Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇪🇺 Quick Digital Markets Act update: The first 3rd-party iOS app store in the EU has gone live – AltStore PAL by Riley Testut — rileytestut.com/… EU Labels iPadOS as a Gatekeeper and Orders […]
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Someone Else Was Prompted to Verify My Apple ID
This week I got a text from my friend Ryan that really surprised me. We haven’t seen each other in ages, but he saw something on his iPhone that he thought might be of interest to me. You know how on occasion your iPhone or other Apple device will demand that you verify your Apple […]
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Security Bits — 8 January 2023
Deep Dive 1 — Rethinking the Last Pass Breach (It’s Worse 🙁) Two weeks ago the latest details on the Last Pass breach were much fresher, and since then two things have happened: More facts have come to my attention More well-reasoned opinions have been expressed In terms of new information we have the following: […]
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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. 🇺🇸 Google have gotten SEC approval to pilot their controversial political ad spam by-pass feature with a limited number of campaigns in this year’s US mid-term elections — appleinsider.com/… 🇺🇸 The recent revelations of […]
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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. 🇺🇸 An update on a story Allison referenced last time: Missouri governor rebuffed: Journalist won’t be prosecuted for viewing HTML — arstechnica.com/… 🇮🇱 The NSO Group/Pegasus Saga: The Israeli government has opened an investigation […]
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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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NC #862 Wireless Lapel Mic, Logos Bible Software, Hocus Focus, 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, 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. COVID apps continue to roll out 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania launches contact tracing app built on Apple and Google tech — www.imore.com/… 🇬🇧 (🏴 🏴) — NHS COVID-19 app released in England and Wales — www.imore.com/… […]
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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. FireFox are continuing their roll-out of DoH, enabling it by default for new installs in the US — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Google stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… HomeKit Router […]
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FIDO2 — Why Do We Care?
DISCLAIMER I’m not a FIDO expert. I understand the principles and the concepts, but I have no experience with the minute details. I’ve done my best to read as much as I can, and I believe everything here is accurate, but I may have made the odd mistake, and if I have, I apologise! The […]
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