Yohan Perera from Colombo, Sri Lanka writes about Cyber Security, E-Commerce, Social Issues, Family and Relationships, Current Affairs, and Religion
In my previous blog post, “Social Media is the New Face of Porn” I discussed in detail how pornographers cleverly use social media platforms as vehicles to distribute and promote pornography to a wider audience. Social media has become an effective carrier that allows them to reach people more easily and covertly than ever before….
On February 6th, 2021 many users’ traffic to GOOGLE.LK and a few other websites under the LK Domain Registry redirected to a propaganda page in what seemed to be the work of hacktivists. The page drew attention to several contemporary national issues. Although the media reported the websites themselves have been hacked, the hackers had…
Signal and Telegram have become the world’s hottest apps over the last week, because of the growing anxiety over privacy concerns emerging from Facebook’s updates to WhatsApp’s privacy policy. This move by the Social Media Giant caused a mass exodus as millions of alarmed WhatsApp users switched to Signal and Telegram. [Users in Europe are…
I first began using Dialog products in the year 2012 when I subscribed to their Dialog TV Pearl Plan. That marked the beginning of a long journey with Dialog Axiata. Within a few months of enjoying the service and its value, I added two more Dialog TV subscriptions to my household. Later that same year,…
Someone said he had to work hard to find porn when he was a kid, but kids today have to work hard to stop porn from finding them. Today I want to share how Pornographers push pornography and nudity through Social Media by overrunning Facebook and Instagram with porn and other sexually charged images or…
I bent over to tie my shoe. When I stood back up, a guy shouted, “Really liked it better when you were bent over, sweetheart!” I was 14. (Anonymous Victim of Street Harassment). Here’s a statement by just one of the countless women who face harassment in the streets at the hands of men like…
In my previous post titled “Don’t Waste Your Lonely Christmas,” I reflected on four simple yet meaningful things I did to turn what could have been a difficult, lonely Christmas into a deeply memorable and fulfilling experience. The feedback I received warmed my heart, and many of you shared your own stories, reminding me that…
I admit that my user experience with macOS and the MacBook Air is far superior compared to Windows as well as Toshiba, HP, and Dell. However, if there’s one software application that I cannot replace, that would be the Microsoft Office Suite. The UI and UX in Apple’s Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are light years…
In “Microsoft Office 365 Lifetime Subscription?” I issued a strong warning against falling for the so-called lifetime subscriptions being sold for Microsoft Office 365—a product that, by design, is subscription-based and never sold as a one-time lifetime purchase. Today, I feel compelled to bring your attention to yet another online scam that has been gaining…
I work in a leading Christian church in the bustling city of Colombo. This role often requires sacrificing personal time, including spending Christmas Eve with my family in Nuwara Eliya, a 5–8-hour drive away. It was a compromise I gladly made back then because I had my wife by my side, making the season special….
