Digital Matters Articles

No show for DM at “Meet the Groups”

Published 3rd October 2025

This is just a short post to let you know that Digital Matters will not be present at “Meet the Groups” on October 14th. This is not because we can’t be bothered, it’s just because we have got a large membership already and don’t need to recruit new members! Happy days you might think! We’re […]

How much privacy do I want/need?

Published 30th March 2025

What a question! Total of course might be the first answer, but is it actually the right one. It’s an entirely personal choice, and you have to weigh up how much you want to share of yourself online, how much personal information you need to share online, and how to secure that which you have […]

AI – it’s all the rage

Published 9th February 2024

It was less than 12 months ago that the Computer Group (as it was then) had a session looking at the emerging technology of Large Learning Models (LLM) and in particular Chat-GPT and Dall-E from Open AI. A report of that meeting appeared on this website. We also debated the topic in September, an experience […]

Scams – Part 1

Published 15th January 2024

If you watched Rip Off Britain on January 15th [Episode 35 of Series 15 at c. 29mins 45secs into the programme] you will see an expert describe the Scam that one of our members has experienced recently and which has led me to write this post which may well be the first of a number […]

Autumn cleaning – maintenance

Published 10th October 2023

First, an overview This article from Norton is as good as any at summarising what you should do by way of maintenance – regular tasks that will make your machine run smoother, and possibly faster. Backups There are built-in options supplied for both Windows and MacOS – there’s no real reason to look beyond these. This table(for Windows 10) shows the different […]