Security Medium 1 — No, FaceID isn’t Broken, but it Does Have Limits A snazzy demo to the press had headlines all over the press screaming about how FaceID had been broken. But as is so often the case with stories like this, the devil is very much in the detail. What the hackers really […]
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CCATP #511 – Bart Busschots on PBS 44 – ES6 Arguments & Objects
In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us new ways to deal with arguments and objects in JavaScript ES6. We learn how to set default argument values for functions in a way that is self-documenting. He explains how variadic (aka Rest) arguments allow you to shove all of the arguments of a […]
Continue readingiOS Settings – I Mind Mapped Them All
I seem to be falling into a pattern. A pattern of obsessiveness of discovery. Who can forget the minute detail I went to in order to determine the size of the iPhone X screen? Or how about actually reading NIST Special Publication 800-63B in order to understand what the rules are about two-factor authentication and […]
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NC #654 Phileas Club, Duolingo,Reader View, My Podcasting Gear, Starbucks App and Face ID, Just Ask Again
This is an episode packed with Tiny Tips and Dumb questions and listener reviews. Dr. Maryanne Garry is back in Chit Chat Across the Pond, and Steve posted a video of her recent talk, “The End of Facts” at Claremont Graduate University. I was on The Phileas Club with Patrick Beja at frenchspin.com/…. Sandy brings […]
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Tiny Tip – How to Add a Workout to Apple Health from iPhone by Sandy Foster
Scroll down a little to see “This Week” and — under that — “Exercise Minutes” and “Workouts”. Tap on Workouts. This takes you to yet another page. This new page is the one I’d been searching for. In the top right-hand corner is a red plus sign. Tap on that. Now just tap on the […]
Continue readingJust Ask…Again
A little over a year ago I told you that if you want something to be different about podfeet.com or the podcast, you should go ahead and ask. I think this bears repeating, maybe once a year. It has come up just lately because a few people have made requests and I thought if I […]
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CCATP #510 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on Many Memory Questions
This week our guest is Dr. Maryanne Garry, a professor from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Dr. Garry is a scientific researcher into memory, memory distortions, false memories, the myth of repression and its overlap with the law. This is her third appearance on Chit Chat Across the Pond, and has pretty much […]
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Dumb Question Corner – HEIF/HEVC in Photos
Listener (and good friend) Rally brings us our Dumb Question this week: When MacOS High Sierra is installed, the photo and video formats are changed to HEIF and HEVF, respectively. I presume that means that the Photos library on the Mac is updated to this new format for all the pictures in the local library. […]
Continue readingTiny Tip – Starbucks App Confused by Face ID on iPhone X
This one might count as a nano-tip, but if you’ve got the problem this solves, it might be a mega tip for you. One of the cool things about Face ID on iPhone X is that you don’t have to enable it for sites and apps that already used Touch ID. The API (Application Program […]
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