There's a lot of security news this week, and we look at how facial recognition has been used at concerts, and at doorbells, a security vulnerability in software for headsets, and the most popular passwords of the year. Then we discuss the best way to set up a new Mac.
Expediting changes to Google+ (https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/expediting-changes-google-plus/)
Taylor Swift used facial recognition software to detect stalkers at LA concert (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/13/taylor-swift-facial-recognition-stalkers-rose-bowl-concert)
Amazon’s Disturbing Plan to Add Face Surveillance to Your Front Door (https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/amazons-disturbing-plan-add-face-surveillance-yo-0)
Sennheiser’s flawed headphone software opened PCs and Macs to HTTPS site spoofing (https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/29/sennheiser-headphone-software-broke-https-pc-mac/)
Sennheiser HeadSetup software update info (https://en-uk.sennheiser.com/headset-software-pc)
The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2018 Will Make You Feel Like a Security Genius (https://gizmodo.com/the-25-most-popular-passwords-of-2018-will-make-you-fee-1831052705)
Chrome Canary (https://www.google.com/chrome/canary/)
Waterfox (https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/waterfox/)
Setting Up a New Mac: Should You Migrate or Do a Clean Installation?
5 Must-Have Mac Utilities to Boost Your Productivity
How to Securely Set Up Your New Mac
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