The Verge: Subscription and Trackers

The term “Magic Links” once meant a futuristic PDA. Nowdays, companies like Auth0 use it to refer to the slightly-magical feat of including a login link in an email. Last week, the great website you should subscribe to if you haven’t already (it’s great, when you’re not logged out), 404 Media, posted “We Don’t Want Your Password” in defense of...

Apple’s focus on security and privacy is making them release features that only work on devices on the same iCloud account, which will counterintuitively hurt people’s privacy as they log in to personal iCloud accounts on devices owned by their employers. As the Apple blogosphere is dominated by very good independant writers, this is an issue...

Originally posted on the JupiterOne blog. Some seem to love Cyber Security Awareness Month. Of course, at least as many despise it, because it makes no sense to have intense focus for one month and then forget about it for the other 11. Without saying if I love it or if I hate it, I decided to write a set of rules. If any of this is a problem in...

This summer, since WWDC, I was repeatedly asked: How do I disable Apple Intelligence on our company laptops? Apple Intelligence didn’t exist yet. Not even in the betas, plus, Apple is pretty strict around betas and NDAs. The features were clearly going to roll out in stages throughout the year, so my answer was always, “Yeah, you’ll probably be...

Security checklist for families using Apple devices If many people in your family are on the Apple ecosystem, here are a few things worth checking while you’re going to be in the same physical location over the holidays. Ensure they have enough iCloud data and recent backups, then, enable automatic updates, and nudge them into updating (bring a...