by Terry McAdams | Feb 27, 2024 | How-To, iPhone, privacy, Security
Last year, a series of articles by Wall Street Journal reporters Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen highlighted a troubling form of crime targeting iPhone users. A thief would discover the victim’s iPhone passcode, swipe the iPhone, and run. With just the passcode, the...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 20, 2024 | 1Password, How-To, Internet, password manager, passwords, privacy, Security
How would you realize that one or more of your Internet accounts—email, social media, financial—have been hacked? (Some prefer the terms “compromised” or “breached”—you may hear them from support techs.) Unfortunately, there’s no telltale warning sign because “hacked”...
by Terry McAdams | Nov 16, 2023 | Desktop, Mac, privacy, troubleshooting
Many of our customers are switching to macOS 14 Sonoma, and for the most part, things are going well. However, Apple introduced some new features—and turned them on by default—that are causing some consternation. If you’ve switched to Sonoma or are planning to soon,...
by Terry McAdams | Oct 12, 2023 | iPad, iPhone, Mac, privacy
The European Union has for many years required that websites—those serving European users, at least—obtain informed consent before storing the personal data of those users. That data includes cookies, which are bits of information stored in Web browsers that websites...
by Terry McAdams | Oct 5, 2023 | How-To, Mac, passwords, privacy, Security
Here at MacTech Solutions, we occasionally get questions about password-protecting a PDF to prevent the wrong people from reading it. Lawyers want to ensure that drafts of legal documents don’t fall into the wrong hands, financial advisers want to keep confidential...
by Terry McAdams | Jul 13, 2023 | How-To, Mac, privacy
When we share data with others, we do so intentionally—a law firm sending a client legal documents, for instance. But those documents shouldn’t include ancillary information that might reveal other, more sensitive details. Because all digital files contain...