Beryl GL-MT1300 Travel Router For the past decade or so, when I have traveled, I have always brought along a router for hotel stays. Initially, the rationale for bringing a router along was to avoid per-device charges for internet access. While, over time, these fees and limitations were discontinued, I have also become more aware […]
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NC #866 Lacdo Laptop Sleeve, Mujjo Leather iPhone Case, Amazon Basics Laptop Sleeve, 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, December 12, 2021, and this is show number 866. mp3 download I asked last time if people could help do some listener reviews for the podcast so that […]
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Security Bits — 12 December 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 🇺🇬 Apple informed the US State Department that at least 9 iPhones used by their staff were infected with the NSO Group’s Pegasus malware. It’s not clear which NSO Group customer is responsible, […]
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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, November 28, 2021, and this is show number 864. mp3 download CCATP #706 – Bart Busschots on PBS 130 of X – Good Technical Documentation Play recording of Bart […]
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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. Pegasus/NSO Group: Apple Lawsuit Goes After Spyware Firm NSO Group — tidbits.com/… Apple Digital IDs: Apple delays iOS 15’s driver’s license support until ‘early 2022’ — www.imore.com/… Reporting from CNBC reveals details of Apple’s […]
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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, November 14, 2021, and this is show number 862. This week our grandkids both got colds, and in these times, the sniffles and a cough get you sent […]
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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. Following on from our discussion of 2FA bypasses by tricking people into giving up their one-time-passwords, Vice did a detailed article describing one of the new 2FA-bypass-as-a-service cybercrime offerings: The Booming Underground Market for […]
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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. 🎦 As I suspected last time, there was much more to the UK Ring doorbell case than simply “Ring doorbells are illegal in the UK”. Thanks to listener John for sending on this excellent […]
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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. Another example of 2FA-bypass attacks in use in the wild: How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords – Krebs on Security — krebsonsecurity.com/… 🇪🇺 Pegasus Project: European Parliament awards journalism prize to investigation of use […]
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Encrypt.me VPN Is Under New Ownership
Long time NosillaCastaway John Shaffer wrote in what he called a Dumb Question a few weeks ago that caught me by surprise. He told me that the VPN service Encrypt.me was combining with one called StrongVPN. He wondered how the change was going to affect the commitment to privacy and security. I’ve been using Encrypt.me […]
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