The Checklist Summer Security Special 2020
In the movies, bad guys are often taken down by a tech vulnerability. This week, we revisit our look at how best practices could make bad guys better at being bad.
July 2, 2020 • 1 min readSearch
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July 1, 2020 • 1 min readOSAMiner
July 1, 2020 • 1 min read
Is TikTok reading your clipboard?
TikTok has been caught snooping on iOS users’ clipboard data. The video-sharing app’s troubling behavior was discovered thanks to a new privacy feature in iOS 14
June 30, 2020 • 4 min read
Checklist 189: WWDC20 and the Mac
On this week’s Checklist, we cover the biggest Mac news to come out of Apple’s 2020 Worldwide Developer Conference, including a new macOS and Safari, a new processor for Macs and a new way to log in to websites.
June 24, 2020 • 8 min read
Highlights from the 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference
Apple’s 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference got underway on Monday with a livestreamed keynote address. The company announced major updates to its operating systems, apps, and hardware.
June 23, 2020 • 8 min read
10 tips for getting back on the road again
Covid-19 lockdowns are starting to lift, and people are already beginning to travel for work and family reasons. We’ve shared cybersecurity best practices for travel before, but this year, there are some pandemic-related considerations to add to the list. Here, then, are 10 things to…
June 18, 2020 • 5 min read
Best of the Checklist: June 18th, 2020
The Checklist will return next week with coverage of WWDC 2020. In the meantime, we’ll catch you up on the latest cybersecurity news — and share several Checklists from the archives that shed light on these stories.
June 18, 2020 • 3 min read
Security for new high school grads
It’s high school graduation time again! COVID-19 has brought some big changes this year, with drive-thru graduations and Zoom commencement speeches taking the place of traditional ceremonies. But despite the differences, one thing is guaranteed to remain the same: The bad guys will be targeting…
June 17, 2020 • 5 min readKaren Gullo on government monitoring
Karen Gullo is an analyst and senior media relations specialist for Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). She is an award-winning journalist who has written for both The Associated Press and Bloomberg News. Her writing has focused on the intersection of law, politics, and technology. In her…
June 16, 2020 • 10 min read
Best of the Checklist
The Checklist is taking a short break as we gear up for WWDC 2020 — but we’ll be back with all new episodes very soon. To tide you over while you wait, we’re sharing several classic Checklists which provide essential background to the week’s news.
June 11, 2020 • 3 min read
What is Tor?
We’ll answer some common questions we’ve heard about Tor — touching on issues of functionality, safety, and privacy.
June 10, 2020 • 12 min read
What is a DNS leak?
A security flaw known as a “DNS leak” that can reveal all of your web activity to your ISP — even if you’re using a VPN!
June 9, 2020 • 4 min read
Checklist 188: Don’t Let Your iPhone Give You Away
This week’s Checklist is all about staying safe in an unsafe world.
June 4, 2020 • 10 min readGravityRAT
June 1, 2020 • 1 min read
Checklist 187: Talking Encryption with Patrick Wardle
This week, we sit down with a special guest to discuss the ins and outs of encryption — touching on everything from iPhone passcodes and brute-force attacks to political posturing and quantum computing!
May 28, 2020 • 24 min read
New unc0ver jailbreak works on all modern iOS devices
Just as Apple released iOS 13.5 to the world, hackers at unc0ver announced that they had developed a jailbreak that would work on devices running iOS 11 all the way up to the brand new iOS 13.5. In what follows, we’ll try to answer some…
May 27, 2020 • 7 min read
Checklist 186: Catching Up on Contact Tracing
This week, we’ll bring you up to speed on Big Tech’s efforts to fight Covid-19.
May 22, 2020 • 6 min read
iOS 13.5 introduces health and safety features
Apple has just released iOS 13.5, and the update brings several significant changes. In what follows, we’ll touch on the highlights — and tell you what they mean in terms of safety, security, and privacy. Updated: Apple has now released full security notes for the…
May 21, 2020 • 4 min read
The Senate votes for warrantless surveillance. Here’s what you can do.
The U.S. Senate recently voted to allow law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access people’s web and search history without a warrant. In this article, we’ll unpack what that means for people living in or visiting the United States — and we’ll tell you what…
May 20, 2020 • 7 min read