If not, you missed a really neat Apple security video (courtesy of Leonard) and pretty cool Apps & Traps.
The Meeting after the Meeting is back! We didn’t go out to eat (yet), but several of us stuck around in the Zoom chat room after the General meeting and had the usual conversations! It was great!!
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
From Dade Hayes on Deadline this afternoon:
Major wireless providers Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T have all experienced phone outages Monday across the U.S.
None of the companies immediately acknowledged or offered an explanation for the service interruptions, but complaints proliferated online. The hardest-hit areas are the East Coast, including major cities like New York, Atlanta and Miami, as well as LA and Chicago, according to the tech issue clearinghouse DownDetector.
Calls and text messages appear to be the functions that are the most difficult for customers to use. Wi-Fi and land-line phone service is out in certain pockets of the country but is not widespread.
PYBT for the scoop: Verizon, T-Mobile And AT&T All Experience Phone Outages Across U.S..
It’s Sean’s fault!
At The Sweet Setup:
Every week we {aim to} post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.
Today’s victim, er, interviewee:
My name is Jonathan Pulley, and I am a Senior Consultant for a software company specializing in data analytics, data warehousing, and business intelligence. I also dabble in photography and gaming.
You can catch Jonathan’s complete story here: Jonathan Pulley’s Mac and iPhone Setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.
A couple of years ago, Apple introduced the T2 chip. It combined several formerly separate controllers, refining operations and increasing security. Check out what it does for us and our Macs here: Apple’s New T2 Chip Explained: What does it do?.
Here’s what Apple Support has to say: About the Apple T2 Security Chip.
The video is from November, 2018, but it sums things nicely.
It’s Leonard’s fault!
On YouTube, Apple CEO Tim Cook explains Apple’s encryption and privacy policies, in a discussion with WSJ’s Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker at the Wall Street Journal’s technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., in October (2015).
This was posted in February, 2016, but it is most certainly still relevant; Mr Cook brings up some very good points.
PYBT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZmeZyDGkQ0.
It’s Leonard’s fault!
Apple’s explanation of security, hardware security, system security, encryption and data protection, app security, services security
It’s Leonard’s fault!
Wow! On Interesting Engineering today:
Apple’s useful Sign in with Apple option that was disclosed in June 2019 received a fair bit of positive attention, and for good reason: it replaces social logins with a secure authentication system. On top of that, a user can sign up with third-party apps and services without needing to share their Apple ID email address.
However, a security researcher in New Delhi, India just uncovered a serious flaw in the Sign in with Apple system that would allow an attacker to potentially take over an account merely by using an email ID.
Fear not; all is well, as Fabienne Lang reports: Apple Awards Hacker $100,000 for Discovering ‘Sign in with Apple’ Vulnerability
It’s Leonard’s fault!
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The meeting will be conducted on Zoom. The gory details have arrived: Tech Check!
The Meeting after the Meeting is still, sadly, on hold.
