Why would you bug your own bedroom? A Security Professional’s Guide to Legitimate Monitoring | MacWorks 360
Why Would You Bug Your Own Bedroom? A Security Professional’s Guide to Legitimate Monitoring Picture this: You’re a small business owner running a creative agency, and you’ve just invested thousands […]
Combat Smart TV Privacy Abuses with an Apple TV
If you own a smart TV or are shopping for a new one, you should be aware of a troubling trend: modern TVs have evolved from simple screens into sophisticated […]
Audit How You Appear in Google Search
Google has created a free service that lets you see what of your personal and professional information has been published on the Web. Once you provide your name, address, phone […]
Concerned by the Privacy or Results of Google Search? Try These Other Search Engines
Google is big. Google Search generated $225 billion in revenue in 2022, thanks in part to being the default search engine on all Apple devices. To retain that position—and continue […]
Improve Privacy by Removing Metadata from Office Documents and PDFs
When we share data with others, we do so intentionally—a law firm sending a client legal documents, for instance. But those documents shouldn’t include ancillary information that might reveal other, […]
A Practical Guide to Identifying Phishing Emails
Phishing is becoming an ever more common way for people to get in trouble when using the Internet. A phishing attack is some communication, usually an email, that tries to […]
LastPass Security Breach: Here’s What to Do
Password management company LastPass has announced that it suffered a security breach in which attackers stole both encrypted customer account data (which is bad) and customer vaults containing encrypted usernames […]
If Your Holiday Gift Was a Tech Device, It’s Time to Change the Password!
Whatever consumer electronics product you can name, there’s probably a “smart” version that you configure via an app or Internet-connected interface once you’ve connected it to your Wi-Fi network. For […]
Protect Your Hidden and Recently Deleted Albums in Photos
Photos has long provided a hidden album you could use to hold images you wanted to keep a little more private. Until this year, however, it was security through obscurity: […]
Apple Works to Improve Safety in the Wake of AirTag Stalking Reports
Over the past few months, there has been a spate of media reports about how people may have been tracked without their knowledge using AirTags, Apple’s elegant location trackers. Like […]