Security Medium 1 — Human Review of Voice Assistant Recordings The Guardian newspaper started what turned out to be a far-ranging controversy be reporting that when Apple said they kept anonymised Siri recordings for analysis, that analysis included grading by human beings. Specifically, by outside contractors.
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Freeplane Mind Mapping by Ed Tobias
I would like to review a mind mapping application called Freeplane. I know Allison has already extolled the virtues of mind mapping, so I won’t go into all of that. I just want to tell you why I use this particular app for mind mapping. Freeplane was born out of another application called Freemind which […]
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Tabliss for Firefox and Chrome – by Caleb Fong
We spend an ever increasing amount of time in our web browsers. This trend isn’t going down as even more things become accessible via the web. This means we spend a large amount of time looking and sometimes interacting with the default new tab screen. While this isn’t all bad, the information on these pages […]
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Dorothy’s Process to Search for the Best Secure Email Service
Intro Hello, NosillaCastaways. This is macLurker, also known as Dorothy, Allison’s gym buddy. For a long time, I have been wanting to change my primary email service & name. I’ve had it for years and years. It’s long since been sold into the dark web. It’s time to wipe the slate clean and start over. […]
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FIDO2 — Why Do We Care?
DISCLAIMER I’m not a FIDO expert. I understand the principles and the concepts, but I have no experience with the minute details. I’ve done my best to read as much as I can, and I believe everything here is accurate, but I may have made the odd mistake, and if I have, I apologise! The […]
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iAccess Life & WheelMate – by Frank Petrie
Those of us who are wheelchair jockeys have many obstacles to overcome that everyone else takes for granted in their everyday lives. Simple things such as using (or even locating) a wheelchair accessible restroom sometimes requires the skillset of Indiana Jones. To sum it up, here’s a quote from [Wheel:Life], a site and newsletter geared […]
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Macstock 2019 — A Retrospective
Macstock Expo at McHenry College Steve and I had the great pleasure of attending Macstock again this year, out in Woodstock, Illinois, right outside of Chicago. As the 5th conference, I found it even more enjoyable and informative than previous years. Macstock has two big components. There is the conference itself which is held at […]
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Macstock 2019: Creativity – Make Your Own Adventure Game
When Mike Potter said the theme of Macstock 2019 would be “Create!” Allison was disappointed because she believed she was not at all artistic or musical so she didn’t think she was creative. Then she realized that there are all kinds of creativity, and creating a podcast each week is a form of creativity. In […]
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Security Bits – 25 July 2019
Followups The Zoom webcam/webserver issue We now have confirmation that the vulnerability was also present in the RingCentral and Zhumu apps — www.imore.com/… Apple have rolled out an additional automatic security update to address the issues with these apps — www.macobserver.com/… Related Opinion: John Gruber addresses the question Isn’t [Apple’s response] “nonconsensual technology” too? in […]
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Quiet – Recording in Progress! Blankets and Dyson Fan Required
Dyson AM06 Fan as I Record I’ve recorded the NosillaCast from our bedroom for the first 13 years, but after we did a remodel and repainted the house, I decided to move into one of our spare bedrooms. This change has some great advantages. The best thing about having my own room is I can […]
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