About this episode
This week, Phillr gets an update, iCloud encryption is in the news and Federico shows off his home screens. Also: rumors of a new Smart Keyboard, the possibility of Apple making its own podcasts and a bunch of creepy — yet soothing — whispering. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Booz Allen : Integrate. Innovate. Get it done with Booz Allen. Squarespace : Make your next move. Enter offer code CONNECTED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Direct Mail : Create and send great looking email newsletters with Direct Mail, an easy-to-use email marketing app designed exclusively for the Mac. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Matt Bonney's Twitter Filler Webpage Lars Augustin's Philler Shortcut Kyle Jones Winsted's: PWA for Twitter Launched Episode 5: Myke Hurley Annual Chairman (@AnnualChairman) / Twitter Keynote Chairman (@KeynoteChairman) / Twitter Apple's Upcoming Low-Cost iPhone Could Launch as Early as March - MacRumors iPad kickstand and keyboard case mod on Vimeo SwitchEasy™ CoverBuddy for 2018 iPad Pro 12.9 Adapt - Relay FM Apple Planning to Make Original Podcasts Promoting Its TV Shows - Bloomberg Apple May Release Backlit Smart Keyboard With Scissor Switches Alongside 2020 iPads [Updated] - MacRumors Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources - Reuters Daring Fireball: Regarding Reuters’s Report That Apple Dropped Plan for Encrypting iCloud Backups Apple reportedly abandoned plans to roll out end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups, apparently due to pressure from the FBI - 9to5Mac Benjamin Mayo on Twitter: "In a 2018 interview, Cook’s comments to a German website heavily implied they are working on iCloud backups without a key (i.e. end-to-end encrypted)." Daring Fireball: Tim Cook to Der Spiegel a Little Over a Year Ago: Apple Will Eventually No Longer Have a Key to iCloud Data Google Online Security Blog: Google and Android have your back by protecting your backups Can Apple live up to Apple’s privacy ads? - The Verge iCloud security overview - Apple Support MacStories Pixel - MacStories Introducing MacStories Shortcuts Icons Color Edition, Featuring 350 Multi-Color Icons - MacStories Ticci's Homescreen Federico's Second Screen