The iOS 13 Privacy and Security Features You Should Know
Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Your iPhone just got a major security upgrade. Here are all the ins and outs.
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WeWork’s Wi-Fi Is Woefully Insecure
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:00:00 +0000
The Saudi oil strike, a license plate privacy disaster, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Credit to Author: Sarah Burd-Sharps| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:00:00 +0000
Opinion: Red Flag laws help prevent suicides and mass shootings, and buy time for people in crisis to get help.
Read MoreA Simple Way to Make It Harder for Mobile Ads to Track You
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:15:40 +0000
Beating back the scourge of online ad tracking entirely is almost impossible. But you can futz with your smartphone’s “ad ID” to slow it down.
Read MoreHackers Hit Click2Gov Bill-Paying Portals in 8 Cities
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000
The new wave of attacks comes after a previous Click2Gov hack compromised 300,000 payment cards.
Read MoreWe All Could Pay a Price for the Latest Slap at Huawei
Credit to Author: Klint Finley| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:06:13 +0000
An international cybersecurity group has evicted the Chinese telecom company to comply with US sanctions. That could allow malware to spread more easily.
Read MoreiOS 13: Apple's big BYOD improvements help enterprise pros
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:56:00 -0700
Apple may place much of its focus on Apple Arcade and consumer-friendly iPad/iPhone features, but there are numerous enterprise-focused enhancements wrapped up inside iOS 13.
The BYOD enterprise
The company’s latest operating systems introduce a host of productivity-enhancing upgrades, particularly for the iPad.
Yet the biggest improvements specifically for enterprise users aim to make a more robust division between personal and enterprise data for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) deployments, solving one of the big challenges in the space.
Change these 4 new security settings in iOS 13 now
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:29:00 -0700
If you’ve (successfully) upgraded to iOS 13 or just got hold of a new iPhone 11 or 11 Pro, there are new security settings in Apple’s latest operating system you need to learn and use. Here’s what’s important to understand.
Fight back against robocalls
There were 26.3 billion robocalls in the U.S. in 2018. It’s a a sickness.
You can stop the contagion thanks to a new in iOS 13 feature that directs incoming calls from unknown numbers (ie. those you don’t have in your Contacts book) to voicemail. It’s a useful feature that isn’t enabled by default.