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Explainer: TLS, VPN and Private Relay

Unscramble what HTTPS, SSL, TLS, VPNs and Apple’s Private Relay do, and how they could be used to protect you.

March 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

Inside iCloud+ Private Relay: can it be trusted?

Apple’s Private Relay service isn’t a full VPN, but is designed to ensure that no one knows both your IP address and the sites you connect to. Is it a good choice?

January 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Human frailty

Over a million people learned that very personal details of their had been leaking from an unsecured server. What should we learn?

August 11, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

How secure is your VPN?

VPN is important protection when you use public-access WiFi, and many now rely on it to protect them from government snooping. Do you trust it?

January 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

A storm in the digest: why services will be going down

The workhorses of computer security, message digests and security certificates, are in the process of changing. Some disruption will result.

January 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Living with the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act

Surely this Act was about terrorism and serious crime, wasn’t it? Why should I need to do anything different now it is law?

December 3, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Secure web connections under threat

With new vulnerabilities to be disclosed in secure web (HTTPS) connections, could these be officially exploited in UK government snooping?

July 28, 2016 Macs, Technology

Share and share alike: sharing docs from your Mac

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Sharing docs between Macs, or with iOS devices, need not be complex or messy. You may even find OS X Server a help.

January 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Encryption: how Logjam can defeat secure connections

Could your HTTPS and VPN be so easy to crack that a well-prepared hacker could open your secure connections?

November 16, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Bricking up windows on privacy

Benefits to the loss of privacy proposed in the UK are ebbing away as Internet behaviours change, but this is not considered in its justification. Is it too late?

November 7, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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