524: The Anti-Fireplace Lobby

Episode description

• 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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