Certified Apple Consultant Pat Dengler joins me to tell the harrowing story of how her neighbor was seconds away from being scammed out of $30,000. In an elaborate web of lies with multiple people involved, she was connected supposedly to Amazon, the FBI, lawyers, and more, and every single person gave their IDs and return […]
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NC #1023 MindNode Becomes MindNode Next, Tiny Mac Tips Easier to Find, Adam Engst on Obituary Scams
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, December 15, 2024, and this is show number 1023. Before we get started, there won’t be a live show next week because our kids will be here on […]
Continue readingCCATP #803 Adam Engst on Obituary Scams Triggering iPhone Security Warnings
We have Adam Engst of TidBITS back again to talk about an unusual and clever scam experienced by one of his TidBITS readers. It involved fake obituaries triggering iPhone security warnings triggering App Store downloads. You can find Adam’s written article on the topic at tidbits.com/…. mp3 download Read an unedited, auto-generated transcript with chapter […]
Continue readingNC #1021 Ice on SCO, Stripe Replaced with Buy Me a Coffee, Milanese Loop by Bart, Scam Experience with Pat
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, December 1, 2024, and this is show number 1021. mp3 download Articles Instead of Bartender, Learn about Ice on ScreenCastsONLINE Kilowatt 49th Annual ThanksGiving Extravaganza You know Steve […]
Continue readingNC #911 Inverse Parental Controls, Automating PNG Conversion, Scan Your World in 3D with Scaniverse, iPhone 14 Pro Cameras Explained
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, October 23, 2022, and this is show number 911. mp3 download I’m Still Using It Last week I told you about a fun new audience participation game I’m […]
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Real-Life Story of Phishing the Elderly – by Ed Tobias
This week on the NosillaCast you’re going to hear regular contributor (and good friend) Ed Tobias tell us the story of how an elderly relative of his was snared in a phishing scam. It’s a horror story but there are a few heroes in the plot as well. Below are the rough notes we used […]
Continue readingNC #656 Chapter Markers x 3, Apple Store Phone Scam, Craig Federighi Answers Steve, Hazel to Yoink, Regex Tools, CardHop
In this action-packed show I tell you the story of adding chapter markers to the NosillaCast in a three part continuation series (hopefully you can see them now?) interspersed with two reviews from Bart. He tells us about how he’s using Hazel now to send things to Yoink and he explains why CardHop makes Contacts […]
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