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<a href="/article/11505"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11505', 'show')">Apple's iOS Security Challenges and Advantages</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11505" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11505">The iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are completely disrupting the mobile device landscape, and while Apple faces some security challenges with the iOS devices, the company also enjoys a number of advantages over other systems.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 09 Aug 2010 | <a href="/article/11505#comments">5 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11435"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11435', 'show')">Why Using an iPhone 4 Case May Improve Signal Strength</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11435" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11435">Although Apple is now giving out iPhone 4 cases to help resolve the antenna issues, few sources explain how a simple piece of tape or a case can make a difference. Rich Mogull digs into his radio geek past for an explanation.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11324" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11324">With a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash, a new way of extracted data from an encrypted iPhone, and a malicious bit of spyware making the rounds, it has been a rough few weeks in the security world. Read on for our suggestions on how to protect yourself, and be careful out there.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=6" class="category">Tech News</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 07 Jun 2010 | <a href="/article/11324#comments">8 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11282"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11282', 'show')">How to Protect Your Privacy from Facebook</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11282" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11282">Facebook may be the single most popular social media service on the Internet, but its policies and practices demonstrate little concern for your privacy. Security expert Rich Mogull explains how to protect your privacy on - and from - Facebook.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=5" class="category">Networking</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 14 May 2010 | <a href="/article/11282#comments">27 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/11135"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('11135', 'show')">Apple Unveils big iPod touch</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_11135" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_11135">Apple has announced plans to release a larger iPod touch to complete their portable product line, silence critics, and better differentiate the iPad.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/10972"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10972', 'show')">Prepare Your Enterprise for the iPad</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10972" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10972">As with the iPhone, the iPad's undeniable consumer appeal means that IT departments shouldn't be surprised when users start bringing them to work.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 02 Feb 2010 | <a href="/article/10972#comments">13 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10817"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10817', 'show')">Banging My Head Against iCal Server's Limitations</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10817" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10817">After putting up with basic calendaring limitations that Apple failed to improve in Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard Server, and iPhone OS 3.0, Rich Mogull worries that his devotion to Apple server technologies may be indication of mental disorder.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=8" class="category">Macs & Mac OS X</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 14 Dec 2009 | <a href="/article/10817#comments">31 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10832"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10832', 'show')">The Great TidBITS Malware False Alarm of 2009</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10832" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10832">Some TidBITS readers' antivirus filters flagged TidBITS #1006 as being malicious, but a little research quickly exonerated our email issue, showing that the antivirus filter in question was instead badly designed.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=14" class="category">Inside TidBITS</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 10 Dec 2009 | <a href="/article/10832#comments">4 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10676"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10676', 'show')">Microsoft Store Mimics - and Enhances - Apple Store Experience</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10676" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10676">Rich Mogull shares his experience of attending the grand opening of the first official Microsoft Store in Scottsdale, Arizona.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=6" class="category">Tech News</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 22 Oct 2009 | <a href="/article/10676#comments">18 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10652"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10652', 'show')">Protect Yourself from Adobe Acrobat and Reader Vulnerabilities</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10652" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10652">All users should immediately patch Adobe Acrobat and Reader and, due to Adobe's ongoing string of major security flaws, should set Apple's Preview as their default PDF reader.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=13" class="category">Safe Computing</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 16 Oct 2009 | <a href="/article/10652#comments">8 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10509" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10509">Snow Leopard includes a bevy of important behind-the-scenes security updates, and one major feature we hope you never see. Rich Mogull details what's changed, how this affects your security, and the one improvement we're still waiting for.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=13" class="category">Safe Computing</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 27 Aug 2009 | <a href="/article/10509#comments">14 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10468"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10468', 'show')">iPhone 3GS Hardware Encryption Easy to Circumvent</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10468" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10468">Although the iPhone 3GS automatically encrypts all data on the device using special hardware, the implementation is deeply flawed, allowing access to your information if someone has access to your iPhone.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 07 Aug 2009 | <a href="/article/10468#comments">2 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10416"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10416', 'show')">iPhone 3GS Offers Enterprise-Class Security for Everyone</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10416" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10416">Rich Mogull explains how to configure your iPhone securely, and how to take advantage of the new hardware encryption in the iPhone 3GS.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10401" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10401">When TidBITS editor Rich Mogull convinced his old college professor, now a sustainability researcher, to switch to the iPhone he never realized he was helping save the environment. Learn how to "reduce and reuse" the iPhone way.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10396" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10396">Security researcher Charlie Miller has discovered a way to attack and control an iPhone using only SMS messages. Don't worry, the details aren't public yet, and Apple should have a patch soon.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/10350"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10350', 'show')">Call AT&T for the Best iPhone Upgrade Price</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10350" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10350">AT&T's iPhone pricing isn't tied simply to how long you've had your current phone. Come learn the different factors that affect your upgrade pricing and strategies for getting the best deal.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 15 Jun 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10321"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10321', 'show')">Five Ways Apple Can Improve Mac and iPhone Security</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10321" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10321">By following these five recommendations, Apple can ensure that its products will remain safe in an increasingly dangerous computing world.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=13" class="category">Safe Computing</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 03 Jun 2009</div></div>
<div class="link_hover" id="link_box_full_10319" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10319', 'show'); link_hover_swap('10319', 'in')" onMouseOut="link_hover_swap('10319', 'out')"><div class="link_hover_title"><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/140873/2009/06/apple_java_security.html" id="link_hover_title_10319">The Truth About Apple, Mac Security, and Responsibility</a></div><div class="link_box_right" id="link_box_right_10319" style="visibility:hidden"><img src="/images/external_link_arrow.gif" height="15" width="15" border="0" alt="arrow"> <img src="/images/favicons/macworld.png" border="0" alt="favicon"> </div></div><div class="spacer"></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10319" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10319">Over at Macworld, TidBITS editor Rich Mogull uses the unpatched Java vulnerability and a recent ComputerWorld troll bait article as an excuse to talk about who is really responsible for Mac security.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 02 Jun 2009</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10292"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10292', 'show')">Protect Yourself from the Mac OS X Java Vulnerability</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10292" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10292">Macs are vulnerable to a five-month-old vulnerability in Java that is being actively exploited on the Internet. Here's how to protect yourself.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=13" class="category">Safe Computing</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 20 May 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10218"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10218', 'show')">Five Tips for Reading Mac Security Stories</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10218" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10218">Worried about the latest Apple security story? Follow these five tips to find out if you're really at risk.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
