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On Checklist No. 243 by SecureMac:

- Explanations and pushback continue around Apple's Extended Protections for Children

- T-Mobile USA has lost info on over 40-million people

- And kids aren't great at the password thing

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Apple made some huge announcements last week aimed at protecting kids. While that is laudable, Apple's plans raised more than a few privacy concerns. We'll look at Expanded Protections and Pushback on this edition of The Checklist, brought to you by SecureMac.

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On this short Checklist, we look at the new Spyware Detector from iMazing, covering:

- Why iMazing versus the Amnesty International tool

- How to use it

- What it'll work on and what it won't

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This week on Checklist 241 - Israel is investigating NSO Group, the outfit behind the spyware "Pegasus." We'll hear about that, plus the scary state of affairs, as told by The Next Web. Plus - one week after updates for Apple gear, more updates for Apple gear. And how do you AirDrop? We'll look at a story that may have you reconsidering settings.

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This week on Checklist 240 - Apple releases updates for everything, then updates for everything else. We'll look at new features and security fixes. We'll also look at a world-girding spyware story as Pegasus takes flight.

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While online ads may anonymize your data, there's a whole industry working to put that data and your identity back together. We'll talk about that, plus stopping spam calls and stolen passwords from stolen iPhones. It's all on Checklist No. 239, brought to you by SecureMac.

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In the movies, bad guys are often taken down by a tech vulnerability. This week, we revisit our look at how best practices could make bad guys better at being bad.

- Where Khan went wrong

- Some of the Empire's greatest mistakes

- And who are these aliens messing up our Independence Day?

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Is it a data leak, or data lake? We'll talk about the personal info of LinkedIn users that's up for sale. Also - what's going on with who's health records? And revisiting ID in Apple Wallet - all of that on Checklist No. 237 brought to you by SecureMac.

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Apple has a plan to put government IDs in the Wallet App on iPhone. Convenient? Sure! But, as with anything new in technology, there are concerns. We'll look at those from the technical side and the philosophical side with SecureMac's Nick Leon on Checklist No. 236, brought to you by SecureMac.

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On Checklist No. 235 by SecureMac:

- The problem with buying tech from the blacklist

- Apple tightens security on AirTag

- A surprising security change coming for iOS

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