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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Security Bits — 30 April 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 US Facebook users can now claim their share of the Cambridge Analytica settlement — appleinsider.com/… 🇬🇧 The battle against the UK’s daft plan to ban End-to-End Encryption goes on, with WhatsApp taking 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. 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 To comply with international sanctions on Russia over its invasion and annexation of Ukraine, Apple have removed a major Russian app from VK from all app stores — appleinsider.com/… Deep Dive — […]
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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. Developments in the Avast Browser History Data Sales story: Avast kills off Jumpshot, the subsidiary that sold all your Web data — arstechnica.com/… 🇨🇿 Czech Authorities to Investigate Avast Over Sale of Users’ Browser […]
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Followup Last time we mentioned that leaks indicated that Microsoft would be doubling their support fee for Windows 7 each after it’s Extended Support Period ends next January, we now have the official details: www.techspot.com/… Extended Security Updates (ESUs) will only be available for business and education customers, and only for 3 years to January […]
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Allister Jenks stands in for a vacationing Allison Sheridan. We have a review of Paintcode, a story of using the Apple Watch to track health in ways other than the Activity app, Allister’s own health app Stretch Timer, two interviews from CES with We.Stream and Bellus3D, some security tips with Cyber Essentials, and a fun […]
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The management at my work often brings up the topic of training. While for many years it was a hollow promise, in recent years there has been a real push on staff to take training courses, and not just those directly relevant to their current roles. Anything that is relevant to our company is considered […]
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This week we ran into a real puzzler of a technical problem for my father-in-law, Ken. I had to enlist the help of not just the NosillaCastaways through our Facebook and Google Plus groups, but also the Mac Geek Gab community. In the end, it was Bart who cracked the code on the solution. I […]
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