This week we are joined by Greg Heo as we discuss Apple’s latest security bug. We discuss migrating to Swift 4. Our #askMTJC topics are dissecting AirPlane Mode’s Animoji based music video, and whether Face ID will be used by advertisers. We follow up on Uber’s coverup of user data hacks and how it happened. Apple has published the iTunes holiday shutdown schedule. Apple has released fixes for the critical macOS High Sierra security issue. *The Apple Forum post we discuss on the show has been unpublished. Amazon’s Reinvent conference has released a number of things; Amazon Sumarian has online 3D tools. Picks: NEHotspotConfiguration, Egg Freckles – a Newton styled blog, Apple Support channel on YouTube, iOS Conf Singapore videos.

Episode 172 Show Links:

• WeyHan on Twitter: “#askMTJC To record Animoji Karaoke on the iPhone X, use screen recorder to record screen while the message Animoji not recording. You can re… https://t.co/w86Dm34rhu”
• Kim Ahlberg on Twitter: “@mtjc_podcast I assumed longer animoji recordings (like the airplane mode video) are made by screen recording the messages app, rather than… https://t.co/YGPREbRCxK”
• Joshua Jaquith on Twitter: “@mtjc_podcast All the discussions about FaceID the last couple episodes has me wondering how soon advertising on “free” apps will require th… https://t.co/DfvF6QMWIn”
• Fifteen Million Merits – Wikipedia
• Geppy Parziale ?⚡️?? on Twitter: “Physically-based rendering and face tracking with iPhone X. The light estimation is really impressive. https://t.co/jFHjEI1gqI”
• Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57 Million People – Bloomberg
• iTunes Connect Holiday Schedule – News – Apple Developer
• Exporting Your App for Testing (iOS, tvOS, watchOS)
• Apple releases update to fix critical macOS High Sierra security issue – The Verge
• Objective-See on Twitter: “Apple’s patch for #iamroot bug “improves cred validation” … meaning they perform extra checking on the call to od_verify_crypt_password()… https://t.co/K1tKHSY1GG”
• macOS bug lets you log in as admin with no password required | Ars Technica
• Objective-See
• Amazon Sumerian lets you build VR/AR spaces in a browser—with an AI guide | Ars Technica
• Apple Design Chief Jony Ive Discusses iPhone X and Apple Park in New Interview – Mac Rumors
• How to set a firmware password on your Mac – Apple Support
• Person in Lotus Position – 99% Invisible
• Device Tracker – equipment management for iOS

Episode 172 Picks:

• How to enable the root user on your Mac or change your root password – Apple Support
• Egg Freckles | Home
• Apple Support – YouTube – YouTube
• Engineers.SG

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