Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The NSO Group/Pegasus Saga: Apple have patched the vulnerability used by the NSO Group to deploy their Pegasus spyware, and the Citizens Lab have published a report on their discovery of the vulnerability which […]
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NC #852 GitHub Copilot, Apple Apps Not Where You Think They Are, 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, September 5, 2021, and this is show number 852. Before we get started, I have an announcement. There will NOT be a live show this coming Sunday, September […]
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Bart had Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show on the August episode of Let’s Talk Apple this week to have an extended discussion of Apple’s proposed child protection features. It’s a great discussion with someone who has been described (by a good friend) as being “pathologically unbiased.” You can find this episode of […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #850 1Password Electron App, TikTok Happy Place, 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, August 22, 2021, and this is show number 850. mp3 download CCATP #696 – Bart Busschots on PBS 123 of X — Backing up and Syncing Dot Files […]
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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. Apple’s Child Protection Features New Information: Apple publishes Child Safety FAQ to address CSAM scanning concerns and more — www.imore.com/… Apple shares a security threat review for its new CSAM detection feature — www.imore.com/… […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #848 My Love for AirPlay 2 with Belkin, Bulk Storage on the Cheap, Calendar in Terminal, 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, August 8, 2021, and this is show number 848. mp3 download Chit Chat Across the Pond You know I’m super proud of the uninterrupted 16 years of 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. Pegasus/NSO Group: Apple may have patched flaw used by Pegasus in iOS 14.7.1 — www.imore.com/… Pegasus spyware maker investigating misuse, halts access for several governments — www.imore.com/… Backup Tool ‘iMazing’ Updated to Detect Pegasus […]
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Generating Random, Secure, Memorable Passwords in Your Head – by Allister Jenks
In late 2020 AgileBits, the folks behind 1Password, published a blog post entitled Randomness (or things humans do poorly). It’s a fascinating article on randomness in computers, but near the beginning is this paragraph. As I’ve alluded to with the title of this post, humans are notoriously terrible at creating randomness. You’ll doubtless have heard […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #846 Yoink, Weather & Radar Apps by Jill, 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 Saturday, July 24, 2021, and this is show number 846. You would have thought by now my voice would be back to 100%, but it seems to be running […]
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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. The PrintNightmare story continues to evolve with yet another privilege escalation bug being found in the print spooler — it’s now more important than ever to follow Microsoft’s advice and stop and disable the […]
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