itunes Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:20:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 And the most security-riddled program of 2012 was…. https://dfarq.homeip.net/and-the-most-security-riddled-program-of-2012-was/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-the-most-security-riddled-program-of-2012-was Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:00:49 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6463 Secunia released its annual vulnerability review, a study of the 50 most vulnerable pieces of software in 2012. It was a fairly tight-three way race at the top, and the distance between #3 and #4 was huge. I was actually

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]]> 6463 So why are Apple and Google (and Microsoft) tracking us? https://dfarq.homeip.net/so-why-are-apple-and-google-and-microsoft-tracking-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-why-are-apple-and-google-and-microsoft-tracking-us https://dfarq.homeip.net/so-why-are-apple-and-google-and-microsoft-tracking-us/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:50:46 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3361 So what are Google and Apple doing with this location data? And Microsoft, now that it’s clear they’re gathering it too (but they claim they aren’t storing it anywhere on the phone). They aren’t saying a lot, but they’ve said

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/so-why-are-apple-and-google-and-microsoft-tracking-us/feed/ 3 3361 iDo track your every move https://dfarq.homeip.net/ido-track-your-every-move/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ido-track-your-every-move Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:14:50 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3338 The scandal of the day is the iPhone and the discovery that it tracks your every move. Will that be featured in the next Android commercial? iDo track you. DROID DOESN’T. Update: Probably not. Of course, the pundits are all

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]]> 3338 DNS and iTunes and other streaming media https://dfarq.homeip.net/dns-and-itunes-and-other-streaming-media/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dns-and-itunes-and-other-streaming-media https://dfarq.homeip.net/dns-and-itunes-and-other-streaming-media/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:00:07 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=2838 There are reports floating about regarding third-party DNS affecting downloads of movies and other media, particularly from iTunes. So, if tweaking DNS settings used to be what all the cool kids are doing, maybe it’s about to become less trendy,

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/dns-and-itunes-and-other-streaming-media/feed/ 7 2838 Maybe someone in the music industry is starting to get it https://dfarq.homeip.net/maybe-someone-in-the-music-industry-is-starting-to-get-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maybe-someone-in-the-music-industry-is-starting-to-get-it https://dfarq.homeip.net/maybe-someone-in-the-music-industry-is-starting-to-get-it/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2003 03:39:22 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=90 I remember just a couple of weeks ago, I was driving home from work and a song caught my attention on the radio. I was pretty sure I'd never heard it before, and given the nature of my two favorite radio stations, there was every possibility I'd never hear it again either. And the DJ never told me who it was.

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