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, May 10, 2026, and this is show number 1096. Welcome to this special Mother’s Day episode of the show. Well, it’s actually just the same old show, but […]
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Security Bits — 10 May 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Age Verification Developments: 🇺🇸 Apple have expanded their Digital ID technology to provide anonymous age verification in the US — www.macobserver.com/… “A Digital ID in Apple Wallet created using a U.S. passport can be […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 26 April 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Mozilla says Claude’s Mythos AI helped uncover 271 flaws in Firefox — cyberinsider.com/… Related: OpenAI Releases GPT 5.4 Cyber to Help with Defensive Security — www.macobserver.com/… 🇺🇸 FCC Hands Netgear an Effective Monopoly on […]
Continue readingNC #1092 Macstock Coupon Code, Cearvol Hearing Aids, Viewsonic 5K Display, Jason Howell, 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, April 12, 2026, and this is show number 1092. Before we get stuck in, I have a correction to make from last week. In my conversation with Ron […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 12 April 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 A good analysis of the US router ban that had just broken last time: The United States router ban, explained — www.theverge.com/… Reported as a Probably Breach last time: 1.2 million Crunchyroll users […]
Continue readingNC #1090 Cosmo Kids Smart Watch, Audio Book Recording V3-2 with Eddie Tonkoi, Levoit Air Purifiers & Cordless Vacuums, 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 Wednesday, March 25, 2026, and this is show number 1090. My leg is getting better every single day, and I’m really looking forward to being able to walk on […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 1 March 2026
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 […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits – 15 February 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Both a good reminder that it’s important to be careful where you get your software from, and an illustration of how the residential proxy networks we recently talked about are built: Laced 7-Zip installers […]
Continue readingNC #1080 Birdfy Smart Birdfeeders, Hidden App Panel Editor, Aerleum Synthetic Fuels from Air, 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, January 18, 2026, and this is show number 1080. Before we kick into gear with this week’s show, I want to let you know that next week’s show […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 18 January 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Some context for a story we covered many times in 2025: Amazon blocked 1,800 employment attempts by North Korean agents — cyberinsider.com/… Yet another reason to steer clear of VS Code forks: VSCode IDE […]
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