TiOSS 371 - Steve Jobs "Yuck!"
August 3, 2019 - 10:26pm — Michael Johnston
Apple Card coming this month, 2020 iPhone rumors, Siri recordings, iOS 13 beta features, and more on this week's episode of The iOS Show! Show notes can be found at theiOSshow.com. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, send an email to feedback at theiosshow.com!
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Cast:
Michael Johnston - Applr and Twitter
Adam Christianson - The MacCast and Twitter
Jeff Gamet - Smile and Twitter
Stuff mentioned:
- Apple Card Launching in August
- During 3rd quarter earnings call Tim Cook confirmed Apple plans to launch Apple Card credit card in August
- No specific date
- Been in testing by thousands Apple employees
- 2% (Apple Pay) & 3% (Apple) cash bak
- Daily cash
- Improved management app, transaction labeling
- Apple Card App Expected on iPad, Barclaycard Visa No Longer Offers Apple Rewards
- Analysts Predict Apple Pencil Support for 2019 iPhones
- Citi Research expects to see Pencil support
- However not much other corroboration
- 2020 iPhone Rumors
- 2020 iPhones Could Feature Fast 120Hz 'ProMotion' Displays
- According to Ice Universe (good track record of Samsung rumors)
- Moving to a switchable 60Hz/120Hz OLED display from Samsung or LG
- Two Upcoming 2020 iPhones to Feature Time-of-Flight 3D Sensing Rear Cameras
- According to Ming Chi Quo
- Two of 2020 iPhones will feature 3D-sensing rear camera with ToF
- Expecting all three models will have FaceID
- Said to use VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser)
- Able to scan objects up to 15 feet away
- FaceID only works much closer (25-50cm)
- 2020 iPhones Could Feature Fast 120Hz 'ProMotion' Displays
- SPONSOR BREAK
- Contractor Siri Recordings
- Contractors Working on Siri 'Regularly' Hear Recordings of Drug Deals, Private Medical Info and More Claims Apple Employee
- According to contractor, via The Guardian
- Contractors working on Siri regularly hear confidential medical information, drug deals, recordings of couples having sex, and other private information
- These recordings are accompanied by user data showing location, contact details, and app data
- Apple claims a small subset of anonymized data is used
- "regularity of accidental triggers on the watch is incredibly high"
- Apple claims all Siri data is assigned a random identifier and does not include location or contact details as stated by the contractor
- "There's not much vetting of who works there, and the amount of data that we're free to look through seems quite broad. It wouldn't be difficult to identify the person that you're listening to, especially with accidental triggers - addresses, names and so on."
- "When we do send information to a server, we protect your privacy by using anonymized rotating identifiers so that searches and locations can't be traced to you personally"
- Apple Suspends Program That Lets Employees Listen to Siri Recordings for Quality Control, Opt Out Option Coming
- According to TechCrunch
- Apple will be reviewing the process
- Soon provide an option to opt-out of "grading"
- Contractors Working on Siri 'Regularly' Hear Recordings of Drug Deals, Private Medical Info and More Claims Apple Employee
- iOS 13 Beta 5
- Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to Developers
- and public beta!
- Everything New in iOS 13 Beta 5: iPad Home Screen Options, New Volume Levels, Updated Share Sheet and More
- "More" or "Bigger" home screen sizes
- 30 vs 20 icons
- Share sheet "Favorite" shortcuts
- New Home app backgrounds
- More volume subdivisions now, 34 in total
- "More" or "Bigger" home screen sizes
- Apple Releases iOS 12.4 With New Wireless Data Migration When Setting Up a New iPhone and Apple News+ Improvements
- Wireless migration wasn't discovered in the beta
- Wired or wireless
- Potential Apple Card support, however not outwardly included
- Here's How Apple's New iPhone to iPhone Data Migration Feature Works in iOS 12.4
- Apple Releases watchOS 5.3 With Walkie-Talkie Bug Fix, ECG Support for Canada and Singapore
- HomeKit and AirPlay 2 Rolling Out to 2019 LG ThinQ TVs Starting Tomorrow [Updated]
- Apple TV Channels Now Offers CBS All Access Subscription Service
iDevice Picks:
Jeff - Backpack Studio $9.99
Adam - Dice by PCalc $1.99
Michael - Lockdown Free
