Episode 300: Apple's Bungled Rapid Security Response

Apple issued a rapid security response, to patch a vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild, and had to pull it a few hours later. We also discuss Meta's Threads, more Scamazon issues, and, for our 300th episode, we look at how the security and privacy landscape has changed in the six years of this podcast.

Show Notes:

• If you applied Rapid Security Response iOS 16.5.1 (a), iPadOS 16.5.1 (a), or macOS Ventura 13.4.1 (a)


• Threads is Instagram’s Twitter; Here’s how to manage your privacy and security settings


• Josh discovered you can view deleted Threads posts


• Scam loan apps in the App Store threaten to send fake nudes to contacts


• Liberté, Égalité, Spyware: France okays cops snooping on phones


• Amazon… more like SCAMazon - Fake SSDs


• Episode 282, where we discussed the Scamazon issue

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