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Lees meerApple has just released iOS 13.5, and the update brings several significant changes. In what follows, we’ll touch on the highlights — and tell you what they mean in terms of safety, security, and privacy. Face ID gets faster For the past several mon…
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Lees meerThis week sees the early arrival of Chrome 83 with a longer list of new security features than originally planned.
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Lees meerThe U.S. Senate recently voted to allow law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access people’s web and search history without a warrant. In this article, we’ll unpack what that means for people living in or visiting the United States — and we’…
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Lees meerThe Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, work, and study — and has created new digital security and privacy issues as well. But as they say, sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. In this short piece, we’ll share …
Lees meerA quick trick to get more info when you are testing different Unified log examples is to use Terminal’s man page lookup feature. This is useful to provide more context to processes that you may not be familiar with. Perhaps you have something intere…
Lees meerThe Hong Kong protests have captured the world’s attention for several months now. While we’ll leave the political commentary to others, one noteworthy feature of these events is the way in which technology has played a pivotal role in helping the p…
Lees meerApple's efforts to overcome the limitations of Bluetooth is a proprietary system called MagicPairing, but there are flaws in the magic.
Lees meerThe FBI nabbed "Plinofficial" when he arrived at Miami airport carrying $20K cash, allegedly made off of the defunct, fraud-fav exchange.
Lees meerMozilla is fixing a longstanding password problem to alert users when their password exceeds the maximum length allowed.
Lees meerThese days, "What does this malware do?" is the question that has dozens of possible answers... here's how and why.
Lees meerThe government can keep on surveilling your online life without a warrant. An amendment to ban it failed by just one vote.
Lees meerAdmins working with Microsoft Azure beware: phishers are updating their assets to reflect changes on the company's cloud-based login screen.
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