The MacVoices Live! crew addresses a potential security issue if you redact PDFs and are expecting the information to be actually gone. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, and Marty Jencius also look at some unusual Apple TV+ promotions for the long-awaited second season of Severance.

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:10 Introduction to MacVoices

13:55 JPEG vs PDF: Redaction Risks

16:20 Fun Promotion for Severance

23:28 Lumen Industries: A Marketing Masterstroke

Links:

iOS 18.3 warns you cropped content isn't actually removed from PDF screenshots

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2025/01/17/apple-iphone-cropped-screenshot-pdf-ios-18-3-privacy-warning/

The Grand Central Hall stunt for ‘Severance’ was genius. Its LinkedIn profile might be even better

https://www.fastcompany.com/91262134/severances-grand-central-hall-stunt-was-genius-but-its-linkedin-profile-might-be-even-better

Lumon Industries on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lumon-industries/

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