Help Keeping Bad People/Stuff Out of Your Apple EcoSystem
Protecting yourself with content and malware blockers
Mac OS and iOS have long been touted as being almost totally free from malware, etc., and very hard to attack. This has been generally true, but in the last six months or so, this has been changing quickly, and it is now time to be more proactive and take further preventive measures!
This will cover prevention, including manual, semi-automated, and automated approaches for browsers and apps.
Why focus on browsers? They are the most-used applications and take you to Web sites and pages which try to do things like show adware, track your device and/or location, write code, cookies, etc. (including malware) back to your device. Sometimes this is all harmless, but it does slow down Web access, use up your storage space, and increase your bandwidth usage. Getting rid of much of this is good and safer.
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The meeting will be held in the Donald Wright Auditorium, at the Pasadena Public Library Main Branch at 7:00 p.m. Following the general meeting, we have our informal Meeting after the Meeting at Coco’s Restaurant, 77 N. Lake Ave. (between Union St. and Colorado Blvd., at the southwest corner of Union and Lake).
