369: ‘18-Hour Bombing Mission’, With Marco Arment

Marco Arment returns to the show to discuss some genuinely startling revelations regarding iPhone and Apple ID security; the new HomePod 2; and our favorite electric vehicle maker. Also: coffee.

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Links:

• Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen for the WSJ: “A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life (wsj.com/articles/apple-iphone-security-theft-p…)”.

• Yours truly, back in 2020, missing the obvious: “Can Thieves Crack 6-Digit iPhone Passcodes? (daringfireball.net/linked/2020/08/24/can-thiev…)”.

• Advanced Data Protection for iCloud (daringfireball.net/linked/2022/12/07/advanced-…) — encrypts more stuff, but won’t protect you from someone with your iPhone and your passcode.

• Marco’s review of the HomePod 2 on ATP (atp.fm/521).

• Macworld: “This Photo of Lebron’s Record Should Be Apple’s Next ‘Shot on iPhone’ Ad (macworld.com/article/1506778/lebron-record-bre…)”.

• Marco’s broken (and my own current) coffee grinder: the Baratza Virtuosa (thecoffeemaven.com/comparison/baratza-encore-v…), which, alas, has been discontinued.

• Marco’s new coffee grinder: the Ode Brew Grinder Gen 2 (fellowproducts.com/products/ode-brew-grinder-g…).

• Kanye West revealing that his iPhone passcode is “000000” on camera (theverge.com/tldr/2018/10/11/17964848/kanye-we…), while in the Oval Office talking nonsense with then-President Trump.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.