that you'll need to earn a significant ‘amount and be suspected of acting as a ‘trader’ before HMRC comes after you. You only need to pay tax on earnings that exceed your tax-froe personal allowance, which is £1,000 for 2016417 Additionaly, in George Osborne's final budget in Apri, the then-Chancellor announced that from April next year so-called ‘micro-entrepeneurs’ won't need to declare or pay tax on the frst £1,000 they earn each year from an online source, 48 24 Aug- 6 sept 2016 ut a common cee — Pat Ke) Cec oe = Wrreiare ae Recs) Penile) of getting caug' — un i cele breaking he law online? | - in the eyes of the aoe era moe Yes. IF you make alot of transactions through eBay or another marketolace {and don’t tol tho taxman what you arn, you will land yourself in trouble, Make sure you provide the details in the ‘Other income’ seetion of your tax return. It you gross less than £1,000 8 year, you don’t need to worry 7) Sharing your Netflix password Suppose a friend has heard about 8 reat new series on Netti, but they dorrt foal like commiting oa monthiy tubseription to the streaming service You could ust tend" them your password ight? Well no, wrong. because such unauthorised login loaning int just frovmed upon by Notfli buti strictly forbidden by its terms and conditions ¢bitiy/netix4©4), uihich state "The Account Owner should not reveal the password associated witn the account to anyone”. Indeec. in July the US Ninth Circut Court ot Appeals ruled tnat sharing your password for Netflix = or any otter prosecutable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act city/ Altnough tne ruling doess't apely to the UK, you could stil be jeopardising your account In the US, its now illegal to share your INetfi password with other people Will you get caught? Possioly. Although Netflix might not question why you've suddenly switchea from watching gritty prison dramas to rom-coms, it could detect that someone is accessing your account from @ different IP address. Perhaps suggest that your friend sign up for Netfix’s tree ‘one-month trial instead? When you discover a nearby Wi-Fi network that doesn't reauire a password, i's tempting to jump straight Con and make the most of a fast, free internet connection that wan't eat into your monthly data limit. But ‘plagybacking’ that unsecured network Isn't only dangerous - leaving you open to malware infection and data theft - but also legal. According to section 125 of the Communications Act 2003 (bit Iy/ 104), "a person who dishonestly ‘obtains an electronic communications serviee, and does 0 with intent to avoid payment of a charge applicable to the provision of that serviee, is guilty of an ey 2 Connecting to an unsecured Wi-Fi network is both dangerous and ilegal——— 6'4" 62" 60" s'8” 56” sa" 52" 50" 48" offence” So bear that in mind, before you go hopping on a hotspot, you hos! Will you get caught? Yes, probably. Free tools such as Wireless Network Watcher (vw. hirsoft.nat/utis) reveal exnetly who's connecting to a Wi-Fi network, along with their IP address. It seems unlialy that someone careless enough to leave their network open would know of such fa tool, But don't take the risk! OF Creating a fake online identity ‘Thare's ne harm in using a made-up name and email address to sign up toa Website ~ it's» greet way to avoid being pestered by marketing messages. However. it you go further by creating a fake online profile, which you then use to fool websites anc other people, then you're stepping into murkier waters and could be accused of committing fraud. Facebook makes clear nits legal terms ¢bitiy/terms404) that “you will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself, and encourages users to report profiles thet pretend to be another individual or company. This is more a breach of terms then a crime, but if you use a social- media account to ‘trl someone that is, deliberately set out to provoke or ‘upset them - then yau will be breaking the law. Earlier this year, the BBC reported (bit.y/trolls40.4) that lawyers in England and Wales are boing advised by the CPS to prosecute trolls who use fake online profiles te harass others. ‘his includes creating fake accounts and websites in their victims’ names, which the CPS says “may amount to an offence, such as grossly offensive ‘communication or harassmont Using a fake online profile to “trol someone ls now 9 criminal offence Will you get caught? Hopefully, yes, it you're going the troll route, although we doubt that applies to many Web User readers. If you provide fake details to procure a product or service, then you're also likely to be nabbed. But registering for a website Under a pseudonym wilharaly get the rozzers beating down your door. Using a VPN to watch US TV Virtual private networks contradict the old maxim ‘and Bananarama sona) that ‘it aln’t what you co, t's the way that you do it”, Because the tools themselves are perfectly legal - i's what you do with them that might land you in trouble. Many businesses insist that their employees use VPNs when working remotely, to provant data from being stolon, and most security-software firms now offer their own VPN tools Nonetheless that doesn’t make it legit to use a VPN to access services that aren't supposes'to be available in tne UK, Fooling a serviee into believing you're in the US, so you can stream and download fms and TV shows that are only licensed to be shown in that country, is breach of copyright. That's why Netflix recently clamped down on people using VPNs to Bypass regional restrictions and why US TV-strearning site Huly (ww hull com) wort let you ppast when you visit from the UK. Even ‘BBC iPlayer now blocks VPNs. to the dismay of ex-pats who want to catch uo on episodes of Bargain Hunt. [t's not ilegal to use a VPN but accessing US services may breach copyright Foiscuss online legal restrictions at forum.webuser.co.uk Breaking the law Will you get caught? Technically, you could face legal action from the rights holder for trying to ‘access restricted content but in reality, {you'll probably just be kicked off the service with a warning. That said, heavy downloading of copyrighted material Using a torrent tool, for example, may wellattract legal attention, ®© Uploading copyrighted material Have you ever used a well-known song 2s the soundtrack to a home movie? Or found 3 cute photo of cat that you then shared on Facebook? if so, you may have broken UK copyright low. I's against the law to use copyright: protected music without permission from the copyright holder and the same rules apply to photos, video and text. Even reusing an image from a Google search could get you in trouble. YouTube tries to dissuade you from using copyrighted music in videos by providing a huge library of licensed songs and sound effects Geww youtube cam/audiolorary) Choose from YouTube's audio Nbrary rather than using copyrighted songs Will you get caught? Yes, it's very likely. Although rights holders are not generally concerned ‘about private use of their work, sharing it oniine means you are making aveilable’ copyright protected content, which then becomes a civil matter and ‘could result in a heavy fine. Watching iPlayer without s TV" icence As we explain in our FAG this issue, changes to TV-licensing legislation mean that from September, you |B | eB will require a TV licence to watch catch-up shows on BBC. |Player. Previously, you only needed one: to watch and record live broadcasts through the service. Will you get caught? ‘Yes, unless you turn to page 36 right now! 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