{"id":93587,"date":"2021-04-29T03:18:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=93587"},"modified":"2021-05-03T05:41:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T12:41:10","slug":"airtags-airdrop-and-app-tracking-intego-mac-podcast-episode-185","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/airtags-airdrop-and-app-tracking-intego-mac-podcast-episode-185\/","title":{"rendered":"AirTags, AirDrop, and App Tracking &#8211; Intego Mac Podcast Episode 185"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.fireside.fm\/v2\/GegHgcrH+-2hQHelK?theme=dark\" width=\"740\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lots of updates for Apple operating systems, an AirDrop vulnerability that can lean phone numbers and email addresses, and hands on with the new Apple TV color calibration feature. We also discuss the many things you may want to track with Apple&#8217;s new AirTags.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apple-releases-ios-14-5-watchos-7-4-macos-11-3-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple releases iOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, macOS 11.3 and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/04\/26\/shlayer-mac-malware-macos-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A software bug let malware bypass macOS\u2019 security defenses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/objective-see.com\/blog\/blog_0x64.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Your Macs Are Belong To Us<\/a> (Patrick Wardle on the Gatekeeper bypass and malware)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/color-calibrating-your-macs-display\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Color Calibrate Your Mac\u2019s Display<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(a link to Kirk&#8217;s upcoming article about how to use AirTags will go here)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/04\/apples-airdrop-leaks-users-pii-and-theres-not-much-they-can-do-about-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple\u2019s AirDrop leaks users\u2019 PII, and there\u2019s not much they can do about it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2021\/04\/27\/mighty-browser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mighty is a Chromium Mac browser streamed from the cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puffin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puffin cloud browser<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/teams\/browser-isolation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudflare browser isolation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/16-things-you-can-track-with-airtags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23 Things You Can Track with Apple&#8217;s New AirTags<\/a> (Kirk&#8217;s article)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopmoment.com\/airtags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moment AirTags accessories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you like what you hear, be sure to rate and review the Intego Mac Podcast on Apple Podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/intego-mac-podcast\/id1293834627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-78820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-150x39.png\" alt=\"Intego Mac Podcast\" width=\"150\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a question? Ask us! <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.intego.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Contact Intego<\/a> via email if you have any questions you want to hear discussed on the podcast, or to provide feedback and ideas for upcoming podcast episodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of updates for Apple operating systems, an AirDrop vulnerability that can lean phone numbers and email addresses, and hands on with the new Apple TV color calibration feature. 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