BlogThis week on the Checklist, we’ll share a new warning about coronavirus scams, update you on the state of Apple’s secure sign-in service, and debate the merits of our own advice!
April 9, 2020 • 7 min read
SecurityApple has released updates for a number of apps and OSes over the past couple of weeks. In this Checklist, we’ll take you through the most important of these — covering new features as well as security fixes.
April 3, 2020 • 8 min read
SecurityThe Checklist is taking a break this week, but with all that’s going on in the world, and with so many new changes to the way we live and work, we wanted to point you to some resources that can help keep you safe and happy.
March 27, 2020 • 4 min read
SecurityThe world is changing so fast that it can be hard to keep up. This week on the Checklist, we’ll take a look at how life is going to be different in the weeks and months ahead — and what you can do to stay safe, productive … and happy.
Security and privacy in a pandemicCybersecurity for remote workersTips from two decades of working at homeWorst-case scenario preparedness
Keeping your data locked down
The current Covid-19 pandemic is a global crisis, and public and private sector organizations are responding accordingly. In the United …
March 20, 2020 • 11 min read
SecurityThis Checklist is all about Covid-19, the severe new form of coronavirus which has recently reached pandemic status. We’ll cover several safety issues related to the virus — both digital and physical
March 12, 2020 • 7 min read
SecurityChecklist 176 is all about privacy, security, and the little startup that may have stolen your face.
March 5, 2020 • 6 min read
SecurityOn this week’s Checklist, we’ll talk about Apple’s moves to improve web security. We’ll look at what Google is doing to make downloads safer. And last but not least, we’ll give you a quick intro to data breach prevention.
February 27, 2020 • 8 min read
SecurityThis week on the Checklist, we’ll start off with a big list of tips to keep your iPhone safe and happy … and then we’ll take a new look at Google’s Nest smart home devices.
February 20, 2020 • 11 min read
SecurityOn this week’s Checklist, we’ll talk about the malware that’s infected millions of Macs worldwide, a social media service with data privacy issues, and the most common security problems facing startups.
February 13, 2020 • 12 min read
SecurityThe Checklist is taking a brief hiatus, but will return next week with a new show. In the meantime, check out these Checklists from the archives.
February 6, 2020 • 3 min read
SecurityOn this week’s Checklist, we’ll revisit the issues with Amazon’s Ring, take another look at iCloud backups, and hit the highlights from Apple’s latest round of OS updates.
January 30, 2020 • 7 min read
SecurityOn this week’s Checklist, we’ll see how private your iCloud backups really are; we’ll examine the strange story of how the richest person in the world got hacked; and finally, we’ll look at a technology that promises a better way to do 2FA.
This week on the Checklist:
Considering iCloud and end-to-end encryptionA WhatsApp bromance gone badIf you’ve got an iPhone, here’s FIDO!
What happens in your iCloud…
We’ve known for a while that iCloud backup data isn’t protected by end-to-end encryption — meaning that encryption keys aren’t stored only on the user’s device, …
January 23, 2020 • 10 min read