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WitGlass Unfiltered - Episode 25

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#25 - Home Automation, Smart Assistants, and Security

Andy Rubin is back in the news with Essential Phone and upcoming home automation and smart security hardware. Apple is reportedly working on an AI chip. And privacy and security are hard to come by. In this episode, I discuss these things, plus a five-minute rave about the Jura Impressa C60 home espresso machine.

Topics Discussed
  • 1:00 - Jura Impressa C60
    • Jura 15006 Impressa C60 Automatic Coffee Center (on Amazon)
    • 2:00 - Trader Joe’s Ethiopian Coffee
    • 3:00 - Proper Way to drink a shot
      • “How To Drink A Shot”
      • “How to Drink Espresso”
      • “How to Drink Espresso Like an Italian”
      • 4:00 - Lex Land’s New EP, released under the band name One Big Dark Room: From Hell, With Love
      • 7:00 - “Andy Rubin” on Wikipedia
      • 8:00 - Essential Phone:
        • “Android Creator Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone Looks Stunning and Will Cost $699”
        • I allude to this weird feature of the Essential Phone, but I never return to discuss it in depth. Here’s an article about it: “Nice Phone, Essential, but Why Is There a Hole in the Screen?”
        • 11:00 - “4K Resolution” on Wikipedia
        • 12:00 - Re/Code
          • “Andy Rubin Finally Unveiled His New Phone: Essential Android Co-Creator Rubin Will Be Onstage at Recode’s Code Conference Today at 6 pm PT”
          • “Watch Andy Rubin, the Creator of Android and the New Essential Phone: Rubin Was Interviewed Live at Code Conference by Walt Mossberg”
          • 14:00 - Siri Privacy and Data processing
            • “Apple Addresses Privacy Questions About ‘Hey Siri’ And Live Photo Features”
            • “Apple Responds to iPhone 6S Privacy Concerns Over Always-On Siri and Live Photos”
            • “Apple’s Commitment to Your Privacy”
            • “The Most Personal Technology Must Also Be the Most Private”
            • 16:00 - EULA
              • “End-User License Agreement” on Wikipedia
              • “Dangerous Terms: A User’s Guide to EULAs”
              • 18:00 - Evernote Encryption
                • “Security Overview” on Evernote’s site
                • “Is Your Data Safe in Evernote?”
                • “Evernote Defends User Data Security and Transparency”
                • “Evernote and Security”
                • “Evernote Breach: 7 Security Lessons”
                • 21:00
                  • Dropbox Security
                    • “At Dropbox, the Security of Your Data Is Our Highest Priority”
                    • Sookasa
                    • “Dropbox Hack Leads to Leaking of 68m User Passwords on the Internet”
                    • “Dropbox Security Chief Defends Security and Privacy in the Cloud”
                    • “Security, Simplified: 7 Easy Ways to Protect Company Data”
                    • iMessage End-to-end encryption
                      • Apple’s iOS Security Whitepaper
                      • 22:00 - Three Felonies a Day
                        • “Ep. 869 Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent”
                        • Three Felonies a Day on Harvey Silverglate’s website
                        • Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent on Amazon
                        • 24:00 - Apple AI Chip
                          • “Apple Set to Develop ‘Neural Engine’ for AI Devices”
                          • Apple Is Manufacturing a Siri Speaker to Outdo Google and Amazon
                          • 25:00 - Andy Rubin about Fighting Technology: “The Father of Android Says It Has ‘Forced Us to Fight’ With Technology: But He’s Releasing an Android-Based Phone”
                            • Apps and Services

                            The apps and services listed here are the ones that I actually use in developing and maintaining the website and podcast. If you see it listed here, I love it. I don’t keep using any app or service I don’t love. Every app and every service has limitations—some more annoying or frustrating than others. But if it’s on this list, you can be sure that on the whole, I love it.

                            • SquareSpace
                            • iThoughts (and iThoughtsX)
                            • iA Writer
                            • Nozbe
                            • Evernote
                            • DEVONthink Pro Office
                            • GarageBand
                            • Voice Notes Pro
                            • SoundCloud
                              • ...more
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                              WitGlass UnfilteredBy Courtney Huntington