S02E032: KRACK attack, China & VPNs, Surface Book 2 claims, the Mac mini lives, rumor busting, more

With Charles in Wichita and Mike right where we left him, a very slightly shorter episode to cover all that's shady, suspicious, or make us snarky in the past week, cadets. Of course the first discussion is give you the latest on the very serious KRACK Wi-Fi hack and what you can do to protect yourself (take this one super-seriously, please), and Mike owes an apology to Senator Al Franken (though he took his sweet time about it). Other senators, however, are up to shenanigans, and the crew call them on it, plus they point out the flaw in having a Thunderbolt Mac and FW800 peripherals. Not only that, but Mike and Charles judge Microsoft's latest claims about the new Surface Book 2 unlikely to pass the official sniff test.

Also included at no extra charge is a review of yet another Thunderbolt dock; good news about the Mac mini; a clarification about the "head start" Apple is giving some iPhone Upgrade Program members (tl;dr -- it's been widely misreported), and go on to further debunk recent speculation about Apple COO Jeff Williams' trip to Taiwan to meet with Foxconn CEO Terry Gou. All this and more, cadets, so get out your BS detectors -- it's gonna be a bumpy ride!