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SecureMac presents The Checklist, a weekly Mac security show focused on Apple hardware and ecosystems - that’s Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, as well as the apps and operating systems that run them. The Checklist offers cyber safety tips, online privacy advice, updates, and commentary on the week’s security news — all with a focus on Apple and Apple devices. Hosted by “Mac OS Ken’s” Ken Ray and featuring special guest appearances by cybersecurity experts, The Checklist is a fun, accessible approach to privacy and digital security.
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Now displaying: February, 2021
Feb 25, 2021

The first two pieces of malware for the first Apple Silicon processor - the M1 - have been spotted. The first, GoSearch22, was found by Mac security expert Patrick Wardle. He stops by to talk about that one, about the other piece of malware - Silver Sparrow, and the future of malware on Apple Silicon. All of that on episode 220 of The Checklist, brought to you by SecureMac.

 

Keep up with Patrick on his website: Objective-See.com

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Feb 18, 2021

The folks protecting the networks of tomorrow are in high school today. And they’re learning how to protect the networks of tomorrow… today. Robert Speciale is the CT Cybersecurity teacher at Indian Springs High School outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. He was an IT guy who became a teacher, who’s now teaching high school kids how to be pros in cybersecurity. What are they learning? How’d that happen? And what’s such a big program doing at such a small school? Find out on Checklist 219, brought to you by SecureMac.

Feb 11, 2021

Privacy Labels have landed in the App Store for a number of apps. We’ll cover what those are, what they cover, why some apps don’t have them, and what you can do with the information on them. 

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Feb 4, 2021

Last week was Data Privacy Day, and Apple tackled it in big ways. Checklist 217 by SecureMac looks at Apple’s App Tracking Transparency push, as well as its war of words with Facebook. 

 

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