Blocking covert access to Mac mic and camera
Here’s a free and easy (software based) way to block microphone and camera activation on your mac computer.
Self-signed SSL certificates, CA flagged true, for Android and OS X
If you wish to run local web services, such as CalDAV, CardDAV, WebDAV, websites, etc., you may want to connect over SSL. Here are instructions on how to generate self-signed SSL certificates, on Mac OS X that have the CA flag set to TRUE, and which will be accepted my Android devices (which are particularly fussy about how an SSL certificate is cooked up).
Hiding usernames from your OS X login screen
Hide your Mac OS X username from the login screen. It’s a simply security measure I recommend for people with laptops especially. Here’s a couple of free and easy ways to do it.
TrueCrypt on OS X Yosemite and beyond
TrueCrypt remains to be the best and more trustable cross-platform disk and file encryption system. Here’s how to get it running on Yosemite and any other version of OS X
Low Cost SSL and Dedicated IP Hosting
I’ve been hosting with Hostgator since February 2006. I spent the better part of a month researching a great many US and non-US based hosting providers before committing to hosting with Hostgator. With over eight years of first hand experience with Hostgator, I figure...
OS X 10.9.5 Gatekeeper Codesign issues
With OS X 10.9.5 Apple made some significant changes to the way Gatekeeper operates, which effectively broke many pre-Maverick (10.9.x) apps, preventing them from running. Here’s a solution.