Security

  • Facebook Wants To Make Social Networks More Private

    Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has published a ramble on how he thinks a “privacy-focused communications platform will become even more important than today’s open platforms”. And while its hard to find someone on the planet that is an anti-privacy advocate, is Zuckerberg really the person we trust to help build that? At least…


  • Apps Are Secretly Recording Your On-Screen Activity

    As Apple releases iOS 12.1.4 to fix the FaceTime issue that basically turned iOS devices into listening posts, another major issue is emerging. A number of apps are effectively acting as key loggers, collecting every tap and swipe you make. And the apps can do this without requesting permission.


  • Make Sure You Update Your iOS Devices This Week

    Earlier this week, it was disclosed that a nasty bug in iOS allowed someone to listen in on you through your iOS device’s microphone simply by placing a FaceTime call to you. Your microphone became active before you answered the call. Apple says it will be releasing a patch to rectify this serious fault. Make…


  • Be Careful Cloning Or Reinstalling macOS On A New Mac

    One of the new features Apple is including in all its new hardware is the T2 Security Chip. This piece of hardware protects Macs by enabling Secure Boot, so a tainted OS can’t start and leave your system vulnerable to hackers. But it also handles a bunch of encryption and other security functions, offloading those…