iheartapple2: Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks Exclusively With David...

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks Exclusively With David Muir

This is hugely important.

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Oh dear. We should do it. StandWithApple #StandWithTim

Oh dear. We should do it.

StandWithApple #StandWithTim

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iheartapple2: Apple CEO Tim Cook explains Apple’s encryption...

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Apple CEO Tim Cook explains Apple’s encryption and privacy policies, in a discussion with WSJ’s Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker at the Wall Street Journal’s technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., in October.

I agree 100% with Tim Cook. It’s great to see him stand for something he believes in so strongly and refuse to back down.

StandWithApple #StandWithTim

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iheartapple2: How to Encrypt Your Mac In light of recent data...

iheartapple2: Halt efforts that compel Apple and other device...

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Halt efforts that compel Apple and other device makers to create a “backdoor” for the Government to access citizens data

Sign the petition here and let your voice be heard!

This probably won’t help anything, but it’s worth doing anyway because important.

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"If you halt or weaken encryption, the people that you hurt are not the folks that want to do bad..."

“If you halt or weaken encryption, the people that you hurt are not the folks that want to do bad things. It’s the good people. The other people know where to go.””

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Tim Cook (via iheartapple2)

Apple is the only company left defending our privacy and security. Which is sad. Everyone should be fighting for our right to privacy.

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The Personal Assistant That Will Help Facebook Eat The Internet - BuzzFeed News

The Personal Assistant That Will Help Facebook Eat The Internet - BuzzFeed News:

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This is incredible. I’m baffled. This puts Siri, Cortana, and Google Now to shame.

And just consider how badly this abuses your data for Facebook’s monetary benefit.

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1Password Sale

How do you manage your passwords? Do you use the same password across the web? Do you write your passwords down in a post-it-note near your computer (electronic or otherwise)? Especially in light of all the recent hacks, you really shouldn't be.

Password managers are wonderfully useful utilities which store your existing passwords and can help you generate newer, more secure passwords. 

Did you know that your passwords shouldn't contain any real discernible words? Here's the infamous computer security wizard Edward Snowden explaining good passwords to John Oliver (it's also funny and worth watching for that value):

Password managers store your passwords for you, allowing you to pull them up without having to memorize them, which makes secure passwords easier to use. You really should be using one if you are not. 

I personally use an app called 1Password, which works in all popular browsers, iOS, Android, OS X, and Windows. It's extremely secure, and on Apple platforms, it's always quickly up to date with all of the latest features (I can't speak to the other platforms because I don't use them). It can sync via Dropbox or via local wi-fi if you want extra security. 

1Password is free on iOS with in app purchases for pro features that are not in any way necessary, and $50 from the Mac App Store. That's a hefty price, but the security is well worth it. It's also available for $50 from 1Password directly with a free trial available. They also offer student discounts, but buying from the Mac App Store is well worth it if you also use iOS devices, because the Mac App Store version supports iCloud syncing. 

But, wouldn't you know, today on the Mac App Store, 1Password is discounted to $30. That's a $20 discount, which means that it's even cheaper than the student discount available directly from 1Password. 

I highly recommend you give 1Password a try, and even more so, I recommend you just buy it now for the discount that it's at. It's absolutely worth it. Let me know what you think in the comments. 

Why Phone Fraud Starts With A Silent Call

Why Phone Fraud Starts With A Silent Call:

So this is a bit nerve wracking.

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Rejoice: Google Just Created a Stupidly Simple Wi-Fi Router

Rejoice: Google Just Created a Stupidly Simple Wi-Fi Router:

appleafterstevejobs:

Wait, what? A router able to share data with Google, made by Google? Who on earth would want that, beside Google?

Yeah, so actually, this is a terrible idea. Please don’t buy this router.

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