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Checklist 233 - A Spate of Scams and Following Up on Venmo Jun 03, 2021

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Text scams target the stay-at-homes, phishing scams target folks headed back to the office, and Venmo manages to be less social, more private, and still annoy the privacy minded. Check it out on Checklist No. 233 brought to you by SecureMac.

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Checklist 232 - Practice Safe Venmo and Update Your Stuff May 27, 2021

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Do you know what Venmo is? President Biden does. For a while at least, we knew what he was doing with it. SecureMac's Nick Leon joins us to talk Venmo and security. Then - a look at a huge security issue fixed in this week's macOS 11.4 update.

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Checklist 231 - Security News Roundup May 20, 2021

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Three topics this week: We'll check Craig Federighi's comments about malware on the Mac, we'll look at why the gas stopped in the southeastern US, and Apple seems to be fixing (?) an ATT issue. We'll hit it all on Checklist 231, brought to you by SecureMac.

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Checklist 230 - Waiting for Various Labels May 13, 2021

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Have you heard? The Google Play Store's doing privacy labels just like Apple. Except one site says, no they aren't. We'll dive into that. Plus - AirTag's been out for a couple of weeks. We'll tackle a physical safety concern and some fun that hackers are having on Checklist No. 230, brought to you by SecureMac.

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Checklist 229 - Zero-Days and WebKit with August Trometer May 06, 2021

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A week after a slew of updates from Apple, a smaller slew of updates from Apple. Apple issued updates this week meant to tackle two zero-day vulnerabilities tied to WebKit. So… what are those things again? August Trometer joins us to talk it over on Checklist 229, brought to you by SecureMac.

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Checklist 228 - Updates, Transparency, and Security Apr 29, 2021

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As had been anticipated, Apple let fly with a ton of updates this week, and they did not skimp on the security. We'll look at a way to open your phone with your masked face, App Tracking Transparency and fallout from App Tracking Transparency, and some important security updates for the Mac.

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Checklist 227 - Playing AirTag Apr 23, 2021

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AirTag, Apple's long awaited device tracker, was finally announced this week. It should be great for keeping track of your stuff, but what's to stop it from tracking you? We'll look at the product, some pushback, and privacy issues on Checklist 227 - brought to you by SecureMac.

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Checklist 226 - Yet Another Facebook Breach Apr 15, 2021

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Facebook data on over half-a-billion users has been found on a public hacker site. The good news: The data's been out there since 2019. Wait… why is that good news? Facebook didn't tell anyone about the data. How'd we find out? And what's happening now? Find out now on Checklist 226 - brought to you by SecureMac.

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Checklist 225 - Raising Digital Citizens with Robert Speciale Apr 01, 2021

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From cyberbullying to misinformation to leaving a digital footprint - things that didn't even exist when a lot of us were kids are things today's children deal with every day. We'll talk with educator Robert Speciale about raising better digital citizens on Checklist no. 225 - brought to you by SecureMac.

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Checklist 224 - Cloudburst Over Hobby Lobby Mar 25, 2021

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Reports say a misconfigured AWS cloud server left the info of hundreds of thousands of Hobby Lobby customers exposed. We'll look at that and a few takes on how best to secure the cloud. Plus - revisiting a checklist on cloud misconceptions with "Security in Color" host Dominique West. All of that on Checklist 224 brought to you by SecureMac.

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