Apple has three great checklists that we’re featuring on this week’s eposide: If you want to see if anyone else has access to your device or accounts, If you want to stop sharing with someone whom you previously shared with, and If you want to make sure no one else can see your location.
March 4, 2021 • 8 min read
This week on the Checklist, security researcher Patrick Wardle joins us to discuss the new Silver Sparrow malware variant.
February 25, 2021 • 6 min read
Are iMessage backups encrypted? The answer might surprise you! In this article, we’ll show you how to make secure, encrypted iMessage backups for your iPhone.
February 24, 2021 • 7 min read
App developers are warning that there are lots of scam apps in the App Store — and they say that Apple’s own ratings and review system is a big part of the problem. In this article, we’ll take a look at what’s going on, and…
February 19, 2021 • 6 min read
This week on The Checklist, we talk with award-winning educator Robert Speciale, whose innovative program is teaching cybersecurity to high school students
February 18, 2021 • 5 min read
A proposed North Dakota law could force Apple and Google to allow alternative app stores and payment systems on their platforms, potentially ending Apple’s tight control over iPhone apps and sparking major changes in the mobile app market.
February 16, 2021 • 6 min read
Privacy Labels have landed in the App Store for a number of apps. We’ll cover what those are, what they cover, why some apps don’t have them, and what you can do with the information on them.
February 11, 2021 • 7 min read
Last week, someone breached the computer system of a water treatment plant in Florida. According to public officials, the hacker tampered with critical safety settings, making changes that could have released toxic chemicals into the water supply. The Oldsmar water treatment plant hack The incident…
February 10, 2021 • 4 min read
Valentine’s Day 2021 is right around the corner, and the FBI is telling people to be on the lookout for romance scams. In this article, we’ll tell you what romance scams are, how they work, and how you can avoid them. What are romance scams?…
February 4, 2021 • 9 min read
We’ll look at Apple’s App Tracking Transparency push, as well as its war of words with Facebook this week.
February 4, 2021 • 4 min read
A new iPhone is a ton of fun — but once you have your shiny new device up and running, you should also take a few minutes to configure it for security, privacy, and performance.
February 3, 2021 • 10 min read
Apple has just released macOS Big Sur 11.2 along with the related Security Update 2021-001 Catalina and Security Update 2021-001 Mojave.
February 2, 2021 • 3 min read
This week on the Checklist, iMore’s Stephen Warwick joins us to discuss all things Zoom.
January 28, 2021 • 6 min read
Apple has just released an important round of updates. The TL;DR is that the iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS updates address vulnerabilities that are under active exploitation (according to reports). If you have a device running any of these operating systems, you should update immediately….
January 27, 2021 • 3 min read
Macs work great right out of the box, but unfortunately, that leads some users to skip over important setup steps — steps that can make them safer.
January 25, 2021 • 7 min read
We’ll look at various states of data, what we have to worry about, and what we can do to mitigate that worry. Plus – A followup to Apple flouting the firewall.
January 21, 2021 • 7 min read
WhatsApp has been in the news a lot over the past week, with critics alleging that the popular Facebook-owned messaging app has become a threat to user privacy.
January 21, 2021 • 5 min read
The COVID-19 vaccines are here, but there have been serious issues with availability and distribution. Sadly, the bad guys are taking advantage of the situation — and of people’s anxieties — with new COVID-19 vaccine scams. Here’s what to watch out for, and how to…
January 18, 2021 • 6 min read