Mark Lyndersay

Mark Lyndersay is a writer and photographer based in Trinidad and Tobago. He wrote 1,800 editorial leaders for Guardian Media Limited between 2001 and 2016 and now provides leaders for the T&T Newsday. He writes features and reviews for several publications. His column, BitDepth has examined personal technology issues continuously over the last 27 years. As a photographer, he divides his time between commercial assignments, editorial photography, annual reports and personal projects like Local Lives, which examines the backstory of life and culture in Trinidad and Tobago.

The holiday romance scam

Above: Image by Peshkov/DepositPhotos BitDepth#1386 for December 26, 2022 The evolution of romance and relationship related con artistry online has been a long one. Indeed, the so-called...

After Twitter

Mastodon is the old man in the room, founded in 2016 by Eugen Rochko. Other Twitter alternatives are even more recent.

The 2022 Christmas tech gift advisory

The Thunderbolt 4 standard rolls everything that's gone before in both the USB and Thunderbolt standards into a single cable.

TT drops in Network Readiness Index

Trinidad and Tobago is first among populations covered by 3G mobile networks with a perfect score of 100.

The cyberkill chain and how to break it

Once malware is in the system, it establishes a connection to the infiltrator's computer and transmits information gathered from its initial beachhead.

A blitzkrieg of ransomware

"While the default position is to refuse paying to release data encrypted in a ransomware attack, globally, 38 per cent of organisations who suffered such attacks paid up."

One watch to rule them all?

The smartwatch is IP68 rated, which is resistance to a depth of 1.5 metres for 30 minutes. The Watch 5 is also rated as water resistant to a depth of five atmospheres.

Adventures in Ventura

On several occasions, I couldn't find what I was looking for in System Settings, which replaces System Preferences and had to use the search function like a noob.

Island films in the stream

"We can't expect Oscar-winning films right out of the gate, but content has a role in reflecting ourselves back to us."

The silence of the breaches

The TT-CSIRT does not have the legal authority to force any private entity to comply with its guidance. Any entity has a duty to its employees and the people they serve.

Fixing the Public Service means fixing Government

It was here that the death knell of professional meritocracy and the public service as home to the qualified young professional was sounded.

Samsung: Good response to new ZFlip 4 and ZFold 4 in TT

"The S22 Ultra has been the best-selling model by a landslide. You can combine sales of the other two devices and not reach those numbers." - Gianmarco Leri
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