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iOS 11.4 to come with 7-day USB shutout
After 7 days if there’s no passcode, then there’s no access.
Apple’s latest updates are out – APFS password leakage bug squashed
Two critical browser patches for iPhones and Macs – plus a quiet patch for a Mac password disclosure glitch we wrote about recently.
Police try (and fail) to unlock phone with a dead man’s finger
The practice doesn’t require a warrant but it left relatives feeling “disrespected and violated.”
Ex-Reddit mogul apologizes for making the world ‘a worse place’
“[Reddit] is awful and it’s gonna get worse.”
Steve Wozniak explains why he deactivated his Facebook account
As his 5,000 Facebook friends are about to find out, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has well and truly left the building.
Yet another Apple password leak – how to avoid it
Passwords in plaintext – again! Here’s Apple’s latest macOS password bug – plus a handy workaround to deal with it.
Police use dead man’s fingers to try to unlock his iPhone
In the first known instance of this technique, police tried using a dead man’s fingerprints to get past the protection of Apple’s Touch ID.
What would YOU do with a $1,000,000 exploit? [Chet Chat Podcast 220]
Here’s the past week’s news in a way that’s fun, informative and educational – all in a tight, quarter-hour podcast format. (Plus – find out what Chester would do with the $1m!)
The $1million Apple iTunes gift card scam
An Apple store employee in New York has been charged with using bogus credit cards to buy nearly $1 million in Apple gift cards.