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The Checklist by SecureMac — 461 episodes
Checklist 451 - Safe Holiday Shopping 2025
Checklist 450 - Weak Passwords and Deepfake Celebrities 2025
Checklist 449 - Background Improvements and a Meta Warning
Checklist 448 - OS Updates and App Store Accountability
Checklist 447 - iPhone Protections and Ghost Accounts
Checklist 446 - Meta Warnings and Merit Badges
Checklist 445 - Ransomware Revisited and a Bigger Bug Bounty
Checklist 444 - Spoofing the FBI and Doctors without Manners
Checklist 443 - Why Anti-Phishing Training Isn't Working
Checklist 442 - Ransomware Rodeo
Checklist 441 - Privacy and Security in macOS Tahoe 26
Checklist 440 - Latest iPhones Target Serious Spyware
Checklist 439 - NV Update and Multi-Extortion Attacks
Checklist 438 - Nevada Does a Great St. Paul Impression
Checklist 437 - Wrong Numbers from A.I.
Checklist 436 - Operation Secure St. Paul
Checklist 435 - Preying on St. Paul and Wi-Fi Indicators
Checklist 434 - OS Updates and City Under Cyberattack
Checklist 433 - Passwords, 2FA, and Smishing
Checklist 432 - Healthcare Files and Healthcare Phishing
Checklist 431 - Hacking the Mickey D's Hiring Bot
Checklist 430 - Hardware Problems and a System Fix
Checklist 429 - Safer Protesting and App Store Concerns
Checklist 428 - Avoiding SMS for 2FA and a Plot Twist for 23andMe
Checklist 427 - Hallucinating Current Events
Checklist 426 - T-Life Recorded and a 2FA Proposal
Checklist 425 - AI Privacy Labels and Lots of Lost Logins
Checklist 424 - Take It Down or Else!
Checklist 423 - Less Consumer Protection and More OS Updates
Checklist 422 - Every Day Is World Password Day
Checklist 421 - Strengthening AirPlay and Turning Off TV Tracking
Checklist 420 - Hacking the Crosswalk
Checklist 419 - Tax Scams and Crossed Signals
Checklist 418 - VPNs, the App Store, and the Chinese Army
Checklist 417 - 23andMe Goes Bankrupt and a Crash Course in Signal
Checklist 416 - Malware as A.I. and A.I. Be Trippin'
Checklist 415 - Voice Clones and Paper Problems, Revisited
Checklist 414 - Meta and Apple Think of the Children
Checklist 413 - Googling Good News
Checklist 412 - DeepSeek Concerns and Newspapers Held for Ransom
Checklist 411 - Virtual Dates and Zero-Day Updates
Checklist 410 - OCR Malware in the App Store
Checklist 409 - Change Healthcare's Strange and Changing Story
Checklist 408 - Family Passwords and Smishing, Revisited
Checklist 407 - Scams Sparked by SoCal Fires
Checklist 406 - Less Salt, More Logos
Checklist 405 - Neo-el: Hacky Holidays Reloaded
Checklist 404 - Safe Digital Travel and OS Updates
Checklist 403 - The FBI, Salt Typhoon, and Encryption
Checklist 402 - Avoiding Shopping Scams 2024
Checklist 401 - Malware by Mail
Checklist 400 - Reboots, PDFs, and Passwords
Checklist 399 - Passwords with Allison Sheridan
Checklist 398 - The More Things Change…
Checklist 397 - Stormy Forecast and Security Updates
Checklist 396 - 23andMe and NPD, Revisited
Checklist 395 - iPhone Protection and A.I. Detection
Checklist 394 - Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024
Checklist 393 - Disappointment and Worry
Checklist 392 - Safety and Security in Apple's Fall OS Updates
Checklist 391 - Sextortion Scams and QR Codes, Revisited
Checklist 390 - Ask a Philosopher
Checklist 389 - The NPD Leak and an A.I. President, Revisited
Checklist 388 - Everybody's Data is Out There
Checklist 387 - Fixing a Four-Zero Day
Checklist 386 - Privacy, Security, Updates, and Apple Intelligence
Checklist 385 - Leaving Cookies on the Table
Checklist 384 - A Very Un-Fun Snow Day
Checklist 383 - Roll for Security
Checklist 382 - The Annual Summer Blockbuster Special
Checklist 381 - Kaspersky Ban, the Change Hack, and Virtual Bugs
Checklist 380 - Playing CSAM, Recall, and DNA Catch-Up
Checklist 379 - Privacy and Security at WWDC24
Checklist 378 - Probable Ticketmaster Data Breach
Checklist 377 - Should We Maybe Talk About Deep Fakes and A.I.?
