Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Battery Case Replacements, the AR Converter app, and avoiding online scams.
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Apps To Delete, Year Of Security – TMO Daily Observations 2019-12-27
Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss apps you should remove from your devices, and making 2020 more secure.
Sign In With Apple, Managing Logins – TMO Daily Observations 2019-10-02
Charlotte Henry and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss updates to Sign In With Apple, and how to use and manage those logins.
LastPass 4.33.0 Fixes Bug That Leaked User Data
Google’s Project Zero security team found a LastPass bug that exposed user credentials on a website they previously visited.
Review: Yubico 5Ci is the iPhone's First Security Key
Launched last week, the Yubico 5Ci is the first security key with a Lightning connector. The company sent Andrew one for review.
Capital One Hack: What We Know and What You Can Do
A Capital One hack was recently discovered, affecting over 100 million people. Here’s what we know, and what you can do to stay protected.
Stock Trader Robinhood Stored Passwords in Plaintext
Investment and stock trading app Robinhood recently admitted to storing user credentials like passwords in plaintext.
Keeper Password Manager 1-Year Subscription: $19.99
We have a deal on Keeper, a password manager for iOS, Mac, Android, Windows, and Linux. With Keeper’s password manager and vault, you can generate, store, and AutoFill strong passwords on all devices while securely storing private documents. It also supports multiple forms of 2FA, including TOTP, SMS, Touch ID, Face ID, and U2F security keys (e.g. Yubikey). A one year subscription is $19.99 through our deal.
iOS 13 Password Bug Gives Unauthenticated Access in Settings
An iOS 13 password bug was discovered in the latest betas that give unauthenticated access to Website & App Passwords in Settings.
As detailed by iDeviceHelp on YouTube, you can access all of the saved usernames and passwords in Settings by repeatedly tapping the “Website & App Passwords” menu and avoiding the Face ID or Touch ID prompt. After several tries, iOS 13 will show all of your passwords and logins, even if you never successfully authenticated with Face ID or Touch ID.
I haven’t been able to replicate the issue, but I’ll keep trying to see.
Salting Passwords, Wizards Unite Gameplay – TMO Daily Observations 2019-06-21
Andrew Orr and Bryan Chaffin join host Kelly Guimont to talk about salting passwords and Andrew and Kelly’s first day playing Wizards Unite.
Try Salting Passwords if You Don’t Trust Password Managers
Andrew recently stumbled upon this sweet password trick from Password Bits, and he’s geeking out over the sheer genius of it.
Sign in with Apple, Telegram Attacked – TMO Daily Observations 2019-06-13
Charlotte Henry and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Google approving of Sign in with Apple, and China’s attack on Telegram.
iOS: How to Manually Configure iCloud Keychain
Unlike a traditional password manager, we don’t have a lot of control over iOS password generation. But there is a manual workaround that lets us configure iCloud Keychain a bit.
1Password 7.3 Updates the Mini Menu Bar Tool
1Password 7.3 for macOS brings a new “filling brain” as well as an updated 1Password mini that lives in the menu bar.
Managing iCloud Passwords, Photo Editing – TMO Daily Observations 2019-05-23
Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss managing passwords in the Keychain utility, and some tips for editing photos.
How to Use macOS Keychain Access to Beef up iCloud Keychain
Did you know that iCloud Keychain is synced with macOS’s Keychain Access utility? You can add website logins directly to Keychain Access, and have it synced to your iOS devices.
Death of Passwords, iPhone Phone Calls – TMO Daily Observations 2019-05-07
Andrew Orr and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to discuss better security than passwords, and prioritizing phone calls on an iPhone.
Communal Head Scratching to Help Solve Your Problems – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 758
It’s true, your two favorite geeks have come together again to have a “communal head scratch” about all the questions and problems you’ve submitted. Then it’s on to some happy tips, including one about working around the new Dropbox limitations. Download, press play, and learn at least five new things… and get your questions answered, too!
Change Your Instagram Password Immediately
In an updated blog post Facebook admitted that it stored Instagram passwords in plaintext, and millions of users are affected.
RoboForm Everywhere Password Manager 5-Year Individual Plan: $29.99
We have a deal on a 5-year subscription to RoboForm Everywhere Password Manager. This online service offers AES 256-bit encryption, powerful password auditing, and one account works across an unlimited number of devices. You can get this through our deal for $29.99.
Gift Card Spending Tips – TMO Daily Observations 2018-12-26
Today, Dave Hamilton and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss ways to spend Apple store and iTunes store gift cards.
Apple Cloud Services, Password Management, Apple Leadership, with Peter Cohen - ACM 493
Bryan Chaffin is joined by guest-host Peter Cohen to discuss Apple’s cloud services, including the ones they do really well and the ones that suck. They also talk about password management and practices, and look at Apple’s leadership team 8 years after Steve Jobs’s passing.
Cloud-hosted Military Data, Password Offenders – TMO Daily Observations 2018-12-12
Join host Kelly Guimont to talk with John Martellaro and Andrew Orr about military data being hosted in the cloud and about the worst password offenders in 2018.
Here are the Top 10 Worst 2018 Password Offenders
Dashlane put together a list of the top 10 worst 2018 password offenders. People, states, and companies make the list.
