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The Piece-of-Mind Edition Saturday, June 1, 2024

Reacting To Unsolicited Two-Factor Authentication Codes, by Adam Engst, TidBITS

Regardless of the cause, if you ever receive an unsolicited 2FA code for a site where you have an account, change the password immediately. It’s easy to do, particularly if you use a password manager, and the extra piece of mind is worth the effort.

What Is Post-quantum Encryption? Everything To Know About The High-tech Security Feature Adopted By Apple, Meta, And Zoom, by Michael Grothaus, Fast Company

In short, understand this: post-quantum encryption is the next phase in data encryption. If your app or device offers it today, you may not think it’s a big deal. But thirty years from now, your data might thank you.

Apple Vision Pro International Launch Likely Scheduled For July, by Hartley Charlton, MacRumors

A source familiar with the matter told MacRumors that the Apple Vision Pro is now scheduled to launch internationally in July. Separately, MacRumors is aware that some Apple Stores in the UK recently received large deliveries on pallets, believed to be couches designed for Vision Pro demos, that staff are not yet allowed to open. Apple Retail Managers in the UK have been told to begin the process of planning to transition the Avenues to facilitate Vision Pro accessories. Further refreshes of in-store visuals are also planned for July.

This Walking App Let Me Whack My Co-workers With A Baseball Bat, by Victoria Song, The Verge

Violence is never the answer. That said, it was fun when I opened a walking app and whacked a Verge editor with a baseball bat and made another slip on a banana peel. After, I continued on my peaceful commute home. A bit later, one of my fellow writers walloped me not once but twice with their own baseball bat. I wasn’t actually mad, but it did prompt me to go on a walk around the block so I could hit them back.

That, in a nutshell, is the appeal of Stompers — an iOS app that encourages you to whack, trick, and out-walk your friends (or colleagues) in a Looney Tunes-like race.

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I don't like to use Control Center on my iPhone, because it is in the wrong place. I use my phone with my left hand, and reaching my little thumb all the way to the top-right corner of the screen to pull down Control Center is really a stretch. Even on the tiny iPhone mini.

That's why I have shortcuts to change the volume (one to 100%, another to zero), and to change audio destination (headphones or speakers or HomePod).

I miss the days when I can pull up the Control Center from the bottom of the screen.

(I also miss the days when I can change the volume directly from the lock screen.)

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