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
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
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
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 read
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
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
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
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
This week’s Checklist is all about staying safe in an unsafe world.
June 4, 2020 • 10 min read
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
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
This week, we’ll bring you up to speed on Big Tech’s efforts to fight Covid-19.
May 22, 2020 • 6 min read