TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 404
Welcome to the show I am your host Rob and this is the Today in iOS podcast - First up I want to thank BRIAN for sending in the music you hear in the background. BRIAN wrote:
Hi Rob,
Here is a song called - Someone Like You
On iOS I used the apps:
nanoStudio
iMaschine
Notion
GarageBand
Most of the song started on the iPhone (iPad) then brought to the mac for finishing.
On the mac I used the apps
Studio One
Logic
Notion
You can find more of my music at reverbnation.com/timfate
Regards,
Brian
SONG_someone_like_you
Thanks BRIAN for the music and folks I will put the full song at the end of the episode. I also want to thank FRED for sending in the Artwork for today's show. FRED wrote the following:
Hey Rob
Here is my contribution to your Tii artwork collection.
I took a photo of a stack of bright colored towels with my iPhone 6S.
Then cropped it on my iPad with Snapseed.
And finally added the text "Today In iOS" using the new Text tool in Snapseed.
Cheers!
Fred Zelders
The Netherlands
Thanks FRED, for sending in this artwork and folks you can see FRED'S artwork in the FREE Tii App via the BONUS button for ep 404 - or at instagram.com/todayinios and also as a stand alone post in the VIP section and at Facebook.com/todayinios.
If you have some artwork and or music you have created on your iOS device that you would like to share with the audience please email it to me at today in iOS at gmail dot com and please make sure to include which app or apps you used to create said artwork and or music.
AND I am down to just two songs in my queue - so if you have some music created on an iOS device - please please please send it in.
02:19
In this segment of how wrong were they we have the following quote quote
“What we see is that youth are pretty much fed up with iPhones. Everyone has the iPhone.” unquote
Niels Munksgaard, Director of Portfolio, Product Marketing &
Sales , Nokia, 13 Dec 2011
Ahh - the old - no one goes there anymore it’s too crowded argument. Brilliant.
02:43
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03:05
http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-releases-important-
security-update-for-iphone-after-malware-found/
Well that update was unexpected and I am talking about iOS 9.3.5 which Apple released on Thursday and which has to start today’s show.
iOS 9.3.5 patches a zero day bug. IE - one built into iOS - and apparently in there since iOS 7.
Actually it patches three different vulnerabilities. These could be used for nothing major - just to access the devices location, or to read contacts, texts, calls and emails as well as turn on the devices microphone.
And worse yet there was a company in Israel that created spyware to exploit these vulnerabilities.
The good news is you can patch all this by simply updating to iOS 9.3.5 - which yeah - you really should do.
And you should thank Human Rights Activit - Ahmed Mansoor.
Mansoor is a citizen of the United Arab Emirates - and he was someone the Government there looked at as a menace and someone that needed to be spied on.
Note Mansoor is someone his government has not treated well over the years to say the least with imprisonment, beatings, and a travel ban - so you know to make sure the imprisonment and beatings could continue. Well they also liked to spy on him and tried many times. In the past they sent him a PDF packed full of spy ware - which he did not open. And early in August he received two unsolicited SMS message on his iPhone 6 - which contained links to quote secrets concerning Detainees in UAE prisons unquote. Well luckily for all of us - he did not bite. But rather he forwarded them to The Citizen Lab - and Citizen Lab researchers working with the security company Lookout found that those SMS messages were a series of Zero Day exploits designed to take over Mansoor’s iphone in hopes of spying on him.
From the Citizen Labs blog quote Had he followed those links, Mansoor’s iPhone would have been turned into a sophisticated bugging device controlled by UAE security agencies. They would have been able to turn on his iPhone’s camera and microphone to record Mansoor and anything nearby, without him being wise about it. They would have been able to log his emails and calls — even those that are encrypted end-to-end. And, of course, they would have been able to track his precise whereabouts. unquote
If you read the part in the article about the company behind the spyware and the triple exploit - it sounds like something out of Spy novel.
Quote our team was able to positively link the exploit infrastructure behind these exploits to an obscure company called “NSO Group”.
Don’t look for them online; NSO Group doesn’t have a website. They are an Israeli-based “cyber war” company owned by an American venture capital firm, Francisco Partners Management, and founded by alumni of the infamous Israeli signals intelligence agency, Unit 8200. This unit is among the most highly ranked state agencies for cyber espionage, and is allegedly responsible (along with the U.S. NSA) for the so-called “Stuxnet” cyber attack on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities. unquote
The irony in all this is Apple’s biggest issue with developing a back door was fear that some government would use that access to track down its citizens and those calling out human rights violations and that is EXACTLY what happened here. Mansoor is not a terrorist he is a human’s rights activist and the UAE right now is being looked at by the CIA and NSA and Israel intelligence as a bumbling fool for wasting 3 zero day exploits on Mansoor.
