The Checklist by SecureMac

Reports say a misconfigured AWS cloud server left the info of hundreds of thousands of Hobby Lobby customers exposed. We'll look at that and a few takes on how best to secure the cloud. Plus - revisiting a checklist on cloud misconceptions with "Security in Color" host Dominique West. All of that on Checklist 224 brought to you by SecureMac.

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If you spend any time on the socials, you've heard people talk about Clubhouse. It's been around for close to a year, though it's really taken off over the past few months. We'll look at its safety, then look at Privacy Labels with Clubhouse as a sort of yardstick on Checklist 223 brought to you by SecureMac.

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Tax time is upon us in the U.S. Between changes in filing dates last year and COVID-related tumult, bad guys are out in force this year, trying to scam the unsuspecting out of personal info and money. SecureMac's Nick Leon joins us to talk over a few tax scams and how to avoid them.

Apple has three great checklists that we're featuring on this week's Checklist by SecureMac:

- If you want to see if anyone else has access to your device or accounts

- If you want to stop sharing with someone whom you previously shared with

- If you want to make sure no one else can see your location

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The first two pieces of malware for the first Apple Silicon processor - the M1 - have been spotted. The first, GoSearch22, was found by Mac security expert Patrick Wardle. He stops by to talk about that one, about the other piece of malware - Silver Sparrow, and the future of malware on Apple Silicon. All of that on episode 220 of The Checklist, brought to you by SecureMac.

Keep up with Patrick on his website: Objective-See.com

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The folks protecting the networks of tomorrow are in high school today. And they're learning how to protect the networks of tomorrow… today. Robert Speciale is the CT Cybersecurity teacher at Indian Springs High School outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. He was an IT guy who became a teacher, who's now teaching high school kids how to be pros in cybersecurity. What are they learning? How'd that happen? And what's such a big program doing at such a small school? Find out on Checklist 219, brought to you by SecureMac.

Privacy Labels have landed in the App Store for a number of apps. We'll cover what those are, what they cover, why some apps don't have them, and what you can do with the information on them.

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Last week was Data Privacy Day, and Apple tackled it in big ways. Checklist 217 by SecureMac looks at Apple's App Tracking Transparency push, as well as its war of words with Facebook.

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Zoom went from being an easy to use video calling service to a privacy nightmare to a ubiquitous utility serving a locked down COVID-19 world. But did we ever take care of the privacy problems? iMore's Stephen Warwick joins us to talk about Zoom, what it's done to make itself safer, and what we can do, too.

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When's the last time you completely powered down your iPhone? Whenever it was, that's the safest your iPhone's been in a while. We'll look at various states of data, what we have to worry about, and what we can do to mitigate that worry. Plus - A followup to Apple flouting the firewall.

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