Checklist 376 - Too Much Recall
Checklist 375 - Updates and Affirmatives
Checklist 374 - 2FA Minus One
Checklist 373 - Change We Can't Believe In
Checklist 372 - A Roku Breach and a Doubtful Exploit
Checklist 371 - AI and (Probably) Pegasus Re-Revisited
Checklist 370 - The New Old AT&T Data Disaster
Checklist 369 - Tax Scams and Password Attacks
Checklist 368 - Love 2.0 Hurts
Checklist 367 - Love 2.0 Stinks
Checklist 366 - Don't Be THAT Guy
Checklist 365 - There's a Camera in My Candy
Checklist 364 - Tech Tackles Technical Difficulties
Checklist 363 - The Imaginary Toothbrush Botnet
Checklist 362 - Voices, Lords, and Passkeys
Checklist 361 - OS Updates and A.I. Presidents
Checklist 360 - A.I. and 23andMe Follow Ups
Checklist 359 - In an Election Year?!?
Checklist 358 - New Year, New Stuff!
Checklist 357 - The Hacky Holidays Special
Checklist 356 - Security Updates in Apple's Latest OS Updates
Checklist 355 - 23andMe and 7 Million Others
Checklist 354 - Safe Holiday Shopping in the Metaverse and Meatspace
Checklist 353 - A Letter on Passkeys from Allison Sheridan
Checklist 352 - AI: The "A" is for "Anxious"
Checklist 351 - DNA, Heavy Hacks, and Knock-Offs
Checklist 350 - Spyware and Celebrities
Checklist 349 - iPhone Scams, Passkeys, and OS Updates
Checklist 348 - 23andMe and You and Everyone We Know
Checklist 347 - Passkeys and Past Advice
Checklist 346 - Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023
Checklist 345 - Privacy, Security, and Sonoma
Checklist 344 - iOS 17, Pegasus, and Sportsball!
Checklist 343 - Pegasus and Wonderlust
Checklist 342 - Cyberattacks, Moonshots, and HIPAA
Checklist 341 - Fake Goods and Student Loan Scams
Checklist 340 - QR Codes and Magic Doors
Checklist 339 - Common Sense Security Steps
Checklist 338 - Macs and Keyboards and Required Reasons
Checklist 337 - I, Charger
Checklist 336 - Rapid Security Response (and Retreat)
Checklist 335 - The Annual Summer Blockbuster Special
Checklist 334 - Summertime, and the Scamming's Easy
Checklist 333 - Passkeys and Security Updates
Checklist 332 - Privacy, Security, and WWDC23 Part II
Checklist 331 - Privacy, Security, and WWDC23
Checklist 330 - CAPTCHA, Pegasus, and Mr. Softy's Migraine
Checklist 329 - Voice Clones and OS Updates
Checklist 328 - Talking with Grandpa and ChatGPT
Checklist 327 - A.I. Dangers and Working Remote Securely
Checklist 326 - Schrödinger's Vulnerability
Checklist 325 - Alerts on Alerts!
Checklist 324 - Real Threats from Artificial Intelligence
Checklist 323 - The Principal and the Thief
Checklist 322 - Safety and Security in the March 2023 Apple OS Updates
Checklist 321 - Not Phoning It In
Checklist 320 - Speedy Scams and Securing iCloud
Checklist 319 - Avoiding Tax Scams in 2023
Checklist 318 - Let's Not Be Victims
Checklist 317 - Twitter's Tumultuous 2FA Turn
Checklist 316 - Apple Card Safety and OS Updates
Checklist 315 - Avoiding Valentine's Scams
Checklist 314 - Playing Catch-Up
Checklist 313 - Apple Security Fixes and Features
Checklist 312 - Disconnecting Connected Appliances
Checklist 311 - Your Cyberpunk Life
Checklist 310 - Old Tech and a New Year Checklist
Checklist 309 - The Hacky Holidays Special
Checklist 308 - 7 Cybersecurity Tips for Holiday Gift Setup
Checklist 307 - Rapping and Unwrapping Security Tips
Checklist 306 - Safety Features on the Way and Features You're Not Using
Checklist 305 - Dangers in the Latest Thing
Checklist 304 - Black Friday Scams 2022 with Nick Leon
Checklist 303 - App Store Tracking Opacity
Checklist 302 - Privacy, Security and the 2022 Updates (Part 2)
Checklist 301 - Student Loan Scams and Positive Trends
Checklist 300 - Things to Consider When Smartening Your Home
Checklist 299 - It Is Still Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Checklist 298 - Are You Even Aware What Month It Is?
