381: ‘Tape Deck Dongle’, With Joanna Stern

Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include the launch of Threads, Apple’s Vision Pro, and iPhone/iCloud device security. Also, some accidental car talk.

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Links:

• Joanna’s Rock ’Em Sock ’Em CEOs, Zuck vs. Musk Edition (wsj.com/articles/beyond-musk-vs-zuck-how-the-b…).
• Zuck vs. Cook, back in 2021 (wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-tec…).

• Joanna and Nicole Nguyen’s investigative series for the WSJ on organized thieves stealing Apple IDs after stealing iPhones and gleaning their passcodes:
• February: “A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life (wsj.com/articles/apple-iphone-security-theft-p…)”

• April: “The iPhone Setting Thieves Use to Lock You Out of Your Apple Account (wsj.com/articles/the-iphone-setting-thieves-us…)”

• Me and Joanna trying to figure out whether Facebook should make an iPad app or web app next for Threads (threads.net/t/CudNqHaptaI). (It’ll probably be the web app.)

• Hillary Clinton joins Threads with a joke, and the top replies are civil and fun (threads.net/t/CukIlmnLsvJ).

• Paris Hilton’s collection of old — really old — phones (threads.net/t/Cuc—AdSjgX).

• Mark Zuckerberg posting on Threads:
• Chatting with Sundar Pichai (threads.net/t/Cuh7b-bOCPU).

• And Jeff Bezos (threads.net/t/Cuf3kUdJI9z).

• Dunking on Elon Musk (threads.net/t/Cudy3UXOiKT).

• And tweeting for the first time in 11 years (twitter.com/finkd/status/1676747594460962817).

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