Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, May 29, 2022, and this is show number 890. mp3 download June 6th is the WWDC Keynote, and as always, Steve and I will be in the live […]
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Security Bits — 29 May 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The existing Yorkie-Pro GPS tracker finder from Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS) which is already used by law enforcement has received a free firmware update to allow it find AirTags too — www.macobserver.com/… 🇺🇸 The […]
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CCATP #730 – Bart Busschots on Thinking About Security
In this Lite version of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots talks to us about he thinks about security. Rather than try to tell us with exacting precision what to do about a current threat, instead, he talks about how to be proactive, how to convince others to accept changes in the name of […]
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Choosing a VPN from Consumer Reports’ Top 4: Mullvad, PIA, IVPN, and Mozilla VPN
Last October, alert NosillaCastaway John Shaffer let me know that the VPN I’ve been recommending for many years, Encrypt.me, had been sold to Ziff-Davis. He wanted to know what this meant for the product. I reached out to the folks at Ziff-Davis, and had a nice conversation with them about their plans to incorporate Encrypt.me’s […]
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Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, May 22, 2022, and this is show number 889. mp3 download CCATP #729 – John Siracusa on Many Things Including Display Technologies Blog Posts How Did I Break Keychain […]
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Tobenone Thunderbolt 3 Docking Station – by Ron Burch
Tobenone Thunderbolt 3 Dock ## My requirements: As the proud owner of a new 14” MacBook Pro M1 Max, I wanted to use the computer as both a desktop (in a clamshell mode) as well as a conventional laptop. Given the number of existing peripheral devices that I had connected to my previous desktop, a […]
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How Did I Break Keychain Access for My Local Server?
Undesirable Connect Prompt Back in March, I told you the story of how I wrote a Shortcut with a shell script to mount a share on my Synology network attached storage (NAS). I said that I had made fire because I was so proud of myself. I taught myself to write shell scripts and taught […]
Continue readingCCATP #729 – John Siracusa on Many Things Including Display Technologies
Our guest this week on Chit Chat Across the Pond is John Siracusa of the Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. He’s also the developer of two interesting Mac apps: Front and Center and SwitchGlass. You can find his blog at Hypercritical.co. You can find him on Twitter @siracusa I’ve been a […]
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Keychron K6 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard – by Caleb Fong
Keychron K6 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard Hello fellow NosillaCast-aways. Originally this was going to be about the Wyze Watch, but given the black-eye they’ve taken over security lately, I’ll just say that the watch is fine for the price but buyer beware of the security policy of the company. So what am I going to talk […]
Continue readingTake the Click Wheel & Steer the Ship Towards a Better Tomorrow – by Kaylee Dayo
Hi. Hey. How’s it goin’? You been doin’ OK the past couple of years? Yeah, me neither. Sigh Modern life, am I right?! Ya know, I’m still definitely a geek, but the further we go into the future, the more I find myself longing for the past… well, at least, parts of it. But more […]
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