I can tell you right now - the October 4ths SOYC con also known as the Spy on your citizens Conference which is held each year at Fort Meed - well its going to be pretty awkward for the UAE representative when he shows up. Check in might go like this.
Hello I am His Excellency Jassem Bu Ataba Al Zaabi, director general of NESA from the UAE looking for my badge and a free Bag oh and can I get one of those double connect lanyards. I just hate the ones with the single connect in the middle they always flip around and having to say my name over and over - well it could be a very long night.
To which the person at the check in desk would look him up in the computer and say the following:
PLAY YOU GET NOTHING
I do not want to down play the seriousness of these three exploits and what this spyware could do - and if you have not updated to iOS 9.3.5 - then you need to do so right away.
Luckily any iOS device running iOS 9.X is able to get the update now.
Citizen lap stated that once they realized what they had - the contacted Apple with a responsible disclosure concerning the Zero Day exploits - and they stated Apple responded immediately.
And by the time you get this far in you are thinking - well I just will go to Android - ummm - yeah - they have had these type of Zero day exploits for years and they were known and for most Android devices they are still not patched.
Imagine what that Israeli company has created for Android devices. And that is something Citizen Lab and Lookout researchers basically said when they said there is evidence that the Group has ways to get this spyware onto other mobile operating systems - notably Android.
This next bit will definitely sound fan boyish - but At least with iOS - when something this bad is discovered - within 2 weeks - Apple was able create and roll out the update where it was instantly available to all of its users of iOS 9. Something not even remotely possible on the Android side.
Again I do not want to down play this issue - so I will leave on this note - it was a bad group of exploits that were being used for the worst of reasons where a government was trying to spy on one of its citizens who is known for calling out the government for human rights violations. If anyone ever had any doubt about Apples stance vs the FBI - this hopefully will but that doubt to rest - Apple was right - there are bad people and governments out there looking for exploits - and the FBI asking Apple to create a new exploit was the wrong call by the FBI.
Now go and update your iOS device and come back and finish the rest of the episode once you do.
https://deibert.citizenlab.org/2016/08/disarming-a-cyber-
mercenary-patching-apple-zero-days/
http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/your-apple-iphone-
had-been-vulnerable-to-hackers-since-ios-7-332079.html
10:27
https://www.lawfareblog.com/cost-using-zero-days
Into the email bag on this subject.
Hi Rob,
I'm sure you've seen the latest update, but here are a couple fascinating if not
unnerving articles with regard to the phone hack.
One titled - The Cost of using Zero-Days - by Nicholas Weaver at Lawfareblog dot com
and the other titled - Government Hackers caught using unprecedented iphone Spy Tool over at vice.com
My favorite quote from the first article by Weaver is
quote “It is time to update your iPhone software. Today. (And if you have a non-Nexus
Android phone then you need to “upgrade” by throwing that directly into a trash
can).” unquote
Regards,
brian
Thanks for the links - And I really liked the time line spelled out in the article by Weaver this is an officemate of the folks from Citizen Labs. And here was the time line with dates.
August 10th the text SMS messages are sent to Ahmed Mansoor who then sends them to Citizen Labs.
They captured the Zero Day vulnerabilities on August 11th.
They reported them to Apple on August 15th and Apple Patched them on August 24th.
That article also pointed out that it takes a triple Exploit to really take control of an iOS device.
quote
To exploit an iPhone you need more than a single vulnerability, functional exploits are chains of two or three. In this case the "Trident" attack required exploiting a chain of vulnerabilities: a corruption in WebKit to take over Safari, a kernel memory disclosure vulnerability necessary to bypass the kernel's defenses, and a kernel memory corruption used to take over the phone.
unquote
In the second article - there is an actual quote from NSO - the company that made the spyware called pegasus - that was busted.
NSO's spokesperson Zamir Dahbash said the company’s quote mission is to help make the world a safer place by providing authorized governments with technology that helps them combat terror and crime. unquote
Hmmm - no where in there do they mention spying on Human Rights Activists. Guess that is buried at little further down in their company mission statement.
