Hi, I’m George from Tulsa, here today so Allison and Steve can have more time to prep for and party at MacStock, kicking off Friday, July 11 in Crystal Lake, Illinois, 40 miles from Chicago. If you’re able to travel or live in the Chicago area, check the MacStock website in today’s show notes because […]
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Security Bits — 6 July 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Just like we predicted last time: Scattered Spider hackers shift focus to aviation, transportation firms — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (They’d just pivoted to Insurance and were finding it fallow ground, so we predicted they’d jump again […]
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Eufy Part 2 – Outdoor Cam E220, S380 HomeBase, and Wireless SoloCam S340s
When last we left our heroes, they were giddy with excitement about their new Eufy E340 video doorbell with dual cameras. I described installation of the doorbell as a dream, where it took mere seconds to add to our network. We still had three remaining outdoor Wyze cameras: one wired and two wireless. The wired […]
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Screenshot of Screenshot.app
Screenshot.app I love the Apple community, and this week I especially love the Apple community on Mastodon. Hashtags are super powerful there, so when I needed help this week, I added the hashtag #Apple, people came out of the woodwork to help me. Here’s the problem to be solved. I’m working on my presentation for […]
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You Can See Packages with the Dual-Camera Eufy E340 Doorbell!
Today, I’m going to give you part one of three of Steve and my adventures embracing even more of the products Eufy have to offer. When Wyze proved to be incapable of doing security correctly, we replaced all of our indoor cameras with the ones from Eufy. Let’s talk about doorbells! Shortly after Ring came […]
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CSUN 2025: Glidance Autonomous Self-Guided Mobility Aid
Allison interviews Amos Miller, Founder and CEO of Guidance, about Glide, their AI-powered mobility aid designed to help people who are blind or have low vision navigate with confidence, comfort, and ease. Glidance’s Sensible Wayfinding Service is a high-intensity computer vision and sense-making AI system built by Glidance. It connects all active Glides and powers […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 22 June 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Greyware spyware from Pegatron continues to be abused: Graphite spyware used in Apple iOS zero-click attacks on journalists — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (This all happened a few months ago, and the zero-day was patched back in […]
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I Got to Ride in an Ambulance
On Tuesday, I was on my morning walk with our young dog Kepler, who isn’t very good at staying on his side. He usually trips me 2 to 3 times on every walk. On this day, when he tripped me the first time, I was quite proud of myself for regaining my balance quickly. I’ve […]
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Update on Recording Remote Incident Manager
When last we left our heroes, Chris Cooke and I were trying to figure out how I could record a video for her presentation at Macstock. She’ll be talking about how she uses a tool from Pneuma Solutions called the Remote Incident Manager to connect to another person’s computer to provide them technical support, all […]
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CSUN 2025: ImaginAble Solutions Guided Hands
Allison interviews Celeste D’Costa from Imaginable Solutions about their Guided Hands assistive device for people with limited hand mobility. The device enables anyone with limited fine motor skills to write, paint, draw, and access technology. Guided Hands does what the name says: it promotes guided hand movements. It has a 2-D sliding system that encourages […]
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