This is our holiday update on what you should do this year to help your family with their technology.
Category: Podcasts
Security 278 – Phone Registration
We talk about how NJ is going to allow you to put your car registration in Apple Wallet. On the surface it looks good, but in reality, why?
https://www.nj.com/traffic/2021/11/new-nj-vehicle-registration-law-has-some-drivers-worried-about-privacy-cops-looking-at-their-phones.html
Security 277 – Useless Security
On today’s show we talk about security products you don’t need. https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgxnwk/you-probably-dont-need-a-vpn
Security 276 – Epik Hack
On today’s show we cover all the news that literally broke in the last three days:
1) Epik Hack: https://threatpost.com/epik-confirms-hack-data/174872/
2) Facebook WhistleBlower: https://gizmodo.com/9-horrifying-facts-from-the-facebook-whistleblowers-new-1847791184
3) Do we really need a VPN? : https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgxnwk/you-probably-dont-need-a-vpn
Security 275 – Maybe a Privacy Violation?
We cover three stories about potential violations of privacy, but maybe not?
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/privacy-focused-protonmail-provided-a-users-ip-address-to-authorities/
https://gizmodo.com/whatsapp-moderators-can-read-your-messages-1847629241
https://www.apple.com/child-safety/