Podcast #377 Summary
In the podcast # 377 the questions of security are taken into consideration. Tom Merrit, the host of News Tech Tonight, deals with the recent updates in two browsers, Firefox and Chrome. Some of the updates are considered to be not very useful by the narrator; however, some of them can be helpful and deserve further consideration. The podcast is built in the form of questions and answers, mostly the questions are asked by the listeners.
The discussion starts with the news about Adobe. It is stated that several emergency updates in Adobe products have taken place. The following updates were noticed by Windows, Mac, Linux and Android releases. Speaking further about Adobe products, some of Firefox users noticed, that when they make an update, the company imposes some unnecessary products on them. As for Chrome users, for them the updates take place automatically.
Next the discussion turns to Chrome 23 and the changes in Firefox. As for Firefox, they have got a new Firefox beta which does not let a number of plugins work without user’s permit. Speaking about Chrome 23, the last version of the browser, it is that prominent because in the following browser where the support is added for the Do Not Track header. In comparison with Firefox, Opera and Apple, where the following function is used by default, in Chrome it can be done manually.
One more question which is discussed in the podcast is the TNO backup solution. It can be defined as ARQ' Cloud backup for Mac to Amazon S3 w/TNO Crypto & iOS viewer. The following system is compared to Jungle Disc, which is also considered to be a good-quality solution. Next the discussion continues with some other notions such as [PortQry], and many others. All in all, the podcast produces a detailed review on the new notions concerning the questions of security.
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