243: ‘The God Awful Truth’ With Rich Mogull
The Talk Show With John Gruber
02/15/19
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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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- 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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242: ‘The Butts Incident’ With John Moltz
January 31, 2019
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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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244: ‘Plagiarists and Fabulists’ With Glenn Fleishman
February 22, 2019
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Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include: rumors of new Mac hardware and Marzipan at WWDC, Samsung’s new phones unveiled at their “Unpacked” event, 5G networks, Apple’s purported foray into the credit card business, and more — including Glenn’s “Tiny Type Museum” Kickstarter project.
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Links
- Tiny Type Museum & Time Capsule — Glenn’s latest project on Kickstarter.
- “The Old Guard of Mac Indie Apps Has Thrived for More Than 25 Years”.
- WSJ report on Apple teaming With Goldman Sachs to issue a credit card.
- Costco’s remarkable low-fee exclusivity deal with Visa.
- “Gurman on WWDC 2019: Marzipan Marches Forward and the New Mac Pro”.
- “Are Russian Trolls Saving Measles From Extinction?”
- Glenn’s story on Erik Spiekermann marrying digital design with letterpress printing.
- Jack Dorsey on The Bill Simmons Podcast.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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