Checklist 297 - Avoiding CAPTCHA
Checklist 296 - On Her Majesty's Secret Scams
Checklist 295 - Privacy, Security and the 2022 Updates (Part 1)
Checklist 294 - The Threat is Coming from Inside the House!
Checklist 293 - Going (Securely) Back to School
Checklist 292 - This is (Probably) a Test
Checklist 291 - Taking Advantage of Your Good Nature
Checklist 290 - When and When Not to Be "That Person"
Checklist 289 - Breaches, Edits, and Heat
Checklist 288 - Everything Old Is News Again
Checklist 287 - Taking a Look at Lockdown Mode
Checklist 286 - The Annual Summer Blockbuster Special
Checklist 285 - Keeping Your Health Data Private
Checklist 284 - New Breaches, New Protections
Checklist 283 - Edit the Edit and Unsend Plans
Checklist 282 - Privacy, Security, and WWDC22
Checklist 281 - ATT and Privacy Labels with Anastasia Shuba
Checklist 280 - A Checklist of Shame
Checklist 279 - Updates, Updates, and Ads
Checklist 278 - Getting to Know FIDO
Checklist 277 - World Password Day 2022
Checklist 276 - Bad Guys Imitating Good Guys and Revisiting Internet of Things Things
Checklist 275 - Tim Cook's Case Against Sideloading
Checklist 274 - Crime Does Pay (But It Should Still Be Stopped)
Checklist 273 - What Do You Do If You Lose Your iPhone?
Checklist 272 - All of the Apps You Need Are in the App Store (Except for the Ones That Aren't)
Checklist 271 - Making the Case for the Latest Updates
Checklist 270 - Avoiding Tax Scams with Nick Leon
Checklist 269 - Ukraine, Your Loved Ones, and You
Checklist 268 - Bleepin' AirTags and 2FA in Action
Checklist 267 - But We Had AirTag Last Week…
Checklist 266 - It's the Little Things: Apple Watch, AirTag, and Security
Checklist 265 - Strengthening 2FA and Guarding Our Hearts
Checklist 264 - Updates and Sharing What You Know
Checklist 263 - Avoiding QR Code Phishing Scams
Checklist 262 - General Mayhem and Private Relay
Checklist 261 - Apple and Legacy Contacts
Checklist 260 - The Hacky Holidays Special
Checklist 259 - Log4j and the Biggest Bug in the World
Checklist 258 - Trackers, Thieves, and Spyware Warnings
Checklist 257 - Suing to Stop Pegasus
A Checklist of Checklists for Thanksgiving
Checklist 256 - A Lack of Mail Privacy Protection
Checklist 255 - Help Wanted: Data Guardian
Checklist 254 - Every Day is Black Friday
Checklist 253 - App Tracking Opacity
Checklist 252 - Cheating, Spying, and Cheating
Checklist 251 - Problems, Revisited
Checklist 250 - Apple Additions and Cybersecurity Awareness
Checklist 249 - The Problem with Apple Security
Checklist 248 - A Deeper Dive Into Apple Updates
Checklist 247 - Grounding Pegasus
Checklist 246 - Apple Delays CSAM Plans
Checklist 245 - Controlling Permissions on Devices
Checklist 244 - Stalkerware and Kids' Safety
Checklist 243 - Protections, Passwords, and Kids
Checklist 242 - Expanded Protections and Pushback
Checklist Short - Finding Pegasus Tracks
Checklist 241 - Updating Apple Gear (Again) and (Still) Following Pegasus
Checklist 240 - Updating Apple Gear and Sizing Up Pegasus
Checklist 239 - Two + Two = You
Checklist 238 - The Annual Summer Blockbuster Special
Checklist 237 - The LinkedIn Data Leak
Checklist 236 - ID in Apple Wallet with Nick Leon
Checklist 235 - A Trio of Topics
Checklist 234 - Privacy, Security, and WWDC with August Trometer
Checklist 233 - A Spate of Scams and Following Up on Venmo
