security

Hi all, We are trying to have our (big) company buy macs for developers so they can choose between pcs and macs but one problem is the lack of kensington locks on the macbook pros... We have seen some ports back on the macbook pros recently (hdmi, mag safe...), so why not a little hole for a...

Someone on instagram said they could access my phone and all its content. They then proceeded to post photos that were only on my phone. Some of me and my then gf. Nobody has access to my iphone at home. I dont even have photos on icloud. Could this all be my ex gf or could I have been hacked?

Hi all, I opened this account because I couldn't find answers (easy ones anyway) on how to completely nuke a macbook, including firmware any any piece of preboot software that could be tampered with on a 16.2" MBP M1 2001. It came with Monterey but it doesn't seem to matter, it seems to target...

I experience some weird behaviour on safari on my iPad Pro (running iPadOs 15.7). When googling for "id mobile" (A UK mobile service provider), when I clicked on the the www.idmobile.co.uk link a series of weird urls was shown in the address bar for several seconds before I finally got to what...

I was just wondering if there is anything that can protect your iPhone/computer if you need to connect to public Wi-Fi in an airport or hotel? My wife may need to use her Win laptop to connect to her office if something critical comes up when we are on vacation. I was thinking about a...

I logged into Amazon.com today using Safari with Private Relay turned ON over a cellular (XFinity Mobile connection — they use Verizon as the underlying carrier). However, despite the fact I have Private Relay turned ON and despite the fact that I confirmed that my real IP address is NOT being...

Hi everyone! I just wanna know if I am the only one experiencing this problem with face ID and apple watch unlock feature. I am using the regular iPhone 13 and apple watch SE by the way. “Face ID with a mask” and “Unlock with apple watch” features turned on. I noticed the problem when my...

So I like the idea of the new Passkeys in iOS 16 but was wondering: If I buy a new iPhone or iPad etc, will I still need to know my Apple ID password to set up my new device? If we are trying to move away from passwords, how will it work in this situation?

Sign In with Apple was the precursor for Passkeys. Given the way it's been engineered, it looks like all of those that have added support for Sign In with Apple will work from the get go with Passkeys – if not directly, then through Sign In With Apple which will look and act the same when...

As I was thinking about network security, what came to mind was the threat posed by someone impersonating a public WiFi hotspot with his own hardware and running a man-in-the-middle attack on my system. The way this would work is that my laptop would connect to the impostor hotspot, because it...

I have the following 3 users on my M1 Macbook Air 2020: userA: admin created during macOS installation, no AppleID connected userB: non-admin, its own AppleID connected, FindMy disabled userC: non-admin, its own AppleID connected, FindMy enabled After I invoke Mark As Lost in FindMy iPhone...

I am using Microsoft 365 with an outlook.com email address. I have 2FA enabled, and use an authenticator application. When I setup my email account in Apple Mail, I choose outlook.com, and it displays the live.microsoft.com login page (a redirect in the Safari framework presented in email...

I've recently noticed that CleanMyMac now flags Parallels Desktop 17 as a "suspicious" app, as shown below. As shown in the image, their apparent reasoning for this is that the app is "associated with or owned by Russian or Belarusian developers, where government authorities can access their...

A legitimate email I received went to my spam folder so I opened it and re-assigned it to the actual inbox. However, once I did that, the email app automatically opened the next email in my spam folder, which was a clear scam. If I didn't click on any link and immediately closed it, am I fine...

If fingerprints are unique (research suggests they are) then why doesn't my phone tell me this finger is already added if I add the same finger twice? On all of my fingerprint id phones I can add my fingers each twice or more. Some early fingerprint sensor discussion of the version 1 phones...

I've been trying to find out just how much access apps have in later versions of macOS, specifically non-MAS apps that aren't run in sandbox. I know that they require your permission to access personal folders(or "Full Disk Access"), input, screen recording etc. in later macOS versions, but does...

Looking at a doc on the Apple site it seems that I don't need to hide my SSID or use MAC addressing anymore. Is that correct/advisable? I'm about to set up a new router, but will need to use WPA2 security due to the age of my attached kit. Does Apple's advice still apply, or are they really...

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If you are using an older MacOS like 10.12.1 or earlier. Any site you visit that uses Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates will no longer work. This is because the root ssl certificate is expired. Here's an article that explains it...

I just went through and locked several PDFs stored in iCloud via the Files app. I attempted to remove a lock using the same method and there doesn’t seem to be a way to unlock them. ??‍♂️ I hope this feature is forthcoming.