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Some older models of Apple products such as the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini are upgrade-able at a discounted price.

We've talked about robocalls on this newsletter before, but there information available on the nitty-gritty of the problem was definitely limited. Now, a report from call security company Hiya allows us to see the extent of the robocall pandemic that has swept the world over the last 6 months.

Nowadays, it seems like there's always a new data breach in the news, and then the companies and affected users go through the same old routine. Company X was breached months ago, found out about it, determined that an obscene number of users were compromised, and are now disclosing it to those users.

The past few years have brought forward a bevy of technologies developed in the name of convenience. Internet of Things devices like the Google Home, Amazon's Alexa, or remotely accessible home security devices like Nest cameras and doorbells among them, not to mention the thousands of various doodads, gizmos, and genuinely useful tools that are USB compatible.

In the final months of 2018, the Australian government passed an extraordinarily controversial law that allows them to mandate large tech companies to hard code back doors into their products for bypassing the encryption that they use to protect users. While this may seem like an unfortunate situation for Australian citizens, the effects of this vaguely defined and broadly targeted law will have repercussions for users of technology all over the world.

Amazon has proven itself to be an ever-present, ever morphing entity, capable of running the largest E-Commerce operation in history while simultaneously competing in various industries such as entertainment, consumer manufacturing, food delivery, and, more recently, healthcare.

A few months ago, we talked about the Robocall-pocalypse and the disruptive effect it was having on individuals all over the country. While most of us can identify a robocall and opt to hang up nearly immediately, they pose a very real threat to personal privacy and security to those who get hooked by the frightening content of their messages.

Everywhere you look, IT companies are harping on about cyber security. So much so, in fact, that it's easy to become desensitized to the very real threat of phishing, malware, and email account compromise. Sometimes, however, a story comes by that hits just a little bit too close to home, and might serve as a reminder of just how dangerous these threats are; not only to businesses, but to individuals.

If you've heard about the thousands of rogue printers spitting out messages about the famous YouTuber PewDiePie over the past few weeks, it may just seem like some harmless prank, and for the most part, it is.

It seems that even our mobile phones are vulnerable to attacks from scammers and cybercriminals. While just about everybody is familiar with Robocalls, IT Support scammers and other phone-based trickery, a recent study by security vendor Wandera has revealed that iOS users are twice as likely to experience a phishing attack than an Android user.