Linked – Huge security flaw lets anyone log into a High Sierra Mac
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Linked – Huge security flaw lets anyone log into a High Sierra Mac

Update 11/29 – looks like Apple has released a patch. Whoa… “Wow, this is a bad one. On Macs running the latest version of High Sierra — 10.13.1 (17B48) — it appears that anyone can log in just by putting “root” in the user name field. This is a huge, huge problem. Apple will fix…

Linked – Millions falling victim to cell phone hacking
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Linked – Millions falling victim to cell phone hacking

Free WiFi is not a safe place – Siciliano says in his line of work he’s been seeing an increase in hackers prying on people using free Wi-Fi on their smart phones. Because the free Wi-Fi doesn’t encrypt your data, hackers can use a scanning tool to duplicate a person’s device by cloning their IME…

Linked – If the web loses net neutrality, independent musicians will lose their careers.
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Linked – If the web loses net neutrality, independent musicians will lose their careers.

It’s not just musicians, it’s also little websites like mine, for this same reason: When someone buys digital music from an artist directly they’ll see long, slow downloads that hopefully manage to finish. When they stream music from that same musician’s site it’ll hang and pause unless it’s compressed to hell. But when that same…

Linked – This is what happens to your brain when you don’t get enough sleep

Linked – This is what happens to your brain when you don’t get enough sleep

And yet, for some reason we continue to look up to the people who work an enormous number of hours and probably ruin their health, and their own future value in the workplace. There’s something seriously wrong with us. What happens if we have a bad night’s sleep? Getting enough sleep is important for attention…