Feedback & Followups
- 🎦 As I suspected last time, there was much more to the UK Ring doorbell case than simply “Ring doorbells are illegal in the UK”. Thanks to listener John for sending on this excellent summary analysis of the judgment: BlackBeltBarrister — Ring Camera Court Case: Must You Remove Yours? — youtube.com/…
- Apple’s ad changes have a markedly mixed impact on social media companies:
- Snap shares plummet 25% as it reveals Apple privacy changes crushed ads — www.imore.com/…
- Apple’s ‘ad-mageddon’ is affecting Snap, Facebook, Google, and Twitter differently — www.marketwatch.com/… (Google revenue seemed mostly unaffected, and Twitter & Facebook were only slightly affected, both less than their own estimates)
- Related: Customer feedback on iPhone tracking changes ‘overwhelmingly positive’ — www.imore.com/…
- Social Media Developments:
- Google have followed through on a feature they promised in August: Minors Can Now Request Photo Removal From Google Search — www.macobserver.com/…
- 🇺🇸 The state of Texas have amended their complaint in their anti-trust case against Google, alleging the company colluded with Facebook to rig ad auctions and work-around privacy protections rolled out by Apple — www.theregister.com/… (The technical details are difficult to get your head around, but the email exchanges seem pretty damning.)
- Many Eero Mesh Routers Will Support Matter — www.macobserver.com/…
❗ Action Alerts
- Apple have released security updates for just about everything — www.intego.com/… (macOS Monterey 12.0.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.1, Security Update 2021-007 for macOS Catalina, iOS & iPadOS 15.1, iOS & iPadOS 14.8.1, watchOS 8.1, tvOS 15.1 & Safari 15.1)
- Notably missing is an update for macOS Mojave
- Now that the patches are out, MS have described the bug they found: Microsoft reports SIP-bypassing “Shrootless” vulnerability in macOS — arstechnica.com
- An excellent human-friendly deep-dive: Microsoft documents “SHROOTLESS” hack patched in latest Apple updates — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Related: Device Software Updates Now Appear in Software Update Too — tidbits.com/…
Worthy Warnings
Notable News
- Conti Ransom Gang Starts Selling Access to Victims — krebsonsecurity.com/…
- REvil ransomware gang allegedly forced offline by law enforcement counterattacks — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- 🇺🇸 US Bans Export of Hacking Tools to Authoritarian Regimes — www.macobserver.com/…
Excellent Explainers
Palate Cleansers
- David Roth posted in the Podfeet Slack a video from TechMeOut all about hidden features of iOS 15. Allison started watching it and learned something from the very first tip iPhone 13 Tips & Tricks + Hidden Features of iOS 15! – YouTube
- GitHub Posted a hilarious video emulating old-timey product videos to explain DevOps @GitHub on Twitter – What is DevOps?
Legend
When the textual description of a link is part of the link it is the title of the page being linked to, when the text describing a link is not part of the link it is a description written by Bart.
| Emoji | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🎧 | A link to audio content, probably a podcast. |
| ❗ | A call to action. |
| flag | The story is particularly relevant to people living in a specific country, or, the organisation the story is about is affiliated with the government of a specific country. |
| 📊 | A link to graphical content, probably a chart, graph, or diagram. |
| 🧯 | A story that has been over-hyped in the media, or, “no need to light your hair on fire” 🙂 |
| 💵 | A link to an article behind a paywall. |
| 📌 | A pinned story, i.e. one to keep an eye on that’s likely to develop into something significant in the future. |
| 🎩 | A tip of the hat to thank a member of the community for bringing the story to our attention. |
Thanks for the Palette cleanser “iPhone 13 Tips…” I have been enjoying “sounds” for several weeks; I prefer “Streams” (reminds me of where we camp at Sheep’s Creek in King’s Canyon, near Yosemite.) The example “Techmeout” used was on the iPhone. But I use it on my HomePod Mini at bedtime. “Hey Siri, play stream sounds.” with the added benefit of “Hey Siri, stop sounds in 30 minutes” (It also reminds you to go to the bathroom first.)
FYI