Episode 653 • • 1:38:50 - 1:42:17
653: Evil Layer Cake
Phantom Vibration Syndrome, Apple iOS 8 Encryption, Tim Cook
"Phantom Vibration Syndrome" is identified as a psychological phenomenon where users mistakenly believe their phone is vibrating. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Apple CEO Tim Cook denied the existence of "back doors" to Apple servers. New guidelines for iOS 8 state that Apple no longer possesses encryption keys for pass-locked devices, making data extraction impossible for government agencies.