MacVoices #22169: MacVoices Live! – More Apple Pay; The Secret Service, iMessage, Encryption (2)

Chuck JoinerJim ReaDavid GinsburgWarren SklarMark Fuccio, and Jeff Gamet continue their discussion of Apple Pay and who is making money from it. Then, things get a little intense as the MacVoices Live! panel considers the reports that the Secret Service lost important messages, allegedly due to Apple’s encryption. (Part 2) 

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Show Notes:

Links:

Complaint: Apple Pay charges card companies monopoly rents by Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Apple 3.0:
https://www.ped30.com/2022/07/19/apple-pay-monopoly-rents/

iMessage encryption was one reason why Secret Service lost January 6 texts, may prevent employees from using iMessage in future:
https://9to5mac.com/2022/07/30/imessage-encryption-january-6-riots/

About Managed Apple IDs for business:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210737

About Managed Apple IDs for education:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205918

Apple Business Essentials
https://www.apple.com/business/essentials/

Guests:

Mark Fuccio is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as a marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990’s selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through Twitter on LinkedIn.

Jeff Gamet is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conference, several WordCamp events, along with many other conferences. You can find him on several podcasts such as The Mac Show, The Big Show, MacVoices, Mac OS Ken, This Week in iOS, and more. Jeff is easy to find on social media as @jgamet on Twitter and Instagram, and jeffgamet on LinkedIn., and on his YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/jgamet.

David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65.

Jim Rea has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE’s ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. Follow Jim at provue.com and via @provuejim on Twitter.

Warren Sklar helps host the Mac to The Future Group on Facebook, and is the co-host of In Touch With iOS with David Ginsburg.

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