Zoom Fixes Security, EARN IT is Evil, Tor in Trouble

• Zoom gets big-name help with security fixes
• Google updates Chrome to v81.0.4044.113 to squash a critical flaw
• FTP in Chrome lives another day! Google "undepreciates" FTP.
• Windows Patch Tuesday for April 2020 fixes 113 vulnerabilities
• "Basic Authentication" lives another day! Due to COVID-19, Microsoft and Google will keep "Basic Authentication" around for a little while longer
• EARN IT Act: call your Senator before it is too late!
• Tor Project fires over 1/3 of its staff
• Cloudflare dumps Google's reCAPTCHA

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-763-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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iPhone SE first impressions, iPad Pro Magic Keyboard review.

The Week's Stories:

• iPhone SE beats Android phones in every way except the camera
• iPad Pro Magic Keyboard review - there is a good reason it's so heavy
• Xcode coming to iOS 14 and iPadOS- is Final Cut coming to iPad?
• Apple TV+ making a new Fraggle Rock series!
• Apple moving iPhone SE production to Brazil
• iPhone too private to run French Covid-19 tracing app
• Tim Cook says Apple is in great shape to weather 2020 - Seoul, South Korea store reopens
• Apple over-the-ear headphones coming soon
• Blackmagic eGPU Pro discontinued

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: EpocCam turns your iPhone into a webcam
• Andy's Pick: DaVinci Resolve by Blackmagic
• Rene's Pick: Apple Watch Series 3 (Really!)
• Lory's Pick: Brydge Pro+ iPad Keyboard

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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Leo and Mikah show you how to keep your iOS devices private and your data secure.

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:
--Privacy & Security--

• YubiKey 5Ci
• Setting up two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
• Yes, Face ID and Touch ID are incredibly secure.
• You can use your iPhone to create and manage passwords for you.
• LastPass and other password managers work, too.
• Using a VPN like ExpressVPN
• Why and when to use NextDNS and Safari content blockers.

--News--

• Apple reveals the low-cost iPhone SE.
• Despite a May launch estimate, Apple opens orders for the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro.
• Jon Prosser says Xcode is coming to iPad Pro — could Final Cut Pro X follow?
• Apple is rumored to be working on high-end headphones with magnetic, interchangeable parts.
• In a bid to compete with Twitch and Microsoft's Mixer, Facebook is working on an app for streaming and viewing games.
• Halide does a deep dive with the new iPad Pro in order to understand Apple's LIDAR camera array.
• Apple is now offering replacement ear tips for AirPods Pro.

--App Caps--

• Mikah: Apple TV app
• Leo: EpocCam

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Is the iPad Pro now a full-fledged computer? Leo Laporte answers Michael's question about the advantages and disadvantages of using Apple's iPad Pro as your primary or only computer.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Separate IDs in Zoom and the Best SSD Options

Creating separate IDs for Zoom, connecting a condenser mic to a computer, syncing your iPhone within the Catalina OS, unable to install Windows 10 on an older laptop, monitoring your kids' internet activity, installing Linux on a Chromebook, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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TWiT's 15th Anniversary, iPhone SE, Best Audio Equipment You Can Buy

• iPhone SE vs Sidekick 2
• EARN IT will kill end-to-end encryption. Call your senator now!
• AMD is kicking Intel's butt
• The best speakers you can buy
• The best DACs you can buy
• The best headphones and headphone amplifiers you can buy
• The story of the first TWiT
• Catching up with Scott Herriott
• Catching up with Kevin Rose
• Catching up with Patrick Norton
• Catching up with Robert Heron
• Why Kevin Rose Doesn't Use Android
• Why Robert Heron loves Google Fi and the Pixel
• Magic Wormhole: how to encrypt your communications
• John Prosser: iPhone SE Plus coming soon
• iPad Pro Magic Keyboard turns the iPad Pro into a laptop
• More catching up with Kevin Rose
• Reminiscing about the good old days - Leisure Suit Larry, FidoNet, and BBSs
• Caveat Emptor: many NAS drives use SMR
• Computer security now vs 15 years ago
• Hard drives now vs 15 years ago
• Want a great $20,000 stereo? Buy the Symbol Audio Modern Record Console
• iRacing is the best esport in the world
  

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, and Scott Herriot

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Setting up live video streaming for church services, are SSD hard drives reliable for backups? The best writing apps for writing a book, what kind of webcam do I need for video conferencing? Can I download my photos from Google photos? How to tell if your Mac was hacked, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Leo Laporte, Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Jason Howell kick off the weekend with TWiT Game Night to play Jackbox Party Pack 6.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mikah Sargent, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell

Guest: Anthony Nielsen

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Did you know that hidden in your Mac is a powerful Unix-style command line? Open up the Terminal, and try out these simple commands:
cd: change directory
ls: list the current directory's contents
chmod: change the permissions of the files in this directory
man: gives a manual on how to use any command
tldr: Too Long; Didn't Read - gives a short and simple description of any command
sudo: do a command as the superuser (admin)
rm: remove file or directory - be careful with this one!
sudonvram StartupMute=%00: turns on the "bong" when you start up your mac
sudonvram StartupMute=%01: turns off the "bong" when you start up your mac

Leo Laporte gives you helpful tips to get the most from your Mac every week on Hands-On Mac. Come back next week for more fun!

Host: Leo Laporte

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Apple & Google's COVID-19 Tracking: How It Works

• Google starts the 'Journalism Emergency Relief Fund' to support local news in the COVID era
• Haircuts in the coronavirus era
• Where can you get a coronavirus test?
• How to make sure the coronavirus news you are getting is true
• How Apple & Google's coronavirus contact tracing plan will work
• Taco Cabana is like Taco Bell, but with margaritas
• Google Classroom takes Italy schools online
• Google will build its own chips for Chromebooks and phones
• iPhone SE and iPad Magic Keyboard available now!
• Rating the celebrity Zoom calls
• The return of Karsten Cam!
• Tik Tok hits 1 billion, Quibi hits 1.7 million
• WHO releases tips app
• Verizon hits 800 million calls per day, internet traffic also way up

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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