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| Huge Security Flaw Lets Anyone Log into a High Sierra Mac | | TechCrunch | This has since been fixed by Apple, but wow, this was a bad one last week. On Macs running the latest version of High Sierra — 10.13.1 (17B48) — it was discovered that anyone could log in just by putting “root” in the username field. Once you logged in, you had essentially authenticated yourself as the owner of the computer. | | Thanks to the Play Store, Microsoft Office Arrives on Chromebooks | | Ars Technica | The Office suite is live on all Chromebooks. You need an Office 365 subscription to actually save and edit a document, but if you're paying the $7-per-month fee, you can now fire up the apps on a Chromebook. | | Privacy: A Huge Proportion of Android Apps Are Secretly Tracking You | | BetaNews | A joint research project between Yale University's Privacy Lab and French non-profit Exodus Privacy has uncovered widescale tracking in a large number of Android apps. The likes of Tinder, Spotify, Uber, Twitter, and Snapchat -- as well as masses of lesser-known apps -- were found to be riddled with snooping components relating to no less than 25 well-known trackers. | | | | | | 6 Hidden Google Drive Tips and Tricks | | TheTechBeard | These simple Google Drive tips and tricks make working in Drive fun and hassle-free. | | Worried Someone is Accessing Your Gmail Account? | | Savage Security Blog | Here are four things you can check and one thing you can’t. | | |
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