TEH Podcast

TEH Podcast


TEH 170: LastPass headlines, Phishing, Credit Cards, Windows on a Mac

August 31, 2022

In This Episode: LastPass headlines, Phishing, Credit Cards, Windows on a Mac


This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.


(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)


Top Stories
  • 0:30 LN: Lastpass hack & headlines.
    • 2:25 Trade secrets stolen, no user data.
    • 4:00 Data is encrypted, zero knowledge of passwords.
    • 5:00 If you want to change?
    • 7:20 What’s the risk of someone getting the source code?
    • 8:44 GR: Phishing – Don’t think you’re immune.
    • 12:00 LN: Smishing
    • 14:44 LN: What about the developer?
    • 16:00 Transparency

  • 17:00 GR: Credit Card data breachs
  • 24:15 LN: Why so long between detection and reporting of breaches?
  • 27:30 GR: I installed … Windows! (first time in a long time)
    • 29:00 Time strategy games – Age of Empires
    • 32:00 Improvements in Windows
    • 36:00 It’s easy to undo the install in Bootcamp on a Mac.

  • 38:00 LN: Windows/Mac compatibility… or Linux?

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