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Checklist 449 - Background Improvements and a Meta Warning

Checklist 449 - Background Improvements and a Meta Warning

Update: 2025-11-14
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Apple's brought back an old safety feature. We'll look at Background Security Improvements, what happened to the thing it replaced, and who should have it turned on. Plus - reasons to avoid shopping on Meta platforms on this edition of The Checklist, brought to you by SecureMac.

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