We’ve already talked about how the Huawei ban may affect business, but how will it affect security? Google has already warned of security threats should the company be unable to send updates to Huawei’s Android-powered devices. And even if Huawei responds with its own OS, will people trust it? In this episode of TECH(feed), Juliet discusses those security implications and what some people think the U.S. should do instead.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 07:08:00 -0700
Apple will make near field communication (NFC) much more useful in iPhones running iOS 13, and these enhancements will impact the retail, medical, government, and security industries.
Apple already uses NFC to support Apple Pay and the Apple Pay Express Transit system, which is rolling out at this time.
While it has incrementally extended the tasks NFC supports over the years, the company has limited its NFC support to the NDEF standard until now, but it extends this with support for new standards in its Core NFC Framework in iOS 13.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:50:00 -0800
Apple must be doing something right as the cost of Apple ID data on the Dark Web has dropped, even as the value of Fortnite, Facebook, Netflix and Uber accounts has increased.
Last year, I reported that online scammers were spending up to $15 per account on Apple ID information, making Apple customers, “the most appealing targets” for scammers.
That’s changed.
The latest edition of Top10VPN’s Dark Web Market Price Index claims scammers are only willing to spend up to $11 for this information today and are targeting arguably less well-secured services instead.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:39:00 -0800
Apple believes in your right to privacy. Here is some advice on how to use the tools it has given you to protect your privacy on an iOS device.
You probably already use a 4-digit passcode, but you can improve that with a 6-digit or alphanumeric code.
You change this in Settings>Touch ID/Face ID & Passcode, select Change Passcode and then tap the small Passcode Options dialog. Alphanumeric codes are harder to decipher, just make sure you remember the code.
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 05:30:00 -0800
Apple has disabled Group FaceTime following discovery of a flaw that could potentially let people hear audio from other people’s devices without permission. What’s going on and what can you do about it?
A 9to5Mac report based on a video published to Twitter by @BmManski that revealed this flaw lets a user listen to audio captured using another person’s device before they accept or reject the call requesting a FaceTime chat. The problem affects only iOS devices running iOS 12.1 or later (pending an update).
Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:35:00 -0800
Android security is always a hot topic on these here Nets of Inter — and almost always for the wrong reason.
As we’ve discussed ad nauseam over the years, most of the missives you read about this-or-that super-scary malware/virus/brain-eating-boogie-monster are overly sensationalized accounts tied to theoretical threats with practically zero chance of actually affecting you in the real world. If you look closely, in fact, you’ll start to notice that the vast majority of those stories stem from companies that — gasp! — make their money selling malware protection programs for Android phones. (Pure coincidence, right?)
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:27:00 -0800
Many enterprises rely on zip files to exchange data, particularly confidential data. And compression helps keep information safe, even against inquisitive ads trackers lurking inside “free” email or online storage services. How do you handle these things on iPad or iPhone?
While it isn’t especially obvious, iOS provides some limited features that let you archive and decompress zip files. You can even create a nice little Shortcut to do this for you:
How to use the zip files shortcut:
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:30:00 +0000
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