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, September 3, 2023, and this is show number 956. mp3 download We have the announcement date for the next Apple event — it will be at 10 AM […]
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Security Bits — 3 September 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. An excellent overview of the NightOwl saga we mentioned last time: Did the NightOwl app really join Macs to a botnet army? — www.intego.com/… A fresh campaign has been launched to try pressure Apple […]
Continue readingNC #954 PETLIBRO Smart Cat Feeder, Google Forms, Security Bits
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, August 20, 2023, and this is show number 954. We’ve gotten a lot of very nice messages from people asking whether we’re ok because of Hurricane Hilary. It […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 13 August 2023
Deep Dive — Have-I-Been-Pwnd Domain Search Revamped This is very much glass-half-empty-glass-half-full news. On the one hand, domain searches and domain monitoring have gotten way easier (you had to re-validate your domain for each search before), on the other hand, it’s now a subscription service, but with a generous free tier. What this feature has […]
Continue readingNC #952 Podfeet Press, What I Learned at Macstock 7, The Power of Learning by Teaching, Security Bits
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 Saturday, August 5, 2023, and this is show number 952. It’s that time of the year when you have to pay attention to when the podcast comes out to […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 5 August 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Another twist in the NSO Group/Pegasus story: FBI admits it accidentally used NSO Group tools — appleinsider.com/… (The tool was Landmark not Pegasus, but it was after the US government’s import ban on NSO […]
Continue readingNC #951 SO-2 Star Shirts, Shottr Tutorial on ScreenCastsONLINE, iPad mini Final Home, Hub vs Dock, Security Bits
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, July 30, 2023, and this is show number 951. mp3 download I really wanted to take some time to talk about Macstock and what a great conference it […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 30 July 2023
Deep Dive 1 — The Updated EU ⬌ US Data Sharing Framework Since the European Court of Justice struck down the Privacy Shield framework that large US-based tech companies relied on to easily transfer data on European citizens to the US in 2020, quiet negotiations have been ongoing to try replace it with an updated […]
Continue readingNC #948 Beta Cautionary Tale, How I Test Apps with VoiceOver, Security Bits
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, July 9, 2023, and this is show number 948. It’s that time of year again, it’s time for me to ask you to step up and help create […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 9 July 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. We now have more details on how iOS 17’s new Check In safety feature will work: www.macobserver.com/… 🇪🇺 Six companies have confirmed to the EU Commission that they will fall under the Digital Markets […]
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