157: Security Problems and Solutions

In this episode, David and Katie cover frequent security problems and offer their solutions.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Links for this episode:

• Mac Power Users 148: Security Audit | Mac Power Users
  
• iPhone 5s: About Touch ID security
  
• iOS: Understanding passcodes
  
• iCloud: Find My iPhone overview
  
• iCloud: Set up Find My iPhone
  
• Contact Lockscreen Info
  
• Evernote | Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps.
  
• Dropbox
  
• 1Password
  1Password Tips

  Cryptography | Agile Blog

• cryptography | Agile Blog
  
• Tips | Agile Blog
  
• Nosillacast: Katie Discusses Email Encryption
  
• Pretty Good Privacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a data encryption and decryption computer program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication.

• S/MIME - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a standard for public key encryption and signing of MIME data.

• ScreenCastsOnline - SCOM0411 Sign + Encrypt Email and Files on Mac - GPGTools
  
• Verisign - Domain Name Registration, DDoS and DNS Management
  
• COMODO - Free Antivirus | Free SSL | Internet Security and SSL Certificate
  
• Wi-Fi Protected Access - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks.

• Service set (802.11 network) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Mac Power Users 154: Apple TV | Mac Power Users
  
• Cloak VPN - Cloak - GetCloak.com
  
• ControlPlane | Context Sensitive Computing
  
• Sparse image - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  A sparse image is a type of disk image file used on Mac OS X that grows in size as the user adds data to the image, taking up only as much disk space as stored in it.
  
• How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image
  
• Knox | Simply secure file encryption
  
• Tuff-'N'-Tiny USB Drive - Strong / Indestructible USB Drives
  
• My Evernote Workflow — Chambers Daily
  
• Multi-factor authentication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Multi-factor authentication (also MFA, Two-factor authentication, TFA, T-FA or 2FA) is an approach to authentication which requires the presentation of two or more of the three authentication factors...
  
• Boom - Mac volume booster and system-wide equalizer
  
• Mac Power Users 150: Listener Workflows | Mac Power Users
  
• Remote Video Monitoring System for Home, Pets, Kids & More : VueZone
  
• Duplicate Annihilator
  
• Gemini: Best Mac Duplicate File Finder. How to Remove Dulicates on Mac OS X
  
• PhotoSweeper - Fast and powerful duplicate photo cleaner for the Mac
  
• Pannier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Dragon - Dragon NaturallySpeaking - Nuance