422: 2015 Interview With Alsoft Makers Of Disk Warrior

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421: Meet Me In The Back Of Sizzler

418: Interview With James Chiappetta, Security Expert From Better Appsec

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• This week we are pleased to welcome James Chiappetta, Security Expert from Better Appsec.

• An intro to the human element of security.

  • https://betterappsec.com/how-appsec-can-help-balance-product-usability-with-security-e958463aad81

  • https://betterappsec.com/how-to-account-for-the-human-element-in-appsec-146548ecb9a1 

• What are the most common iphone PINs and what drives the creation of them? http://danielamitay.com/blog/2011/6/13/most-common-iphone-passcodes

• Is a 6 digit PIN really more secure than a 4 digit PIN? 

• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.04868.pdf >> In a throttled scenario, simply increasing the PIN length is of little benefit. In our results, there was no significant difference between 4- and 6-digit PINs within the first 100 guesses

• Product and Usability/Convenience - Opting in vs Opting out

  • The Engine Start/Stop example - https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/do-stop-start-systems-really-save-fuel.html && https://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy/engine-stop-start-systems-save-fuel-at-low-cost.html 

• What is the responsibility of consumer brands on data privacy and security? 

  • GDPR - accept all cookies?

  • Steve Job’s stance on prompting the user about the decision of opt in vs opt out

  • How or when does the question of optin vs opt on get asked factor in? 

Consumer empowerment. The individual should be able to actively manage their own data via consent, access, and correction mechanisms. In the event of a lack of adherence to these principles, there must be a way for the individual to address the breach without negative consequences. >> https://lolokaufman.medium.com/is-privacy-by-design-enough-12aa4fddb747

413: The Ultimate Technical Debt

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• Jerry talks about what he likes about SmallCube.

• The group talks about Apple supporting old hardware.

• Joe finally purchased a new refurbished Mac!

• Jerry talks about a problem with a computer that would not download Big Sur and kept going black that had a weird solution.

• This leads into Joe’s story about problems with a laggy bluetooth keyboard.

• Pro tip: Don’t let your device just sit around for a long period of time.

• Jerry shares a theory about kernel panics.

• People don’t read on screen warnings, which can lead to trouble.

• They have a conversation about how useful Omni Disk Sweeper is.

• Joe has an update to the df command thanks to listener Viktor Glemme.

• Terminal commands can be very helpful and efficient if you learn how to work with them.

• Jerry shares a story about a client that had trouble going to certain secure websites with Safari.

411: It’s Weird That It's Not Weird

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Topics:

• The group discusses the less than fruitful tech tag sale.

• It’s weird that it isn’t weird to see people after awhile during the pandemic.

• They talk about how things went when they met up for the first time in awhile.

• Sam will not forget that Jerry owes him a cookie.

• Joe struggled to diagnose a slow computer the other day. Turns out it was a heating problem and Jerry had to swoop in.

• He shares an app he used to check the fan speed of a computer called Macs fan control. https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control/download.

• The group thanks people who in the Slack community.

• After Jerry praised Harmonizly a couple shows back, Joe suggested the app to a client and Sam ended up using it as well.
  https://harmonizely.com/?fpr=macworks

• Sam shares a story about how he had to perform a wipe and setup a UDM Pro for a client whose previous technician had set himself as the owner. This leads to some head scratching results.

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410: The Person Who Blows The Horn

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• Sam tells a creepy story about something that happened with one of his old devices the other night.

• Did anyone hear a train in the background?

• Joe & Sam talk about social events during the pandemic and how much more we appreciate seeing each other.

• Joe brings up live desktop with Addigy.

• Stay tuned to an upcoming episode where we welcome back the CEO of Addigy, Jason Dettbarn.

• Joe’s Tip: du -sh command to display disk usage statistics.

• The group talks about the large amount of spam calls they’ve been getting.

• Joe discovered that the spam callers have actually been using real people’s numbers. They wonder how the callers have been doing this.

• Joe has time on his hands to talk to spam callers.

• Sam discusses one of the weird issues he’s had with his replacement iPhone that he can’t really figure out. And Joe could be on to something with a SIM card issue.