Thu. 07/07 – Apple Lockdown Mode

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🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Apple has a new lockdown mode to triage a whole range of cyberattacks. Also, Mark Gurman has some details on that new, expected, “rugged” Apple Watch. Twitter is testing co-tweets. More details on the new version of Meta’s VR headset. And the weekend longreads suggestions. I’ll explain. Sponsors: StitchFix.com/ride for $20 off Work Check podcast Links: Apple Announces New Lockdown Mode on iOS 16 With 'Extreme' Level of Security (MacRumors) Apple Plans Extreme Sports Watch With Larger Screen, Metal Case (Bloomberg) Heads of FBI, MI5 Issue Joint Warning on Chinese Spying (WSJ) Reddit is launching a new NFT avatar marketplace (TechCrunch) Twitter starts testing new CoTweets feature that lets two accounts co-author a tweet (The Verge) Meta Plans to Call New Virtual Reality Headset the ‘Quest Pro’ (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Keeping Phones Running in Wartime Pushes Kyivstar to the Limit (Bloomberg) The Metaverse in 2040 (Pew Research Center) Not Just a Tennis Podcast, but Rather ‘The’ Tennis Podcast (NYTimes) Inside a Superfan's Secret Friendship With Eddie Van Halen (Rolling Stone) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem ride home for Thursday, July 7th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.8	Apple has a new lockdown mode to triage a whole range of cyber attacks.
0:12.6	Also, Mark Germin has some details on that new expected
0:15.1	rugged Apple watch.
0:16.8	Twitter is testing co-tweets.
0:18.5	More details on the new version of Meta's VR headset
0:21.4	and the weekend long read suggestions. I'll explain. Here's what you
0:24.9	miss today in the world of tech.
0:29.4	Apple has announced a new lockdown mode in iOS 16, iPad
0:36.8	OS 16, iPad OS 16, and Mac OS
0:38.7	OS Ventsura to protect against what it calls highly targeted cyber
0:42.1	attacks by disabling features,
0:43.8	apps and more quoting Mac rumors.
0:46.7	Apple says the optional security feature is designed to protect the very small
0:50.1	number of users who may be at risk of quote highly targeted cyber attacks from
0:54.0	private companies developing state-sponsored spyware such as journalists
0:57.6	activists and government employees. Apple says lockdown mode is enabled in the
1:02.0	third beta version of iOS 16, iPad
1:05.0	OS 16 and Mac OS Ventura released today and the feature will be available to all
1:09.2	users when the software updates are released later this year.
1:12.5	While the feature is aimed at users who are targets of cyber attacks,
1:15.2	it appears that it can be enabled by any user.
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