Checklist 232 - Practice Safe Venmo and Update Your Stuff
Checklist 231 - Security News Roundup
Checklist 230 - Waiting for Various Labels
Checklist 229 - Zero-Days and WebKit with August Trometer
Checklist 228 - Updates, Transparency, and Security
Checklist 227 - Playing AirTag
Checklist 226 - Yet Another Facebook Breach
Checklist 225 - Raising Digital Citizens with Robert Speciale
Checklist 224 - Cloudburst Over Hobby Lobby
Checklist 223 - Visiting Clubhouse and Revisiting App Privacy Labels
Checklist 222 - Avoiding Tax Scams with Nick Leon
Checklist 221 - A Trio of Privacy Checklists from Apple
Checklist 220 - Malware and the M1 with Patrick Wardle
Checklist 219 - Teaching Tomorrow's Cybersecurity Pros with Robert Speciale
Checklist 218 - Reading the Privacy Nutrition Labels
Checklist 217 - The State of Apple's App Tracking Transparency
Checklist 216 - Zooming into 2021 with Stephen Warwick
Checklist 215 - Seriously Locking Down Your iPhone
Checklist 214 - Five Big Mac Malware Stories from 2020
Checklist 213 - New Year Security Resolutions
Checklist 212 - The Hacky Holidays Special
Checklist 211 - Avoiding a Scammy New Year
Checklist 210 - Shopping for Internet of Things Things
Checklist 209 - Apple Flouts the Firewall with Patrick Wardle
Checklist 208 - Safe Shopping Online 2020
Checklist 207 - Privacy and Security in macOS Big Sur with Nick Leon
Checklist 206 - Apple's Search for a Google Alternative with Nick Leon
Checklist 205 - Staying Out of the Hospital and Getting Out the Vote
Checklist 204 - Cybercrime and the 2020 Election
Checklist 203 - T2, Revisited Plus an Actual Checklist
Checklist 202 - The T2 Vulnerability with Patrick Wardle
Checklist 201 - Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Checklist 200 - TikTok, TV, and Time for a Checklist
Checklist 199 - iOS 14 Privacy Features with Nick Leon
Checklist 198 - Listener Tracking in Podcasts with Rob Walch
Checklist 197 - Staring at the Cloud with Dominique West
Checklist 196 - "The Art of Mac Malware: Analysis" with Patrick Wardle
Checklist 195 - Attacks on the 2020 Election with Nick Leon
Checklist 194 - YouTube Hijacking Bitcoin Blues with Stephen Warwick
Checklist WWDC20 Outtake
Checklist 193 - A Look at Apple Silicon with Nick Leon
Checklist 192 - Twitter Hack 2020
Checklist 191 - TikTok Talk with Patrick Wardle
Checklist 190 - WWDC20, iOS, and Safari with Brett Terpstra
The Checklist Summer Security Special 2020
Checklist 189 - WWDC20 and the Mac
See You on The Checklist During WWDC
Checklist 188 - Don't Let Your iPhone Give You Away
Checklist 187 - Talking Encryption with Patrick Wardle
Checklist 186 - Catching Up on Contact Tracing
Checklist 185 - Real Looking Scams and Fake Looking Help
Checklist 184 - Safe Passwords with Bart Busschots
Checklist 183 - Tracing the Contact Tracing Story
Checklist 182 - Tech Versus Tech Versus Coronavirus
Checklist 181 - Tech Takes on Coronavirus
Checklist 180 - Scams, Sign-Ins, and Automatic Updates
Checklist 179 - An Updates Update
Checklist of Checklists Around COVID-19
Checklist 178 - Another Coronavirus Checklist
Checklist 177 - The Coronavirus Checklist
Checklist 176 - Cloudiness Around Clearview AI
Checklist 175 - Certified Good for a Limited Time
Checklist 174 - Building a Safer Nest
Checklist 173 - Are You Smarter Than the Average Startup?
