128: Watching All the Legal Drama, ApplePay for Plywood, and a Power Plug Lament

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In the News blog post for December 29, 2023:
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2023/12/in-the-news707-1.html

00:00 Watching All the Legal Drama
10:53 How to Hack an iPhone
15;59 Jason’s Favorites
20:06 Apple Pay for Plywood
24:32 AI @ Apple
31:09 SuperCarPlay
34:32 iPad Wishes
37:48 Where Y’at? Segment: Satellite Game Changer
43:08 Sci-Fi Done Right
46:31 Power Plug Lament
47:08 Brett’s Security Tips: TunnelBear VPN and 1Password
50:49 Jeff’s Security Tip: ALWAYS Protect Your iPhone Passcode!

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 sales in the US this week

Michael Potuck | 9to5Mac: ‘Most sophisticated’ iPhone attack chain ‘ever seen’ used four 0-days to create a 0-click exploit

Jason Snell | SixColors: Jason’s favorites of 2023: Apps, movies, TV, books

Chance Miller | 9to5Mac: Long-time holdout Lowe’s finally begins rolling out Apple Pay support

Jason Cross | Macworld: Wanna see something cool? Try this awesome AI feature built right into the iPhone

David Price | Macworld: The iPad doesn’t need a refresh–it needs a reboot

Mary Beth “Mouse” Skylis | BackPacker: One Year in, it’s Clear the iPhone’s Satellite SOS Feature Is Saving Lives

Brett’s Sites: Your Technology Security Resolutions for 2024 should be to use a VPN such as TunnelBear https://www.tunnelbear.com and a password manager such as 1Password https://www.1password.com. Both of these services have deals right now, and you can get $30 back by signing up through Rakuten (you can use my link https://www.rakuten.com/r/BBURNE17?eeid=28187), searching for TunnelBear or 1Password and making the purchase that way - you’ll get $30 back!

Jeff’s Sites: Your Technology Security Resolutions for 2024 is to use a complicated iPhone passcode and NEVER let someone see you enter it! You can read this story from the Wall Street Journal for more information. https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/he-stole-hundreds-of-iphones-and-looted-peoples-life-savings-he-told-us-how-fbd81ab5 

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