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SecureMac presents The Checklist. Hosted by Ken Ray, each week The Checklist hits security topics for your Mac and iOS devices. From how-to's and safety tips, to security news of the day, The Checklist by SecureMac takes a conversational, solutions oriented approach to security for the average user. Check in each Thursday for a new Checklist!
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Checklist 385 - Leaving Cookies on the Table
It was sort of surprising when Google announced years ago that it planned to block third-party cookies from its Chrome browser. This prompted a few questions like - what are cookies? Why did Google pledge that? And why did it eventually change its corporate mind? We’ll try to answer those questions of this edition of The Checklist, brought to you by SecureMac.
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Checklist 384 - A Very Un-Fun Snow Day
AT&T has lost info on roughly one-third of the US population. Relax! They’ve plugged that hole... now. We’ll look at what was lost, revisit the Ticketmaster hack, and find out if there’s a Snowflake’s chance of fixing any of it on Checklist No. 384, brought to you by Securemac.
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Checklist 383 - Roll for Security
The ChatGPT app for Mac had a pretty big privacy and security problem, even if parent company OpenAI didn’t think so. They fixed it anyway - we’ll tell you why. Also, some bad guy may have peeked behind the DM screen at user info on Roll20. Make your saving throw! This is The Checklist, brought to you by SecureMac!
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Checklist 382 - The Annual Summer Blockbuster Special
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.
Where Khan went wrong Some of the Empire’s greatest mistakes And who are these aliens messing up our Independence Day? Check out our show notes:
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Checklist 381 - Kaspersky Ban, the Change Hack, and Virtual Bugs
On this edition of The Checklist by SecureMac:
The Commerce Department is kicking Kaspersky out of the U.S. Another shoe has dropped in the Change Healthcare hack And an Apple Vision Pro bug to unleash virtual bugs Check out our show notes:
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Checklist 380 - Playing CSAM, Recall, and DNA Catch-Up
Everything old is new again! Calls for tech companies to override end-to-end encryption for CSAM detection, Microsoft recalls Recall for now, and regulators in Canada and the UK think maybe the 23andMe breach is worth investigating. That’s all ahead on this edition of The Checklist… brought to you by SecureMac.
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Customer Reviews
Great advice on security
Been listening to this podcast since it first started several years ago. Always good advice on how you can be secure when online. Every Apple user should listen to at least one episode and see if the podcast is for them.
Great Podcast
This show brings me insight and joy thank you so much
You need to know this
You only feel safe online because you don’t know the threats. This will make you aware and will tell you how to deal with scams.