The Anti-Fireplace Lobby Accidental Tech Podcast

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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