Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Last time we learned Facebook abuse EXIF data to track users’ locations even when they ask not to be tracked. The day after we recorded this excellent article came out explaining how to strip […]
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Security Bits – 15 November 2018
Followups 1 — The Windows 10 Fall 2018 has been Re-released After having to withdraw the update due to a bug that led to accidental file deletions in a very small number of edge cases, Microsoft have now released a fixed version — arstechnica.com/…
Continue readingSecurity Bits – Zero-Day on macOS, Facebook Rates User Trustworthiness, Facebook’s VPN Was Tracking Users, Excessive Google Tracking, Teenager Hacks Apple
Followups More speculation-based flaws in Intel Chips (Editorial by Bart: as with other recent Spectre/Meltdown variants, there’s no need for home users to panic, just keep your OSes patched. It’s cloud providers that really need to worry about these flaws.) L1 Terminal Fault AKA L1TF – Intel have released mitigations, and they don’t have significant […]
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Tech on Travel in France
After a big trip, I generally like to chat a bit about how tech worked out while traveling. I’ve got a few new observations this year. Project Fi Back in 2016, Mike Elgan came on the show to talk about tech he uses as a digital nomad. In that episode he told us about a […]
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CCATP #483 – David Peck from Cloak Talks VPNs
With the recent legislation on privacy rules for ISPs in the United States, a lot of people are considering using VPNs to protect their Internet traffic from home. I thought this would be a great time to get Dave Peck on the show, co-founder of Cloak, my VPN of choice. This isn’t a show about […]
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NC #611 Willow, Whistle, VPN for Secure Messaging, CrazyBaby, Cobra Backup Cam, Security Bits
It’s an action-packed show this week. I recommend listening to the latest SMR Podcast, not just because I’m on but because it’s a fantastic episode. We’ve got interviews with Willow about their wearable breast pump, Whistle’s pet tracker and activity monitor, CrazyBaby’s levitating speaker called Mars, Cobra’s wireless backup camera on a license plate frame, […]
Continue readingDumb Question Corner: VPNs vs End-to-End Encrypted Messaging Services
In Dumb Question Corner, Steve’s Uncle Bob asked a really good question. It’s been a while since we did a dumb question so let’s review the rules. A Dumb Question qualifies for such a title if it’s something you feel like you should know the answer to, and figure everyone else must understand something you […]
Continue readingCCATP #427 Barry Fulk on Mobile Device Management
In this episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, we’re joined by Barry Fulk. Barry is known as the nicest guy in the world who specializes in stalking Mac podcasters. He also directs mobile device management at a large, highly regulated company. He joins us to explain what MDM, or Mobile Device Management is, and […]
Continue readingHow to Update OpenVPN for Heartbleed OpenSSL Vulnerability
After the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability was exposed, Donald Burr of otakunopodcast wrote up instructions on how to verify the version of OpenSSL we’re running, and how to update it. Here are his instructions: If you run the command: port deps openvpn it will show you what other MacPorts ports that openvpn depends on. If openssl […]
Continue readingHow to Uninstall VPN Server on Mac
If you’ve installed a VPN server on your Mac using Donald Burr’s most awesome instructions but for some reason want to uninstall the server, here’s an uninstall script along with text-based instructions from Donald: Download the script here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/169813/uninstall-openvpn Find the place where you downloaded the script (probably in your Downloads folder), keep a finder […]
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