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MacVoices #25173: Road to Macstock – Kirschen Seah

Jun 19, 2025 | Events

In this Road to Macstock Conference and Expo conversation we welcome longtime speaker Kirschen Seah to discuss her upcoming session, Passkeys Demystified. Kirschen explains the promise of passkeys as a more secure, user-friendly alternative to passwords, and why adoption has been slower than expected. She shares insights into how passkeys work using public key cryptography, addresses common concerns about biometric data, and outlines how password managers like Apple Keychain and 1Password integrate with the system. With real-world scenarios and practical examples, Kirschen aims to help attendees confidently adopt passkeys and understand the evolving standards behind them.

MacVoices #25172: Live! – Stolen iPhones, Living with AI, Ive and Altman

Jun 18, 2025 | MacVoices Briefing

https://youtu.be/ntG1-jDIuOk Chuck Joiner, Marty Jencius, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Eric Bolden, and Web Bixby discuss the black market for stolen iPhones, focusing on how even locked devices are shipped overseas and dismantled for parts—a...

MacVoices #25169: A Developers’ Eye Perspective from MacPaw (1)

Jun 16, 2025 | Interview

Senior Software Engineer Serhii Popov and Product Manager Pavlo Haidamak, both of MacPaw, offer an inside look at how CleanMyMac is built with user trust, transparency, and security at the forefront. They discuss how evolving regulations like GDPR and Apple’s system restrictions have changed the way software is developed, tested, and updated. The conversation explores balancing user control with ease of use, why informed permission requests matter, and how user feedback directly shapes product improvements. With examples from their own workflows and challenges, they highlight what it means to build responsible software in an age of heightened privacy concerns.0:09 Introduction to MacPaw’s Perspective (Part 1)

MacVoices #25165: Live! – WWDC Keynote 2025 (2)

Jun 12, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

In part two of the WWDC 2025 keynote discussion, the MacVoices Live! panel dives deeper into hands-on impressions of Apple’s latest OS betas and features. Highlights include the enthusiasm around call screening and hold assist, improvements to multitasking and UI unification, and Apple Watch additions like Workout Buddy and wrist flick gestures. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsbug, Brittany Smith, Marty Jencius, Ben Roethig, Jeff Gamet, Eric Bolden, and Brian Flanigan-Arthurs also examine a new focus on gaming, privacy-focused on-device AI, and new Shortcuts automations on the Mac. (Part 2)

MacVoices #25154: Live! – AI Audiobooks, Targeted Ads, and the Battle for Your Data

Jun 2, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Mark Fuccio, and Brittany Smith discusses Audible’s rollout of AI-generated audiobook narration, debating its impact on accessibility, job displacement, and listener experience. They also explore Amazon and Netflix’s use of AI in advertising, increasing interruptions during streaming. A warning is issued about Meta requiring users to re-opt-out of AI data use, and the group closes with insights on evolving media habits and tech frustrations.

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MacVoices #24090: MVL – Would You Rent A Printer That HP Monitors?

Mar 26, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/mth1lJBhjsc Our privacy theme continues as the MacVoices Live! panel looks at HP’s new option to rent a printer. Is that a good idea given the seemingly onerous contract terms, let alone the possible privacy concerns over an...

MacVoices #24089: MVL – A Personal Hacking Story

Mar 25, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/ur163KELYnY Chuck Joiner, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, and Jim Rea discuss the hacking of a panel member’s Instagram account, along with what appeared to be an attack on his Facebook account. They discuss scams, other personal...

MacVoices #24016: CES Unveiled – Skyted Helps Keep Your Phone Conversations To Yourself

Jan 22, 2024 | CES

Skyted announced their Kickstarter at CES Unveiled in Las Vegas, and Gaunthier Daridon walked us through the engineering and feature set of their device that lets you talk privately whether you are in a crowd, on a plane, or anywhere that noise or privacy is a...

MacVoices #23320: MacVoices Live! – Apple Loses TestFlight Data; Adobe Takes Two On The Chin

Dec 30, 2023 | MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Live! holiday party rolls on as the panel discusses Apple's recent test flight data loss and whether it is a significant event given that the data was 10 years old. Shifting focus, Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jeff Gamet, Ben...

MacVoices #23238: MacVoices Live! – Apple Drops Leather and CSAM Scanning (1)

Sep 20, 2023 | Apple Watch, Business, Graphics/Photos, iOS, iPhone, MacVoices Live!, Security/Privacy

A catch-up/pre-Apple Event MacVoices Live! session with Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, and Ben Roethig looks at Apple moving away from leather for their products, the decision to abandon CSCAM efforts, and the inevitable criticism that...

MacVoices #23155: MacVoices Live! – What Browser You Use and Why It Matters (1)

May 23, 2023 | iPhone, MacVoices Live!, Software, Web

https://youtu.be/aml0bmF3yCk The MacVoices Live! panel takes a look at reports that Safari is still in there pitching as a top browser, though there is disagreement over exactly where it stands against the competition. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian...

MacVoices #23126: MacVoices Live! – More on CarPlay and GM; The Pope Wears White (3)

Apr 18, 2023 | Graphics/Photos, MacVoices Live!, Software

Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Jim Rea, Ben Roethig, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, and Jeff Gamet finish up the MacVoices Live! examination of GM’s decision not to support CarPlay in favor of Google before turning their attention to a fake photo of the Pope that...

MacVoices #23057: ShowStoppers – Yubico Secures Your Device With A Key

Jan 27, 2023 | CES, Events, Security/Privacy

At ShowStoppers at CES in Las Vegas, Senior Communications and Program Specialist for Yubico Katelyn Martin covers the YubiKey, a hardware key that secures your protect access to your computer and more. Katelyn addresses how they deal with the issue of lost keys and...

MacVoices #23037: CES – Chipolo’s Device Trackers Offer Different Form Factors and Features

Jan 20, 2023 | CES, Events, Hardware

At CES in Las Vegas, Chipolo celebrated their 10th year in business while showing off their line of device trackers that offer various form factors and feature sets. Adja Kopusar, Marketing Assistant, covers those features and how their network functions. This edition...

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