The security of all computers is dependent on three things: The Hardware The Operating System The Apps When it comes to the iPhone, Apple does a great job of making sure the hardware is secure. The Secure Enclave is the best in the industry and Apple spends a lot of money testing their hardware. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Banks are very good at security. Certain kinds of security, that is. They have vaults with really cool doors. Many banks have armed guards. And alarms. In some cities they put tellers in cages to protect them (that is NOT a great metaphor). But when it comes to developing software, they are subject to the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If privacy matters in your life, it should matter to the phone your life is on Apple is launching a major ad campaign to run during March Madness with the tagline “If privacy matters in your life, it should matter to the phone your life is on. Privacy. That’s iPhone“. Since Apple’s business model is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As people use their mobile devices as what one friend used to call a “pocket super computer” as opposed to something where you dial 7 digits (remember that) and talk to someone, hackers have figured out that the new attack vector is your phone. In part, this is due to the fact that finally, after […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Houston lawyer is suing Apple alleging that Apple’s Facetime bug (still not fixed) that allowed people to eavesdrop even if you do not answer the call, allowed a private deposition to be recorded. If you are among the geek crowd you probably know that the most paranoid person around, Edward Snowden, required reporters to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You would think that in light of all of the negative publicity that Facebook has had, it would reign in some of it’s badder practices, but maybe they are just daring Congress to regulate them. Facebook created a VPN product called Onavo Protect. The public claim was that it was designed to protect your traffic, […]
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