Checklist 172 - A Ring of Trouble
Checklist 171 - Here, FIDO!
Checklist 170 - A Great Big List + Home Insecurity
Checklist 169 - New Year New Rules
Happy New Year from The Checklist
Checklist 168 - It Only FEELS Like a Recap
Checklist 167 - Apple Updates All of It
Checklist 166 - Warnings from the FUN Bureau
Checklist 165 - Safe Shopping 2019
Checklist 164 - Over the River and Through the Woods
Checklist 163 - Encryption Minus the Encryption
Checklist 162 - Insecurity with a Light Touch
Checklist 161 - The Fixes Are In (Again)
Checklist 160 - What If You Lose One Factor?
Checklist 159 - What That and Tencent Will Get You
Checklist 158 - Catalina Bound
Checklist 157 - Just Add S4LT
Checklist 156 - Watches and Warnings
Checklist 155 - iOS 13 Feature Focus
Checklist 154 - Should you put a Ring on it?
Checklist 153 - Grades and Zeroes and Dumb Shoes
Checklist 152 - Sharing is Scaring
Checklist 151 - Too Close for Security Comfort
Checklist 150 - Trust Issues
Checklist 149 - Security Tripping with The Checklist
Checklist 148 - Playing Games with Security
Checklist 147 - Bill Barr and the Magic Door
Checklist 146 - Just Because You Can...
Checklist 145 - Zooming on Through
Checklist 144 - Summer Security Blockbusters
Checklist 143 - Whole Lotta Listenin Goin On
Not an Actual Checklist
Checklist 142 - Panic! at the Drive-Thru
Checklist 141 - Security Privacy and WWDC
Checklist 140 - To Track or Not to Track?
Checklist 139 - 2FA 101
Checklist 138 - Any Times a Good Time for an Update
Checklist 137 - Security Breach on Pump Four
Checklist 136 - The High Cost of Free Viewing
Checklist 135 - Share This Show
Checklist 134 - Many Things, Revisited
Checklist 133 - Hello, Turkmenistan!
Checklist 132 - Soup, Salad, and a Security Breach
Checklist 131 - The Good, the Bad, and the Buggly
Checklist 130 - A Sick Phone, Your Face, and MySpace
Checklist 129 - The Internet of Things and Other Things
Checklist 128 - The Matrix, the Bounty, and the Electronic Frontier
Checklist 127 - Once More, with Facebook!
Checklist 126 - Little Nests Have Big Ears
Checklist 125 - Pirates on the Enterprise
Checklist 124 - Returning to the Nest
Checklist 123 - FaceTime Giveth, Facebook Taketh Away
Checklist 122 - Unrest in the Nest
Checklist 121 - On Checklist, TV Watches You!
Checklist 120 - New Year Old Worries
Checklist 119 - Hacky Holidays!
Checklist 118 - Australia Ruins Everything!
Checklist 117 - Once More Into the Breaches
Checklist 116 - It's in the Mail
Checklist 115 - A Cornucopia of Security Stuffing
Checklist - The Apology
Checklist 114 - What's the Internet for Again?
Checklist 113 - Security Breaks and Fixes in iOS
Checklist 112 - Security as Obstacle in Mojave
Checklist 111 - Security and Privacy in macOS Mojave
Checklist 110 - Security and Privacy in iOS 12
Checklist 109 - Wetware as Weakest Link
Checklist 108 - How To Hotel Wifi
Checklist 107 - Newegg, Old Issues
Checklist 106 - Breaking Down Breakdowns in the Mac App Store
Checklist 105 - Products and Byproducts
Checklist 104 - Guess Again! And Again! And Again!
Checklist 103 - Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Checklist 102 - The Head Shaking Edition
Checklist 101 - Picture Imperfect
Checklist 100 - Its Episode 100!
Checklist 99 - I Saw What You Did!
Checklist 98 - Great (and Not So Great) Googley Moogley!
