Feedback & Followups
- Connecting COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Across Europe is Starting to Work — www.macobserver.com/…
- Deadline is December 8 for App Store Privacy Labels — www.macobserver.com/…
- WhatsApp now lets users send disappearing messages — www.theguardian.com/…
❗ Action Alerts
- Another Chrome zero-day, this time on Android – check your version! — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Apple updates most of its OSes with a mix of security and functionality updates — tidbits.com/… & us-cert.cisa.gov/…
- Adobe Releases Security Updates for Acrobat and Reader — us-cert.cisa.gov/…
Notable News
- HP accidentally break their custom printer drivers on macOS by revoking their own code signing certificate. Thankfully the fix is simple – remove HP’s custom drivers and use the standard Apple AirPrint driver instead — tidbits.com/… & www.intego.com/…
- 🇺🇸 Debt collectors will soon be allowed to reach you by text or on Facebook — www.cbsnews.com/…
- 🇺🇸 Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition — www.theverge.com/…
- 🇺🇸 Michigan Prop 2 Passes; Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Devices — www.macobserver.com/…
Excellent Explainers
Interesting Insights
Palate Cleansers
- 🎧 From Allison: Know a Little More: About Public Key Cryptography — play.acast.com/…
- From Allister: Schröedinger’s Cat twitter.com/…
Legend
When the textual description of a link is part of the link it is the title of the page being linked to, when the text describing a link is not part of the link it is a description written by Bart.
| Emoji | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🎧 | A link to audio content, probably a podcast. |
| ❗ | A call to action. |
| flag | The story is particularly relevant to people living in a specific country, or, the organisation the story is about is affiliated with the government of a specific country. |
| 📊 | A link to graphical content, probably a chart, graph, or diagram. |
| 🧯 | A story that has been over-hyped in the media, or, “no need to light your hair on fire” 🙂 |
| 💵 | A link to an article behind a paywall. |
| 📌 | A pinned story, i.e. one to keep an eye on that’s likely to develop into something significant in the future. |
| 🎩 | A tip of the hat to thank a member of the community for bringing the story to our attention. |