Getting Rid of Your Mac? Here’s How to Securely Erase a Hard Drive or SSD
A very informative post over at the Backblaze blog about how to securely wipe the drive on your mac. What do I do with a Mac that still has personal data on it? Do I take out the disk drive and smash it? Do I sweep it with a really strong magnet? Is there a difference in how I handle a hard drive (HDD) versus a solid-state drive (SSD)? Well, taking a sledgehammer or…
GDPR notifications and a chance to review.
With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) coming into force on May 25th, I like many of you have been getting lots of emails from companies telling you about updates to their security policies. This is a good opportunity to decide if you still want to receive communications from these companies and services. As well it's a good time to decide if you still want to use the service. I've gotten emails over…
Don’t fill out Facebook quizzes
Krebs on security has a great blog post that reminds us not to fill out those Facebook quizzes that seen to pop up in the feed all the time. Social media sites are littered with seemingly innocuous little quizzes, games and surveys urging people to reminisce about specific topics, such as “What was your first job,” or “What was your first car?” The problem with participating in these informal surveys is that in doing so…