So finally Simon gets his act together enough to relaunch the podcast (but not enough to get it out on time!!!) Anyway in a grand relaunch (okay, so we got a couple of guests on) Simon and Nick are joined by Guy Serle, and Jeff Gamet to do what they always do… Welcome back!
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Recorded 7th May 2023
On this week’s show
GUY SERLE
- Co-host of the MyMac Podcast with @GazMaz
- @MacParrot and @VertShark on Twitter
- @Macparrot on Mastodon
- Sometime records Guy’s Daily Drive in his car on the way to work
- Posts all his stuff to vertshark.com – eventually
- Appears on a variety of other podcasts including In Touch With iOS, and MacVoices Live
JEFF GAMET
- Co-host of the The Context Machine with Bryan Chaffin
- @JGamet pretty much everywhere
- Appears on a variety of other podcasts including In Touch With iOS, and MacVoices Live. The Big Show and The Mac Show on The British Tech Network
NICK RILEY
- Spligosh in the Slack
- Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
- Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube
APPLE
- Apple posts better-than-anticipated earnings fueled by iPhone sales – The Guardian
- How Steve Jobs saved Apple with the iMac 25 years ago – AppleInsider
- Why Apple’s Rapid Security Responses Are Better Than a Software Update – LifeWire
- EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones – TechRadar
- Why the EU should stop complaining about the iPhone 15 before it even launches – BGR
- Apple and Google Collaborate In Unwanted Tracking Alerts For All Item Trackers – Ubergizmo
- AirTag credited with helping investigators locate $1.1M in cash stolen from armored truck – 9to5Mac
- Apple Launches 20 New Games on Apple Arcade – MacRumors
- Tim Cook Touts ‘Incredible’ Response to Apple Card Savings Account on iPhone – MacRumors
- Epic Games Loses Again in Battle With Apple Over App Store Rules – MacRumors
- (These two are specially for Guy)
TECHNOLOGY
- Driverless bus service to start in Scotland in world first – BBC News
SECURITY & PRIVACY
- Terrifying study shows how fast AI can crack your passwords; here’s how to protect yourself – 9to5Mac
- Worst passwords exposed as users urged to change them immediately – Daily Record
- Generating Random, Secure, Memorable Passwords in Your Head – Allister Jenks on Podfeet
- Google joins the fight against passwords by enabling passkeys – Popular Science
- Bitwarden’s password manager browser extension has a known exploit it hasn’t addressed in five years – TechSpot
- New AMOS Mac malware targets passwords, personal files, crypto wallets – MacWorld
WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS
- How to set a song as a ringtone on iPhone for free – TrustedReviews
- Miguel de Icaza: “Neat iOS feature, for years I dreaded sharing my Contact Card – Mastodon
- How to turn on Voice Isolation on iPhone with iOS 16.4 – Toms Guide
JUST A SNIPPET
For things that are not worth more than a flypast
- Netflix kills DVD-in-the-mail business, upgrades ad-supported plan from 720p – 9to5Mac
NEMO’S HARDWARE STORE (45:18)
- BoomCan™ Mini Magnetic Bluetooth Speakers – $50 USD direct from Scosche. Amazon £50 UKP / $40 USD
- BoomBottle® MS Bluetooth Speaker – $150 USC direct from Scosche. Amazon £93 UKP / $120 USD
Essential Apple Recommended Services:
- All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers.
- Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online.
- Doug.ee Blog for Andy J’s security tips.
- Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
- Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with
- 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again.
- AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses
- Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter… You get to keep 2 free avatars though.
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- ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
- Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test.
- Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need.
- Wire and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
- Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.
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