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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Security Bits — 15 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 enforcement of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (the first of the two big bills to be announced) has been delayed until 2023 — www.macobserver.com/… (We did a deep-dive on it in early […]
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Back in August of 2019, Bart Busschots told us about how someday in the future, we would be able to be living a passwordless future because of something called FIDO, AKA Fast ID Online. Back then it was really only helping corporations but this week the FIDO Alliance made an announcement that shows real promise […]
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Tiny Tip – Find vs. Search in 1Password 8
Find vs Search Explained I’ve been enjoying the new 1Password 8 for its speed and ease of use, but I ran into an oddity that caused me to write to the folks at 1Password for an explanation. I have an entry for a toll service called FastTrack. Annoyingly, the website for FastTrack doesn’t have that […]
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NC #886 Email on Your Own Domain, Apple Card is Cool, Hable Assistant from CSUN AT, Apple Trade-In Program, 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, May 1, 2022, and this is show number 886. mp3 download CCATP #726 – Bart Busschots on Email on Your Own Domain When you listen to this episode, towards the […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇪🇸 Spain implicated in Pegasus spyware attack on Catalan politicians — www.imore.com/… Social Media Updates: Instagram will now rank based on originality & improve product and people tagging — www.imore.com/… You Can Now Ask […]
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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, April 3, 2022, and this is show number 882. mp3 download Before we get started, I have an announcement to make. There will be NO LIVE SHOW next […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 More fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: 🇷🇺 Courts in Russia Declare Meta an “Extremist Organization,” Ban App — www.macobserver.com/… (WhatsApp) 🇷🇺 Google News appears to have been blocked in Russia — […]
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CCATP #719 – Bart Busschots on PBS Tidbits 3 of Y
In this Programming By Stealth adjacent installment labeled Tidbits 3 of Y, Bart Busschots talks to us about the dangers of using other people’s code in your code, and the danger of not using other people’s code. He explains this seeming dichotomy and gives us ways to approach the problem taking a middle ground. He […]
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