Oh wait they went on to say quote
“The agreements signed with the company's customers require that the company's products only be used in a lawful manner. Specifically, the products may only be used for the prevention and investigation of crimes.“
unquote
Oh well that changes everything - as long as you have a contract that says that I am sure no government would ever miss use your software. I mean if you don’t count the ones that already have and then got busted doing so and lead to a patch that broke your software and cost you millions of dollars in sales and R&D for the update. Karma
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/government-hackers-
iphone-hacking-jailbreak-nso-group
13:33
http://bgr.com/2016/08/26/ios-10-beta-8-download-public-
beta-7-released/
iOS 10 beta 8 also was released last week - and what at first just looked like a security patch for the Triple Exploits - actually had a few other minor tweaks.
Apple Music has a new look as does Apple News App. And I am sure there are other bug fixes and stability improvements - but really iOS 10 beta 8 was about patching the triple ZeroDay exploits.
Obviously if you are a dev or public beta tester - then you need to update right away to the latest version of the beta - it will patch that bad security bug we talked about.
And now - I think finally that is the last Beta we will see for iOS 10.
14:12
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2016/
Well Apple confirmed what we said was going to be the case back on Episode 400 which goes to my Blog post - Apple Fall Event 2016 confirmed for Sept 7th.
This really was not surprising news to anyone covering the space - yet - I did see a few articles surprised by this - Really???
As I said previously the Sept 7th date make a lot of sense based on it being the first day of CTIA super mobility 2016. And Apple wanting to get the iPhones for sale on Sep 16th - meaning they really had to do the event that day.
The event will be live streamed from the Bill Graham Civic Center in San Francisco - and the next episode of Tii will be out the afternoon or evening of September 7th - going over all the specs that made it into the next gen iphone and all the ones that missed. Plus any other announcements and all or any surprise announcements.
The Tag line for the event this year is - See you on the 7th.
Some are speculating that means Apple will be adding face detection for unlocking phones - and others saying it is per the update to the dual cameras.
The invite this time is a bunch of circles 45 by my count - with many different colors and levels of transparency.
I think the 45 circles represent the number of countries that will get the iPhone 7 or whatever it will be called in the first month - or maybe there is absolutely no relevance at all with the number of circles and I just wasted a couple of minutes counting and recounting all circles. Nahhh - must be about the number of countries it will be rolled out to in the first month.
Later on we will go over what specs we think will be introduced - but right now - it is safe to say the first part of that blog post on the September 7th even at 10:00 AM PT was dead on. Now to see if the Saturday September 10th at 12:01 AM PT will be the pre-order time or will it be September 9th at 12:01 AM PT.
http://cydianerd.com/iphone-7-launch-event/
http://www.appleworld.today/blog/2016/8/29/iphone-
event-scheduled-for-september-7
16:37
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18:40
VOICEMAIL - Anita_MD_coverage_math.mp3
Hi Rob,
OK let me try to understand this. To accept the premise that it's cheaper to pay out-of-pocket rather than to have AppleCare one would have to assume that AppleCare only allows for the repair of a broken glass once, or that your phone is never going to be crushed by a moving vehicle etc. The whole idea of having insurance is to cover for the unexpected. With your logic, One will never need to have car insurance If the deductible for a fender-bebder was more expensive than the cost of repair plus insurance. What happens if you totally a car/iPhone.
This is insurance coverage for multiple unexpected not just for broken glass. They may be cheaper insurance plans out there for example Square Trade which office you up to four claims with a $75 deductible.
Regards,
Glenn
VOICEMAIL - Scott_DC_quest_apple_care_screen
26:20
https://plus.google.com/communities/
105412562215997292912?cfem=1
We are now over 3,000 members in our Google+ community and growing.
Thanks to everyone that has joined and thanks for the great posts.
One new post in the G+ community that went up since the last episode that had lots of comments came from Ken Lecomte ON AUGUST 24th who posted the following
quote
I'm looking for recommendations for a printer that works well with IOS. Preferably one that has inexpensive ink cartridges.
unquote
David the Computer Guy replied
quote
HP OfficeJet 8600series works just fine with my mobile devices since it has Built in wifi. But just about any wifi printer should work
unquote
Nic Brown replied
quote
Any HP 8000 series is what your looking for
unquote
Bob Berberick replied
quote
If you don't need colour, I've been using an HP Laserjet Pro MFP M127fw for quite a while. Print quality is very good. It's reasonably priced and the printing cost per page is very low. I almost never need colour so it works for me.
