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In This Episode: Smart homes, Blocking Utah, AirTags, Anniversary and picking locks.This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)Top Stories1:00 GR: Been expanding my Smart Home tech. Some good, some bad.Smart Google stuff.Won’t dim over time. Might be coming.Too many apps… one for each lightbulb.Tried Geeni, gave me just one app.Had one bulb break after a week.Figuring out switches.Tuya … reducing number of apps.18:25 LN: Utah legislation wants to perform age verification. Turns out it’s easier to block a state than it is to have reliable age verification, so sites are cutting off Utah.https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kbkv/pornhub-blocks-utah-age-verificationOften IP verification is inaccurate. VPNs can be from anywhere.29:30 GR: AirTags… what they can and can’t do. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/watch-mayor-adams-makes-public-safety-announcement-in-the-bronx/43:00 LN: 40 years ago today(!)May 2, 1983 A young Leo Notenboom walked up the steps of a small company called Microsoft.GR: Starting high school…Ain’t it Cool45:00 LN: Irony in the bobiverse.47:00 LN: Lock Picking Lawyer49:00 GR: Clyfford Still MuseumBSP: Blatant Self-Promotion52:20 LN: Don’t Use Windows Built-in Image Backup53:30 GR: 7 Things You Should Do Before Downloading App From Outside of App Store