Do You Really Want an AI Listening to You All the Time?

We discuss Apple's HomePod, and the security implications of having an AI listening to you all the time. We also cover news about the Chrome browser's new built-in ad blocker, a text message bug that affects Apple devices (and is now fixed), and an interesting new chip in Apple's iMac Pro.

• Google turns on default adblocker within Chrome


• This new text bomb crashes most Mac and iOS apps with a single Unicode symbol (Note that Apple released security updates for all its operating systems a few days after we recorded this episode.)


• Fuzzing


• Apple’s New iMac Pro Delivers Enhanced Security with the T2 Chip


• Microsoft tightens Windows 10's Secure Boot screws: Where does that leave Linux?


• Apple HomePod Review: Superior Sound, but Limited by Siri


• Episode 11: Handcuffs Made of Tissue Paper (discussion of differential privacy)

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