19 articles tagged privacy.
For many of us, the amount of personal information companies have access to is a huge and growing concern – but did you know that you can download all of your Apple account data? Depending on how you use Apple’s various products and services, this data can range from your AppleCare support history, to your […]
The thought of someone watching you through your webcam may sound like something straight out of a spy novel, but there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that it’s possible to remotely activate a webcam – often, without even activating that webcam’s LED! The most effective way to prevent someone from turning your webcam against you, […]
Did you know that your Mac keeps a record of everything you’ve ever download? Even if you deleted a file years ago, it will still show up in this log, so by default your Mac has a complete list of everything you’ve ever downloaded, from the moment you first switched it on. If your Mac […]
Your Apple ID is how you access many important Apple services, including iCloud, Messages, FaceTime and the App Store. Naturally, you’ll want to do everything you can to keep your Apple ID secure, and with data breaches happening all the time, simply creating a password is no longer enough! Two-factor authentication can provide an additional […]
Privacy is a huge concern for most of us, but even if you encrypt all of your data, your Mac might still be leaking important information, via QuickLook’s cache. In this article, I’m going to explore this worrying security loophole – what it is, why it happens, and what you can do to ensure QuickLook […]
Being tracked by online advertisers is something we all worry about. There’s something seriously unsettling about searching for a product once, only for that exact same product to suddenly crop up in every single advert you encounter across the web! According to Freedom to Tinker, advertisers have a discovered a new way to track your […]
It’s pretty common practice for websites to store cookies on your computer, and despite their bad reputation some cookies can actually improve your browsing experience. Cookies are how websites identify repeat visitors, allowing them to deliver a version of their website that’s optimised for each visitor. For example, if you tell a website to display […]
Plenty of apps use your location to help them provide more relevant suggestions in response to your questions and search terms. For example, ask Siri “where can I get a coffee?” and it’ll return a list of coffee shops in your immediate vicinity; search for “curry” in Maps, and it’ll stick a little red pin […]
Adding a password to your Mac is essential for helping to keep your sensitive files and personal information safe from prying eyes, but what happens if you forget or lose this password? Does it mean you can never log into your Mac again? Even if you haven’t password-protected your Mac’s login screen (and if you […]
Whenever you enter a password anywhere online, most modern web browsers will ask whether you want it to remember this password. While this feature can make your life easier, sometimes you might not want your web browser to remember your passwords. Perhaps you share your Mac with other people and don’t like the thought of […]
When it comes to keeping your Mac’s content safe from prying eyes, you have a couple of options, including hiding your files and folders so they don’t appear in your Mac’s ‘Finder’ or Spotlight searches, but another option is encrypting your files. Your Mac comes with a built-in text editor and encryption tool, known as […]
Is there a file or folder on your Mac that you’d prefer to keep under wraps? Maybe it’s a guilty-pleasure song or movie; perhaps you share your Mac with other users and are sick of them snooping around your folders, or maybe your Mac contains some particularly sensitive files, and you want the added security […]
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