242: ‘The Butts Incident’ With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
01/31/19
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John Moltz makes his long-awaited return to the show. Three big topics this week: the Facebook VPN app fiasco (and the company’s pattern of ethical violations), the Group FaceTime bug that allowed callers to listen to audio before the call was answered, and Apple’s quarterly results.
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Links:
- Bugs in Group FaceTime Allow Callers to See and Hear Recipients’ End Without Them Answering.
- TechCrunch: Facebook Pays Teenagers to Install VPN That Spies on Them.
- Google Was Doing Something Similar.
- Apple’s Q1 2019 Financial Results.
- Lisa Brennan-Jobs on Craig Mod’s “On Margins” podcast.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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241: ‘More Smarter’ With Joanna Stern
January 23, 2019
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Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include the iPhone XR (and the argument that it might be the best phone in Apple’s current lineup), Apple’s new Smart Battery Cases, Apple Watch, and, of course, the new MacBook Air.
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Links:
- New York Magazine in 2016: “Is ‘Friends’ Still the Most Popular Show on TV?”.
- Last Month: “Netflix Will Keep ‘Friends’ Through Next Year in a $100 Million Agreement”.
- Joanna’s iPhone XR review.
- Joanna’s MacBook Air review — from a hot air balloon.
- “Apple Watch Series 4 Fall Detection Tested by a Hollywood Stunt Double” .
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243: ‘The God Awful Truth’ With Rich Mogull
February 15, 2019
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Special guest Rich Mogull joins the show. Topics cover a range of security and privacy-related issues: the Jeff Bezos/National Enquirer saga, laptop webcams, abuse of Apple's enterprise developer program to enable sideloading of iOS apps, Amazon's acquisition of Eero, and more.
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Links
- Securosis — Rich’s security consultancy and blog.
- Enterprise apps as de facto sideloading.
- Daring Fireball: “On Covering Webcams”.
- Micro Snitch: Objective Development’s utility for notifying you of access to your Mac’s camera or microphone.
- Patrick Wardle’s Oversight.
- The 2005 TJX data breach.
- Cliff Sims’s Team of Vipers tell-all on working in the Trump administration.
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