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The good guys are snooping on our cellphones, the bad guys are ditching their smartphones, and your cellular carrier is not the safe harbor you’d hoped. We’re Not Phoning It In on Checklist No. 321, brought to you by @SecureMac. traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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Last Friday's SVB collapse led to scams a scant 48-hours later. We'll marvel at the speed and fight the bad guys. Plus a step that could keep iPhone thieves from changing your Apple ID password - all on Checklist No. 320, brought to you by @SecureMac. traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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On Checklist 315 - Avoiding Valentine's Scams from @SecureMac:
- Avoiding scams aimed at the heart
- Scam surveys and how to avoid them
- Data privacy gets a great big mention
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On Checklist 232 - Do you know what Venmo is? President Biden does. For a while, we knew what he was doing with it. @SecureMac's Nick Leon joins us to talk Venmo and security. Then - a look at a huge security issue fixed in this week's macOS 11.4 update. traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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This week on Checklist 231: We'll look at Craig Federighi’s comments about malware on the Mac, why the gas stopped in the southeastern US, and Apple fixing (?) an ATT issue. We’ll hit it all on the Checklist, brought to you by @SecureMac. traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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On today's Checklist - The Google Play Store’s privacy labels may not match Apple's. We’ll dive into that. Plus - We’ll hit a physical safety concern around AirTag and some fun that hackers are having on Checklist No. 230, brought to you by traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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Russia fines Apple $12 million for allegedly abusing its App Store dominance engt.co/3gLwGML
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New data shows that in some parts of California, the average vehicle will be scanned by an automated license plate reader every few miles. Tiburon Police, for example, averaged one plate scan for every 1.85 miles driven.
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A South Korean app collected lovers' intimate exchanges without informing the users & then used the data to build a conversational A.I. chatbot... this "incident of personal data misuse [clearly shows] what can go wrong & how consumers can fight back."
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We’ve built a new site to tell you whether or not you are a test subject in Google’s latest tracking experiment. Visit Am I FLoC’ed to see if your browser is putting you into one of their new advertising categories. amifloced.org
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From cyberbullying to digital footprints - things that didn’t exist when a lot of us were kids are things today’s kids deal with every day. Educator @RobertSpeciale talks about raising digital citizens on Checklist no. 225 - brought to you by traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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Reports says a misconfigured AWS cloud server left the info of hundreds of thousands of Hobby Lobby customers exposed. We’ll look at that, plus securing the cloud - and a checklist on cloud misconceptions with “Security in Color” host Dominique West. traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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If you spend any time on the socials, you’ve heard about Clubhouse. We’ll look at its safety, then look at Privacy Labels with Clubhouse as a sort of yardstick on Checklist 223 brought to you by @SecureMac. traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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On Saturday Electronic Frontier Alliance member @cypurrnyc are hosting a virtual workshop about good password management. Learn how to protect yourself online. eff.org/event/pssstwhats-pas…
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It's tax season in the U.S. Between changes in filing dates last year and COVID-related tumult, bad guys are out in force trying to scam people out of personal info and money. Nick Leon talks tax scams and how to avoid them on Checklist 222 by @SecureMac traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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Today on Checklist 221 by @SecureMac: Apple has three great checklists of its own aimed at protecting your privacy. Are you still sharing with people you shouldn’t? Is someone tracking you through your devices and accounts? These lists can help.
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Progress! “Facebook to restore Australian news content after media bargaining code amendments” smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
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Last week was Data Privacy Day, and Apple tackled it in big ways. Checklist 217 by @SecureMac looks at Apple’s App Tracking Transparency push, as well as its war of words with Facebook. traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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Zoom went from being an easy to use video chat service to a privacy nightmare to a ubiquitous utility in a COVID-19 world. But did we take care of the privacy problems? @iMore’s Stephen Warwick joins us to talk Zoom safety on Checklist 216 by @SecureMac traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…
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When did you last completely power down your iPhone? That’s the safest your iPhone’s been in a while. We’ll look at various states of data, what we have to worry about, and how to mitigate that worry. That and more on Checklist 215 by @SecureMac. traffic.libsyn.com/checklist…