BartYou know what was reasonably priced, had two cameras and magsafe? iPhone mini.
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Tom Bridge
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On Break!
Look: we ALL -- every LAST one of us -- know that passwords are an absolutely bonkers way to authenticate ourselves. Even with MFA and a password manager, they're structurally inadequate to protecting identity. Deciding that passkeys aren't worth even a very straight forward implementation is like deciding that air bags are a bad idea because aren't seatbelts just fine?
Keep fighting the good fight, @rmondello .
This year at #macsysadmin2024, I gave my talk on Managed Apple Accounts and the Wary Mac Admin! Find all my slides, links, and a photo or two, here: https://tombridge.com/2024/10/04/macsysadmin-2024-managed-apple-accounts/
I’ll be on The IT Hour talking about a lot of different IT Topics from fall releases to AI to macOS keychains. Join me and my colleague Becky Scott in just 60 minutes! https://www.crowdcast.io/c/jumpcloud/uEAnH
I gotta say, the whole WP Engine/Automattic rift is the right kind of messy situation that is just absolutely popcorn inducing. This cease & desist from WP Engine describes some absolutely, positively sociopathic rent-seeking. https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cease-and-Desist-Letter-to-Automattic-and-Request-to-Preserve-Documents-Sent.pdf
too many namesThank you @bruienne for pointing out to me that it's open application season again for the Security Research Device program:
https://security.apple.com/research-device/
Applications open until October 31st, 2024
The thing I love about security researchers is that a lot of them can WRITE. This is a great piece. https://mas.to/@kissane/113136286044205003
Erin Kissane (@[email protected])
wheezing/screaming https://labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-to-achieve-rce-and-accidentally-became-the-admins-of-mobi/ via https://bsky.app/profile/eaton.fyi
Jason Broccardo“The Internal Revenue Service launched a crackdown on rich Americans who don’t pay their taxes under the Inflation Reduction Act. In less than a year, the agency has recovered more than $1 billion.” https://qz.com/irs-treasury-department-unpaid-taxes-wealthy-ira-1851641684
abadideathe world is improved by people who understand that there won’t be a sudden overnight revolution just because they’re right, and that change is effected through long-term work across a series of small wins peppered with setbacks
Big week on the Mac Admins Podcast: good guidelines for controlling family devices! https://podcast.macadmins.org/2024/08/14/episode-376-family-device-control-with-collin-elliott/