Checklist 97 - Privacy Nightmare at 30,000 Feet
Checklist 96 - News of Note
Checklist 95 - Summer Security Roundup
Checklist 94 - Again with the Facebook
Checklist 93 - Weakly Security Update
Checklist 92 - Lots and Lots of Leaks
Checklist 91 - Mix and Match 3
Checklist 90 - WHOIS GDPR?
Checklist 89 - Router Rundown
Checklist 88 - GrayKey's Anatomy
Checklist 087 - Anatomy of a Data Breach - Part 2
Checklist 086 - Anatomy of a Data Breach - Part 1
Checklist 085 - Facebook Follies
Checklist 084 - Machine Learning 101
Checklist 083 - More Security Bungles
Checklist 082 - New Hazards, New Helpers
Checklist 081 - Facebook Fiasco
Checklist 080 - Your Digital Legacy
Checklist 079 - Cryptocurrency and You
Checklist 078 - Running Old Tech (Or Not)
Checklist 077 - Mix and Match Part II
Checklist 076 - Apple Watch and Security
Checklist 075 - Mix and Match
Checklist 074 - Overall iOS Security Features
Checklist 073 - Meltdown and Spectre and You!
Checklist 072 - 2017 Security Review Part II
Checklist 071 - 2017 Security Review Part I
Checklist 070 - Apple's No Good Very Bad Security Quarter
Checklist 069 - When Kids Are Targeted
Checklist 068: Scams That Target the Elderly
Checklist 067: iOS 11 Security - Part Two
Checklist 066: iOS 11 Security - Part One
Checklist 065: macOS Built-in Security
Checklist 064: Gifts and Security
Checklist 063: Fixing Family Machines
Checklist 062: Talking to Parents About Security
Checklist 061: App Stores and Malware
Checklist 060: Safety in the App Stores
Checklist 059: Blockchain and Bitcoin
Checklist 058: Still More Listener Questions
Checklist 057: More Listener Questions
Checklist 056: Online Threats to Privacy
Checklist 055: Putting the "S" in HTTPS
Checklist 054: The Equifax Hack
Checklist 053: How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change the Internet?
Checklist 052: All About Botnets
Checklist 051 - Five Huge Hacks
Checklist 050: Hacking Healthcare
Checklist 049: AI and Security
Checklist 048: Spyware
Checklist 047: Identity Theft
Checklist 046: A Brief History of Malware
Checklist 045: Social Engineering
Checklist 044: Encryption
Checklist 043: Spam Spam Spam Spam
Checklist 042: The Internet of Things
Checklist 041: Authentication and Authorization
Checklist 040: Apple's Hacker History
Checklist 039: Career Day
Checklist 038: WannaCrypt
Checklist 037: Gone Phishing
Checklist 036: Spring Malware 2017
Checklist 035: More of Your Questions
Checklist 034: Sharing Preferences
Checklist 033: Forgotten Mac Password
Checklist 032: Shadow Profiles
Checklist 031: Spring Cleaning Your Mac
Checklist 030: The Cloud
Checklist 029: Secure Messaging Apps
Checklist 028: Avoiding Malware
Checklist 027: When You Think Your Mac's Infected
Checklist 026: Recent Mac Malware
Checklist 025: Making Macs Safe for Kids
Checklist 024: iPhones and Kids
Checklist 023: Running Secure Backups
Checklist 022: Tor and the Dark Web
Checklist 021: Must Have Security Apps
Checklist 020: Physical Data Security
Checklist 019: VPNs
Checklist 018: iOS Security Year in Review
Checklist 017: Security Year in Review
Checklist 016: Five Ways Websites Track You
Checklist 015: The Muni Hack
Checklist 014 - Five Tips for Secure Browsing
Checklist 013: Five Security Questions
Checklist 012: Safe Shopping Online
Checklist 011: Safe Digital Travels
Checklist 010: Demystifying Malware Types and Terminology - Part 2
Checklist 009 - Demystifying Malware Types and Terminology - Part 1
Checklist 008: Password Dos and Don'ts
Checklist 007: Security in macOS Sierra
Checklist 006: Spotting Security Scams
Checklist 005: Securely Sell Your Mac
Checklist 004: Secure Your New mac - Part II
Checklist 003: Securing Your New Mac - Part I
Checklist 002: Securing Your New iPhone
Checklist 001: Selling Your Old iOS Device
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