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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:43:00 -0800

Apple remains a highly secure choice for enterprise professionals, but security threats remain and the environment requires sophisticated endpoint management tools, confirmed Build America Mutual (BAM) CTO, David McIntyre.

The Mac only bank

BAM is one of the leading U.S. municipal bond insurers and has insured over $65 billion since launch in 2012. It also has the rare distinction of being a fintech firm that is completely based on Macs.

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November 8, 2019 admin

Why you should begin using Sign in with Apple

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 06:17:00 -0800

Apple has published lots of information explaining how its newly introduced Sign in With Apple service solves a problem most of us didn’t know existed and which many of us would very much like to solve.

Who watches the watchmen?

The issue:

Most social sign-in services act a little like people-tracking honey pots: You come to use a website or service and stay because the people providing the authorization use that moment to gather even more information about what you do.

What happens is that the persistent identity used by those services can be combined with other data to identify where you go, what you look for and more.

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November 7, 2019 admin

Duck Duck Go offers Mac users even more privacy

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:20:00 -0800

People are finally waking up to the importance of privacy and the risk of entities over whom we have no control hoovering up the details of our digital lives, and that’s why the latest news from Duck Duck Go is so worthwhile.

Apple’s good privacy just got better

We know Apple is working to protect privacy – its newly updated privacy website shares a huge amount of information on its efforts, while the newly-published Safari white paper confirms the browser’s privacy protections include (among other things):

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November 7, 2019 admin

Hai uno dei primi iPhone o iPad? Aggiornalo ora o dovrai trasformalo in un fermacarte

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 05:30:59 +0000

E’ possibile evitargli questo destino aggiornando il dispositivo, ma c’è un dettaglio fondamentale: è necessario fare l’upgrade entro le 12:00 UTC del 3 novembre<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/xM1v2f1ZA2M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ComputerWorld Independent

November 7, 2019 admin

Duck Duck Go gives Mac users even more privacy

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:20:00 -0800

People are finally waking up to the importance of privacy and the risk of entities over whom you have no control hoovering up the details of our digital lives, and that’s why the latest news from Duck Duck Go is so worthwhile.

Apple’s good privacy just got better

We know Apple is working to protect our privacy – its newly updated privacy website shares a huge amount of information on this, while the newly-published Safari white paper confirms the browser’s privacy protections include (among other things):

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ComputerWorld Independent

November 6, 2019 admin

Apple updates its privacy pages; you should take a look

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:01:00 -0800

Apple has updated its privacy website and published several white papers explaining its approach to the issue and how its products protect your privacy.

Apple offers more information than ever

The updated website delivers much more information now, with a broad overview of what the company is doing. It details features and controls as well as the company’s privacy policy and transparency report.

The site also offers a selection of understandable white papers that explain how privacy controls work in Safari, Location Services, Photos and Sign-in With Apple. These contain a large amount of information on Apple and its services.

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ComputerWorld Independent

November 6, 2019 admin

Apple updates its privacy pages, and you should take a look

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:01:00 -0800

Apple has updated its Privacy website and published several white papers explaining its approach to the topic and how its products protect your privacy.

Apple is offering more information than ever

The updated website delivers much more information than before with a broad overview of what the company is doing. It includes pages detailing features and controls as well as its privacy policy and transparency report.

The site also offers a selection of approachable white papers that explain how the privacy controls in Safari, Location Services, Photos and Sign-in With Apple work. These contain a huge amount of information on Apple and its services.

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October 16, 2019 admin

Why we need Apple’s HomeKit-enabled routers

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 06:47:00 -0700

How secure are the connected smart devices you keep in your home? How much protection have you put in place, and have you even taken a minute to change your default router password?

Computer says no

The truth is many smart home device users (and those running connected devices in smart offices, enterprises, manufacturing and beyond) may not yet have taken stock of their security.

This is a particular problem when it comes to older smart devices, many of which are still in use even though a large number of them shipped with weak or non-replaceable factory default passcodes.

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