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AgileBits Isn’t Forcing 1Password Data to Live in the Cloud – TidBITS

AgileBits Isn't Forcing 1Password Data to Live in the Cloud
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1Password in macOS and iOS (and Android) can sync locally over Wi-Fi, and the macOS version can sync via a shared folder. Once you introduce Dropbox or iCloud into the syncing equation, however, your secure vault is being stored somewhere where …

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Two tidbits about .406 Ventures

The Boston Globe headline reads: “How .406 Ventures got its name, and its 406-prefix landlines.”

I didn’t need to read the story to know the first “how,” nor should any Boston Red Sox fan, at least any over the age of 50.

From that story:

If you couldn’t guess, .406 takes its name from Red Sox legend Ted Williams’s record-setting batting average in 1941, a tribute to the Splendid Splinter’s famously disciplined approach in the batter’s box.

That season was also, as true baseball fans know, the last in which any Major League player hit .400 or above.

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U.S. Government Confirms Android Security Problems – TidBITS

U.S. Government Confirms Android Security Problems
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Common tech wisdom has long held that iOS is far more secure than Android, but a report issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirm it. Android represented 79 percent of mobile malware threats in 

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