266 - Jeff Demystifies Upcoming Passkeys To Replace Passwords - With Guest Mike Potter, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig
Release Date: 08/12/2023
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info_outlineThe latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Mike Potter, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. Jeff gives a great review on what Passkeys are and what they will do to to eventually eliminate passwords. This week in cord cutting Disney+ and Hulu raising prices again, and crack down on password sharing. AirTag finds another missing bag at the airport and the airline insists they cannot find it. Mike gives us an update on Macstock Digital pass and more.
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News
This woman used an AirTag to track her lost bag -- and flew to get it | CNN and AirTag continues to make up for United’s incompetence when checked bag goes ‘missing
Family rescued from wildfires in Maui thanks to iPhone's Emergency SOS via Satellite
tvOS 17 Code Confirms A17 Chip for iPhone 15 Pro, A16 for iPhone 15
Apple's iPhone 15 Event Likely to Be Held on September 12
Apple Watch Fast Charging to Be Mandatory for Accessory Makers
Topics
Beta this week. Ios 17 Beta 5 was released to developers.
Apple Releases Third Public Betas of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 to Developers
Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of watchOS 10 to Developers
Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of tvOS 17 to Developers
Yes, iOS 17 is changing where the 'end call' button is located - 9to5Mac
Jeff will talk about the upcoming Passkeys in iOS17. He presented at the MacInTech Apple user group. This could be the future of passwords.
Passkeys Overview - Apple Developer
Sign in with passkeys on iPhone
1Password will soon let users unlock password vaults with passkeys
Passkeys in 1Password: The Future of Passwordless Authentication
This week in cord cutting
Fox News & Fox Sports Ditching Cable TV For Streaming? Fox Says Not So Fast | Cord Cutters News
Disney Chose the Worst Time For a Disney+ Price Hike | Cord Cutters News
Disney Will Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing Next Year | Cord Cutters News
YouTube TV Moves Multiview to A New Area - Here is Where You Can Find It Now | Cord Cutters News
YouTube TV is partially broken on iOS and iPad with buffering issues, fix coming
Macstock 7 is in the books for 2023. Purchase a Digital pass to see Dave, Brittany, Chuck, and Jeff and their presentations.
Our Host
Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and shares his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/intouchwithios follow him on Mastadon @daveg65,
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Our Regular Contributors
Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Mastadon @jgamet as well as Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet His YouTube channel https://youtube.com/jgamet
Ben Roethig Former Associate Editor of GeekBeat.TV and host of the Tech Hangout and Deconstruct with Patrice Mac user since the mid 90s. Tech support specialist. Twitter @benroethig Website: https://roethigtech.blogspot.com
About our Guest
Mike Potter is the organizer of Macstock Conference: and the host of the For Mac Eyes Only Podcast. You can reach him on Mastodon: https://tooting.ninja/@formaceyesonly https://tooting.ninja/@macstockexpo