Category: technology
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Misleading Headline Popularity Rises 200%
In a post titled “1Password Leaks Your Data” software engineer, Dale Myers, argues that 1Password’s 1PasswordAnywhere feature is very insecure. Here’s how Myers describes the feature: For those of you who don’t know, 1PasswordAnywhere is a feature of 1Password which allows you to access your data without needing their client software. 1Password originally only used the…
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When is it the Wrong Time to Be an Android User
Dan Goodin writing for Ars about newly published vulnerabilities: There’s a new round of Stagefright vulnerabilities that allows attackers to execute malicious code on more than one billion phones running ancient as well as much more recent versions of Google’s Android operating system. Stagefright 2.0, as it’s being dubbed by researchers from security firm Zimperium,…
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Ransomware
For most people reading this, I would suppose that you are already kind of familiar with the de-centralized bullshit currency, Bitcoin. Either you’ve tried it out and made a little bit of money mining it and then were quickly outpaced by minining farms, or you at least know a little bit about it. That is…
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Peace Pulled From App Store
Marco Arment: I’ve pulled Peace from the App Store. I’m sorry to all of my fans and customers who bought this on my name, expecting it to be supported for longer than two days. It’ll keep working for a long time if you already have it, but with no updates. If you want a refund,…
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iOS 9 Out; Go Block Ads
iOS 9 is out today for your iPhones and iPads. It is fine, I’ve been running the public betas for a long time now, you could read Federico Viticci’s 23 page review for a second opinion. My favorite feature is that you can now block advertisements and tracking sites (they know what you do and…