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Privacy related to company VPN
Last week my employer sent me a root cert to access the company’s VPN on my personal iMac. When I am connected to the VPN, I’m aware the VPN server can encrypt/decrypt the traffic, but I have some ...
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Is it possible to delete all traces and files on a mac? [duplicate]
Is it possible to delete all traces and files on a mac, so no one can recover files and there will be no traces at all for this files or any activity?
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How to Best Minimize Damage After Loss of Computer
Myself and the rest of my coworkers on my (former) employer’s dev team were all just laid off from our jobs, and the employer took our MacBook Pros without letting us clear of our personal information ...
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Info sources to improve safety on a Mac (OSX) [closed]
I was thinking about buying some crypto currencies, but want to make sure that my computer is safe and secured before that.
Could anyone provide me with some links to some tutorials or best practices?...
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How is webrtc leaking IPs from behind a protocol agnostic, full VPN?
I am using the sshuttle VPN. It's NOT a browser plug-in or a simple proxy - it is a protocol agnostic, full VPN that sends all traffic out of any host you can ssh login to. It creates a bridge0 ...
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OSX Yosemite and Security/Privacy
I currently have a Macbook Pro running OSX Mavericks, being the skeptic that I am I always wait a bit before upgrading to 'new' OS versions when they are released to see how they fare both stability ...
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At Starbucks, is my MAC address sent when I accept the terms of service for free Wifi? [closed]
Recently, I overheard by chance some technically savvy guys saying that when you accept the terms of service in order to use the "free" WiFi at Starbucks (which you pay for when you buy some coffee), ...
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Need To Use Live CD With Mac without Shutting Down Computer (VMWare/Parallels Secure?) [closed]
I've heard of using Live CDs such as Tails to protect yourself online. Is there a similar setup to this that would work except run a Mac OS? I've done some searching, but have yet to find anything.
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Can I find out if my employer is snooping on me? [duplicate]
I work at a large university and have a computer supplied by my employer.
I would like to find out whether my employer is snooping or can snoop on my files or activity on my computer. Can I find that ...
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How to secure data before returning Macbook Air?
I am returning my MacBook Air to Apple and want to know the best way to ensure my data is not recoverable from the flash storage. I currently have Filevault 2 enabled, however before I enabled it I ...
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