unquote
Haywood Morgan Jr replied
quote
The Epson Home Expressions Small in One series are all air print capable. I have an older model the ink cost is not bad.
unquote
Myron Uecker replied
quote
Others mentioned the HP 8600 series. We have an 8600a plus, which is a few years old now. What is nice with those printers is the external ink tanks, which reduce cost because you mostly just buy ink. The print heads are expensive but you don't replace them often. We replaced our print heads once.
unquote
Barbara replied
quote
I have a $79 HP Printer D110, and am on InstaPrint plan. I pay $2.99/mo for 50 pages, they know when I need new cartridges, so they send them in mail. I can send an email to my printer when I am out and come home and it has been printed. Print/copy/scan. I use AirPrint from iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro. Printer also does double-sided printing. I like it a lot. In one year I will pay $36, a lot cheaper than buying cartridges.
unquote
And then I replied
quote
I just upgraded to the Epson Workforce WF-3640 - it is nice in that there are two trays - one for photo paper and one for regular paper. This means my wife can print photos from her iPhone and I can print what I need from my computer and no need to change paper. Works great with iOS devices. It was just $109 at Target.
unquote
Thanks to Jerome Horowitz for the heads up that the Epson Workforce printer is just $99 at Staples.
Let me say this about the Epson WF-3640 and why I picked that one after looking at a lot of printers. And it is that it has two trays - one you can put in Photo paper and one you put in Regular paper. The printer is also ePrint friendly - so my Wife can print a photo from her iPhone and I can print a doc from my Computer - and I don’t have to change around the paper in the printer. There are others that also have a special tray for photo paper - but the WF-3640 seemed to be the easiest to add paper to. And you can add in a bunch for both.
Since the last episode there were also dozens and dozens of other new posts and comments in the Tii Google+ community - which is an Android fan bois free zone and spammer free zone. Yup it is the most civil Google+ community covering iOS.
Folks Go to today in iOS dot com slash community to join in.
And thanks to all 3,000+ of you already in the community and contributing.
30:20
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-lawsuit-touchscreens-idUSKCN1141OJ
Filed under the That did not take long category.
Remember last episode where I talked about TouchGate - where iPhone 6 and 6+ iPhones became touch unresponsive and a grey bar showed up at the top - and iFixit speculated that it was do to a bad design on one of the circuit boards.
Well now of course there is a class Action lawsuit that was filed on Saturday. I guess I could have filed this under - Of course there is category as well.
According to the lawsuit - quote
Apple has long been aware of the defect, which often surfaces after a flickering gray bar appears atop the touchscreens, but has refused to fix it.
The plaintiffs linked the problem to Apple's decision not to use a metal "shield" or "underfill" to protect the relevant parts, as it did on versions of the iPhone 5.
The iPhones are not fit for the purpose of use as smartphones because of the touchscreen defect," according to the complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, California.
unquote
What will this mean for us that have an iPhone 6 or 6+ - well that is TBD - but likely - if you have this issue any time in the next year or two - and you bring it in to Apple - I have a feeling they will be repairing it for free.
As I said last time - more on this in the future for sure.
31:49
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/iphones-android-
crashes-blancco-study/
This next article is really a perfect fit for Ep 404 - it is titled quote ‘It Just Works?’ Not quite: iPhones crash more than Android phones, study finds unquote
This article is based on a study called - The State of Mobile Device and Performance by a company call Blancco Technology Group.
What did they find?
Quote
- Out of the 58 percent of iOS devices that failed, iPhone 6 had the highest failure rate (29 percent), followed by iPhone 6S (23 percent) and iPhone 6S Plus (14 percent).
- In analyzing the causes of iPhone performance issues, crashing apps (65 percent), WiFi (11 percent) and headset (4 percent) were found to be the primary culprits.
- Despite their tremendous popularity and record-setting growth rates, Snapchat (17 percent), Instagram (14 percent) and Facebook (9 percent) dominated the list of crashing iOS apps.
unquote
One of the comments I read said the report included devices running the Betas. If that is true then you can throw all this data out the window.
However I went and downloaded the report and the word Beta is no where in the report.
This report is based on Crashes for Q2 2016.
The Top 10 crashing Apps for Q2 2016 were in Order from worst to less worst were:
SnapChat
Instagram
Facebook
Facebook Messenger
Google
Pinterest
WillyWonka
Groupon
Pandora
Google Photos
What’s App
http://info.blancco.com/state-of-mobile-device-
performance-and-health-trend-report-q2-2016.html
33:25
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3112575/apple-ios/1-
5m-us-iphone-users-are-about-to-switch-to-android.html
And all of this bad news for Apple is probably why Fluent put out data that lead to articles with titles like - 1.5 M US iPhone users are about to switch to Android - quote unquote.
