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TEH 244: Microphones, Security Blunders, VPNs, and that tariff thing.


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In This Episode: Microphones, Security Blunders, VPNs, and that tariff thing.


This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.

(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)

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  • 1:00 LN: Microphones
    • 4:20 LN: Hollyland Lark M2S wireless lapel mics
    • 10:10 LN: Troy Hunt
      • A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List
        • https://www.troyhunt.com/a-sneaky-phish-just-grabbed-my-mailchimp-mailing-list/ 
        • Lessons
          • 2FA not invulnerable, but …
          • Your password manager can help, but …
          • Hunt uses 1password.
          • 19:00 Passkeys
            • Use of Passkeys would have avoided the sneaky phish
            • 26:00 Paswordless is the most secure
            • 28:00 GR: I hate VPN
              • Why is the experience still so bad when traveling?
              • 36:00 GR: Tariffs
                • Interesting that Apple stock is down 30%+, but only about 10% of iPhones are sold in the US
                • How will this change tech?
                  • Can’t manufacture in US
                  • May push more radical change to keep sales going
                  • 48:00 LN: New car. Rivian
                    • Nintendo Switch 2
                    • 54:00 GR: No, stop calling minor changes a “redesign.”
                    • Ain’t it Cool
                      • 59:00 LN: Proton VPN 🙂 Works well!
                        • 1:01:00 VPN in New Zealand
                        • 1:03:00 GR: Around the World In 80 Days (Palin)
                        • BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
                          • 1:06:00   No, No One Is Forcing You to Buy a New Machine – https://askleo.com/179314 
                          • GR: https://macmost.com/using-mac-mail-categories-and-how-to-turn-it-off.html
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