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Chapter 11 of “Take Control of Security for Mac Users” Available

The line between security and privacy is fuzzy at best, and the two are inextricably linked. Improving your Mac’s security will often increase your privacy, and keeping certain types of data private is an essential step in maintaining security. So, in Chapter 11, “Keep Personal Data Private,” of “Take Control of Security for Mac Users,” Joe Kissell focuses on the implications of sharing a Mac with other people, the privacy risks you face when using the Internet, and how you can keep your communications private. Finally, he provides an overview of OS X’s main privacy-related settings.

If you’re just now getting started with “Take Control of Security for Mac Users,” note that the first two chapticles are available to everyone, but the rest are limited to TidBITS members. Those generous folks receive other benefits too (like a full-text version of our RSS feed!), but what’s most important is that TidBITS members are the reason you’re reading TidBITS today — we wouldn’t still be publishing without their support. If you’re already a TidBITS member, log in to the TidBITS site using the email address from which you joined to read and comment on these chapters.

This is the penultimate chapter, so once we get the next chapter out and take our final edit pass, the full ebook of “Take Control of Security for Mac Users” will be available for purchase by everyone in PDF, EPUB, and Mobipocket (Kindle) formats.

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