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Apple’s iOS pasteboard leaks location data to spy apps

February 26, 2020 0 Comments Apple, copy and paste, gps data, iOS, location data, mysk, Operating Systems, OS X, pasteboard, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:28:24 +0000

A developer has discovered that malicious apps could exploit the pasteboard to work out a user’s location.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C0t83agCkD4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Larry Tesler, of copy-and-paste fame, dies at 74

February 21, 2020 0 Comments copy and paste, in memoriam, nomodes, rip, tesler

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:11:34 +0000

Larry Tesler, the computing pioneer who insisted that user interfaces should be both comfortable *and* consistent, has died aged 74.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EMu5ZKWZB4c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Copy-and-paste sharing on Stack Overflow spreads insecure code

October 9, 2019 0 Comments bad code, c, copy and paste, github, security threats, stack overflow, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:45:30 +0000

It’s the time-saving technique employed by many coders – copy and paste code from crowd-sourcing ‘Q&A’ websites. But is it always secure?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/owsdar3-5Ug” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>