Andrew @TechLawGuru

Technology, InfoSec, innovation, and privacy proponent. Joined July 2011

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

7 months ago

In light of the UK's order for Apple to create a backdoor in Advanced Data Protection for iCloud (which you should still enable), it may be worth considering using Cryptomator (cryptomator.org) to privately encrypt your data before syncing/uploading to the cloud.

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Ax Sharma @Ax_Sharma

4 years ago

NEW: Remember IDN homograph attacks? Microsoft Outlook just made em worse—Outlook shows a real person's contact card even if the email originates from a DIFFERENT email address (Unicode phishing domain) h/t @dobby1kenobi & Mark Manzotti of @DionachCyber arstechnica.com/information-te…

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

4 years ago

Hey @Microsoft @Microsoft365 @Office, please add support to Word for the highlight colors that are supported by OneNote. @msonenote offers 40 color choices for highlighting, but Word only offers 15. Should be easy to add. @MicrosoftHelps @colinjwood @levithehun @O365Updates

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

5 years ago

Props to @VDHgov for making Virginia the first state to release a COVID-19 contact tracing app using the exposure notification API developed by Apple & Google: 9to5mac.com/2020/08/05/vir…. If you live or work in Virginia, download the app now: covidwise.org. #StopCOVID19

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

5 years ago

The ability to upload my music to @GooglePlayMusic and cast it for free to the 12 Google Home/Nest speakers throughout my house was the reason I bought those devices. Now @youtubemusic charges for casting my uploaded music! Last time I buy Google hardware! arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/0…

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

5 years ago

Just found on @Reddit that @goabode ended their free Basic plan (making most features paid) & will only TEMPORARILY grandfather people who purchased abode systems before plan changes. reddit.com/r/Abode/commen… @jonfingas @trevorwheelwri @JohnRDelaney2 @wegotserved @safehomeorg

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Defensive Computing - Michael Horowitz @defensivecomput

5 years ago

I just added a Zoom section to my #DefensiveComputing website. I am no expert on Zoom, so feel free to let me know about anything I left out. defensivecomputingchecklist.com/#zoomconf

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

6 years ago

Bad news! @scanbot sold its apps to Maple Media, whose overly broad privacy policy forced me to stop using @weekcalendar after they bought that app. The Maple Media privacy policy basically lets them use and share user content in any way they want. Time to switch apps. @AppAdvice

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Defensive Computing - Michael Horowitz @defensivecomput

6 years ago

I wrote a new blog: You can hover a mouse over a link - just don't trust the results. michaelhorowitz.com/HoverOverLink.…

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

6 years ago

New #AppleMaps looks nice, but @Apple doesn't respond to user submitted corrections. I frequent a location at a new address on a new road, and I submitted updates to both @Googlemaps and Apple, @Google added it in days, months later Apple still hasn't. #GoogleMaps15 @AppleSupport

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

6 years ago

Hey @citrix, it's great to require special characters in passwords for @sharefile, but if you only allow some special characters, you need to say what they are! @PWTooStrong

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill

6 years ago

The fact that our phone numbers, which we give out freely, have become a security token that can grant access to almost everything in our digital lives is terrifying. nytimes.com/2019/09/05/tec…

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Andrew @TechLawGuru

6 years ago

A year ago @Microsoft announced at the 2018 @SharePoint Conference that password protected links for @onedrive for Business would be "rolling out over the next few months", but it's still listed as "In development": microsoft.com/en-us/microsof…. What gives @stephenlrose? @Practical365

Andrew @TechLawGuru

7 years ago

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ashkan soltani @ashk4n

6 years ago

@WSJ The @latimes @hiltzikm has the story on amendment #AB1416 proposed by @KenCooley & @CalChamberto which would allow data-brokers to ignore consumers' opt-out and continue to track them for an incredibly broad 'fraud and security' justification latimes.com/business/hiltz…

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🛡️ B i f f ³ @biffbiffbiff

7 years ago

Admin a Windows network? Want to make sure your users aren't using common or hacked passwords? Here's a dump of 500 million ntlm hashes with a script to cross-reference in your domain. Huge thanks to @troyhunt troyhunt.com/pwned-password…