However - when we look at how the data comes to be - and look as Android switchers to iOS - we see that 4 Million Android users will switch to iOS.
However all is not great news for Apple - leading up to the September 7th event - interest based on rumors is lets say muted at best.
A survey from Fluent found the following.
Just 31% of iPhone users think the new model will be a big deal.
just 28% think the new models will be a major improvement.
Which makes me wonder about the 3% that did not think it would be a major improvement but did think it would be a big deal? hmmm
56% of consumer think Water proofing is important.
63% of consumer think the rumored loss of the headphone jack is a drawback. The other 37% asked what is a head phone jack.
Of course all this data is thrown out the window once the September 7th event comes and we actually know what said next gen device really does or does not offer.
34:36
http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/24/technology/apple-iphone-
headphone-jack/index.html
Speaking of the Headphone jack and the impending removal there of - one person that is not a fan of that removal is this guy that kinda knows Apple a little - The Woz.
He said quote "If it's missing the 3.5 millimeter earphone jack, that's going to tick off a lot of people,” unquote
Many people point to Bluetooth as the way to connect going forward rather than a dongle.
Steve Wozniak said quote "I would not use Bluetooth. I don't like wireless. I have cars where you can plug in the music, or go through Bluetooth, and Bluetooth just sounds so flat for the same music.
So there is one persons opinion prior to the Sep 7th announcement.
35:16
https://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Spigen%C2%AE-Hybrid-
Kickstand-Crystal/dp/B01J9DVEEY
Call it a leak - but really just likely a guess - Some iPhone 7 and 7+ cases started showing up on Amazon already.
Spigen has a whole bunch of iPhone 7 cases on Amazon. But one place Spigen does not have any cases for sale - well that would be Apple.com
STM, Mophie, Tech21, Otterbox, Evutec, Logitech and many others - yes - on Apple.com - but not Spigen - they are not an approved vendor by Apple.
So any info Spigen received for their iPhone 7 cases - did NOT come from Apple. However in the past it was shown that Case Manufacturers were paying off people on the line to get iPhone enclosures early so they could make their cases prior to launch. and it is possible - highly possible - Spigen spent a bunch of their money for exactly that purpose.
And if we look at the Spigen cases what do we learn.
1. There are dual speakers on the bottom
2. There is no headphone jack
3. The Plus design has dual cameras.
4. It is basically the same design as the iphone 6 and 6+ except per items 1, 2 and 3 above.
There were also iPhone 7 and 7+ cases from Ringke, Caseology, Luvvitt, Maxboost, and Trainium in Amazon and what they all have in common is the Dual Camera for the 7+ and no head phone jack on the bottom - oh and none of them are vendors at Apple dot com. Yeah that too.
36:53
https://9to5mac.com/2016/08/29/apple-event-date-iphone-7/
So now we are a week away - what is expected for the iPhone 7 and 7+ or what ever the next gen devices will be called? And what else will be announced.
Well give me a call 206-666-6364 - that is 206-moon-dog and let me know your predictions prior to September 6th - and I will try to get them on the show.
I will also put up a bingo card prior to the event.
Right now I think from a top level of predictions here is where we go into the event.
New 4.7” and 5.5” designs that look very similar to the 6S and 6S+.
Except - no head phone jack and for the + model - dual cameras.
The device will likely be water Resistant - that is likely what Apple will site as a key reason for the removal of the headphone jack.
There will be either one or two new colors with Space Black most likely and a Dark Blue with a much smaller % chance.
Of course they will have an A10 processor.
The 16 never designed for 4K video GB version will be replaced by the 32 not really designed for 4K video either GB version on the low end. With 128 ok you can buy me GB and 256 Fully future proofed GB versions also available.
The home button may go away and it be built into the screen. The down side there is a crack to the screen - were before it was usable - maybe not so much now - plus what happens when you have a screen protector. As an FYI - all the iPhone 7 and 7+ cases basically show it with still having a home button.
There will also be some other additional specs - which we will have on the Bingo card - but let me know which ones are missing that you think will or should happen.
It is also very likely new Mac Book Pro’s with a brand new design will be introduced - I really will not get into those.
