524: The Anti-Fireplace Lobby
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• 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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