Checklist 228: Updates, Transparency, and Security

On this week’s Checklist: How to unlock an iPhone while wearing a mask; App Tracking Transparency; and a BIG security update for macOS.

Checklist 227: Playing AirTag

AirTag is finally here. On this Checklist, we’ll tell you what it is, why some competitors are crying foul, and how it protects your privacy.

Checklist 226: Yet Another Facebook Data Breach

A Facebook data breach has exposed 500 million + users. On this episode of the Checklist: Details, how to check if you were affected, and staying safe.

Checklist 225: Raising Better Digital Citizens with Robert Speciale

Award-winning educator Robert Speciale shares strategies for communicating security and privacy concepts to today’s kids.

Checklist 224: Cloudburst Over Hobby Lobby

A closer look at the recent Hobby Lobby data breach; talking about common misconceptions about “the cloud” with a cloud security expert.

Checklist 223: Visiting Clubhouse and Revisiting App Privacy Labels

If you spend any time on the socials, you’ve heard people talk about Clubhouse. It’s been around for close to a year, though it’s really taken off over the past few months. We’ll look at its safety, then look at Privacy Labels with Clubhouse as a sort of yardstick.

Trouble in the Clubhouse?

Clubhouse is a new social media platform that’s drawing all kinds of attention. At the moment, it’s still in beta testing, and is only available as an iOS app.

So what does Clubhouse do? It’s actually pretty simple. The app …

Checklist 222: Avoiding Tax Scams with Nick Leon

On this podcast, we talk about avoiding tax scams both new and old. We cover “classic” tax scams as well as 2021 tax scams.

Checklist 221: A Trio of Privacy Checklists from Apple

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.

Checklist 220: Malware and the M1 with Patrick Wardle

This week on the Checklist, security researcher Patrick Wardle joins us to discuss the new Silver Sparrow malware variant.

Checklist 219: Teaching Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Pros with Robert Speciale

This week on The Checklist, we talk with award-winning educator Robert Speciale, whose innovative program is teaching cybersecurity to high school students

Checklist 218: Reading the Privacy Nutrition Labels

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.

Checklist 217: The State of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency

We’ll look at Apple’s App Tracking Transparency push, as well as its war of words with Facebook this week.