524: The Anti-Fireplace Lobby

• Pre-show: Please go decline your Tweetbot/Twitterrific refunds • !

• Follow-up:

• John’s COVID project mcg’s Experience with the Sony HT-A9 Larry King • ’s band • ’s Rivian Parody • “Not yellow” ≠ “no fun colors”

• Adam Wunn on iMazing • Report on the Apple TV remote with touch disabled

• Bad Apple TV news

• Diabetes and blood glucose monitoring

Diabeetus

Sonos does allow you to shout requests into the air

Criminals are shoulder-surfing passcodes and then swiping iPhones •

• Mitigation ideas:

• Alphanumeric passcodes

• Settings • → Face ID & Passcode • → Change Passcode • → Passcode Options • → Custom Alphanumeric Code • Don’t use iCloud Keychain for banking passwords

• Screen Time

Settings • → Screen Time • → Use Screen Time Passcode • and don’t use the same passcode Settings • → Screen Time • → Content & Privacy Restrictions • → Account Changes • → Don’t Allow

• Venmo: Me • → Settings • → Face ID & PIN • → Enable Face ID & PIN • Cash: Icon in the upper-right • → Privacy & Security • → Security Lock

#askatp • :

• Is symmetric internet — particularly gigabit — worth it? (via Petar Petrović)

Casey’s original flex Casey’s park bench picnic table Casey downloads a Xcode beta WRT54G

• Do we use AlDente • or Battery • to manually limit charging levels? (via MaxLaves • )

Coconut Battery Battery GitHub issue

• Why doesn’t anyone make fun but not-creepy games? (via Brian Hamilton)

• Post-show: Marco loses a war of YouTube attrition to Adam

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