An Apple Watch 2 is expected now to be the same size as the original Apple watch - but with a bigger battery. That is also expected to have faster CPU in it and likely GPS. But not Cellular.
There will likely be new iPad’s announced as well.
But not new Apple TV’s.
Again give us a call or shoot us an email and let us know you predictions for the September 7th event.
http://itpro.co.uk/go/25916
http://www.thechipped.com/iphone-7-everything-need-know/
39:36
VOICEMAIL - Robert_SD_issue_passode_being_changed
Hi Rob.
Like your other listener that reported it on the last episode, I too saw the message on my phone asking me to change my passcode, and while I didn't want to change it, I did so because I assumed it was a security measure Apple put there so I didn't think I had a choice, in the same way that you need to enter your passcode after a certain amount of time, rather than using TouchID. It never would have occurred to me that it was a bug, like your other listener thought.
Regards,
Matt
VOICEMAIL - Mike_Indy_pop_up_message_passcode
42:41
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1465703413/lift-
anti-gravity-levitating-smartwatch-charger?ref=nav_search
This next one is under the category of you don’t need it - you want it.
IT is the LIFT Anti Gravity Levitating Smartwatch Charger and Lamp.
I guess the lamp was thrown in because you know the whole Anti Gravity charging your smartwatch thing on its own is just not enough.
This one had a goal of $44k - and has raised well north of $250k - because again it goes under you want it category.
You have until Thursday Sept 22nd at 11:56 AM CT if you wants win the day.
Anti Gravity as you know is not cheap - and you will need to levitate $159 out of your wallet to get this. That will get you the Lift charger or Orb
Lift Base and Power Adapter.
There are other prices and options. I will not bore you with them - and just say - Anti Gravity Charger
Estimated Delivery will be Oct 2016.
This works with both the Apple Watch and the Pebble Watch.
Quote The only levitating system that wirelessly charges your Apple Watch or Pebble while suspended in thin air. Unleash the smartwatch! unquote
Search for Lift - L I F T at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for Ep 404 at today in iOS dot com
44:04
https://9to5mac.com/2016/08/26/dropbox-password-change/
Thanks to Tosin O for the heads up on this next one - which is that Dropbox has announced it will be requiring some users to change their passwords. It is not about accounts being compromised.
Rather quote
If you signed up for Dropbox prior to mid-2012 and haven’t changed your password since, you’ll be prompted to update it the next time you sign in. We’re doing this purely as a preventive measure, and there is no indication that your account has been improperly accessed. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
unquote
If you are not prompted to change your password - then nothing is needed on your end - again just some users are being asked - and it is not a phishing scam - yet. That said - the scammers will now start sending out emails asking you to click a link to change your password - so be leery of that.
Anytime you get an email asking you to click a link to change a password - don’t do it.
Go to a browser - manually type in the sites URL - and then log in and change the password. NEVER EVER EVER click on a link in an email from anyone you were not specifically looking to get a link from - and in this case one that has publicly stated they are asking people to change your password. The scammers know that right now Dropbox people are expecting an email about this and will pounce. Be ready.
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VOICEMAIL - Kim_OR_quest_more_wearable_tech
Hi Rob,
I was on the road this week when my iPhone 5S stopped taking a charge. I took it to the first repair shop I found and they fixed it by
replacing the lightning port. While I was waiting for them to fix my phone, I started to wonder about the risks of having a third party repair your phone. I am not talking about losing my data. I am wondering if I should be worried about them getting access to my data/information
or installing malware on my phone. Also, what precautions should I take if this happens again.
Regards,
Mike
Sir,
Your personal opinion when you expect the Apple 2 watch to ship?
Kind regards
Mike
Hi Mike - I would say with in about 30 days of the September 7th announcement maybe as much as 45 days later - but can’t imagine it later than that. But we shall see.
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VOICEMAIL - Feedbk_iOS10_beta_bug
Rob,
My wife's iPhone 6 Plus has the touch issue. Once the phone is unlocked it just is unresponsive to touch about 30% of the time. She locks it and unlocks it again (sometimes several times to get it to respond). We just assumed it was related to having the screen replaced about a year ago. Looking forward to hearing any info regarding a fix.
Thanks,
Corey from Ohio
Hi Corey - hang in there - more to come on this in the future.
The only down side - is Apple may say since it was damaged and repaired by a third party you may have voided any warranty. But again - lets see how this plays out - they may get very liberal in fixing the issue if it gets worse and bad or worse PR starts building up around it.
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