Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (Following the embarrassing compromise of their update infrastructure that required all users to do a manual upgrade late last year) 🇬🇧 A little movement on […]
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I’ve Changed My Mind About Apple’s New Password App
With the advent of macOS Sequoia and iOS 18, Apple upgraded its method of saving user passwords from the arcane Keychain Access to a fledgling full-fledged password manager. Because Apple likes to name its products so they’re impossible to search online, the app is called Passwords. I am a huge proponent of password managers, with […]
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NC #1013 Beats vs Spigen for Camera Control, Strongbox Password Manager, Chit Chat with Adam Engst on Limiting iPhone Charging to 80%
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 Wednesday, October 2, 2024, and this is show number 1013. mp3 download Articles Comparing iPhone Cases for Camera Control – Beats & Spigen Strongbox Password Manager – by Kurt Liebezeit […]
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Strongbox Password Manager – by Kurt Liebezeit
Hi, this is Kurt Liebezeit, also known as PDX_Kurt, bringing you a review of the Strongbox password manager system from Phoebe Software at strongboxsafe.com. I kind of fell into using Strongbox through the back door, so to speak. For about a decade, I had been using a pair of open-source password database programs, KeePassXC on […]
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Tiny Tip – Password Sharing with Apple — by Physics Nerd Graeme
In our Slack community (podfeet.com/slack), before WWDC there was a discussion about password management with Apple Keychain, and Physics Nerd Graeme jumped into the discussion. He had a tiny tip on how to share passwords with family members. Keep in mind that this discussion occurred right before WWDC when Apple announced that they’re coming out […]
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Passkeys Email to Friends and Family
I’ve written an email to send to my friends and family trying to give them a heads-up about passkeys. My goal is to tell them not to be afraid of the concept because it really does sound too good to be true. I’m not going to explain to them the details of how passkeys work, […]
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CCATP #760 — Rod Simmons on Migrating from LastPass to 1Password
In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, Rod Simmons of the SMR Podcast and BBQ and Tech joins me to talk about password managers. After the recent breaches and more importantly breaches of trust from LastPass, Rod migrated over to 1Password and changed all 400 of his passwords. We talk through […]
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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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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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iCloud Passwords for Windows – by Jill from the Northwoods
iCloud Passwords for Windows As you may know, I use Windows. I like Windows. There are always interesting conundrums involved when saving some of your data into Apple applications and other pieces of your data that are not in Apple. For example, I have this very nice password list of all the things I use […]
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