September – October 2011 — Vol 33 No 4
Source
Open PDF • Sep–Oct 2011 • Vol 33 No 4 • 38 pages
Overview
No July-August 2011 issue published — Pi Journal jumps from May-Jun to Sep-Oct. (Possibly summer break, possibly missed schedule under volunteer load.) President's Page: Looking Ahead (Jay Castillo, 5). Back up an External Hard Drive Using Time Machine (Jonathan Bernstein & Neil Ferguson, 8). Safe Browsing: Are Web Browsers Smarter Than Users? (Lawrence I. Charters, 11) — security/usability piece. The Market for Mac Malware (Rob Pegoraro, 15) — WaPo tech columnist's malware analysis. How to Use Pi Connect (Brent Malcolm, 16). Is Apple Tracking You? (Travis Good, 21) — privacy piece. Macintosh Aids for the Visually Challenged.
Table of contents
| Article | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Editor's Column | Jay Castillo | 4 |
| President's Page: Looking Ahead | Jay Castillo | 5 |
| Pi Membership Benefit #5 | — | 6 |
| Back up an External Hard Drive Using Time Machine | Jonathan Bernstein & Neil Ferguson | 8 |
| Safe Browsing: Are Web Browsers Smarter Than Users? | Lawrence I. Charters | 11 |
| The Market for Mac Malware | Rob Pegoraro | 15 |
| How to Use Pi Connect | Brent Malcolm | 16 |
| Is Apple Tracking You? | Travis Good | 21 |
| Macintosh Aids for the Visually Challenged | — | — |
Highlights
Pi Connect — Brent Malcolm
Pi Connect — Pi's member connectivity initiative — possibly remote-access service or community VPN. Malcolm (longtime Director) explains usage.
Mac Malware market — Rob Pegoraro
Rob Pegoraro (WaPo columnist) on Mac malware threat. The MacDefender scareware era (Spring 2011) made Mac malware mainstream news.
Safe Browsing — Lawrence I. Charters
Browser security for the Internet of 2011.
Is Apple Tracking You? — Travis Good
iPhone location data — 2011 controversy around iPhone consolidated.db location tracking discovered by researchers.
Visually Challenged Aids
Mac accessibility for visually impaired users — Pi continuing community-outreach tradition.
Entities
People: Jay Castillo, Jonathan Bernstein, Neil Ferguson, Lawrence I. Charters, Rob Pegoraro, Brent Malcolm, Travis Good, Larry Kerschberg Topics: Pi Schedule Gap July-Aug 2011, Mac Malware 2011, iPhone Tracking 2011, Pi Connect References: MacDefender, consolidated.db
Connections to other issues
- Pi Schedule Gap July-Aug 2011 — first missed issue in the recent run; signals publication strain
- Rob Pegoraro previously profiled in 2010-03 — V32 N02; now contributes content
- Mac Malware 2011 = MacDefender scareware era