With Tim Cook’s speech at the Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection conference, on Privacy Day 2021.
Category: Security
On DropBox & cloud sync
I do not use DropBox. Dropbox OSX “dirty little security hack”, here, and here. Alternatives: ownCloud, Nextcloud, if you run your own server.
On Zoom
7/10/19: I do not use Zoom. Zoom installing a hidden web server that would could automatically launch video calls and would not get uninstalled with app, in fact it seems it would stay active and automatically install the app upon clicking on links to zoom calls. This is forcibly fixed by an Apple silent update (normally… Continue reading On Zoom
On Adobe, Flash & Reader
Another critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash player, required for example by JHU to take mandatory professional-learning materials. I use an isolated Windows virtual machine on OS X just for Adobe Flash player…and still I wish I did not have to use it, ever. See Steve Jobs’ thoughts on Flash. Update: now it seems Flash won’t… Continue reading On Adobe, Flash & Reader