SJ149: Siri privacy, tracking options, industry espionage, trade wars, intrigue, & terrible punditry

Surprise Labor Day episode, cadets, despite the absence of co-Cap'n Mike and our usual tendency to take off holiday weekends. There was just a lot of miscellaneous news that wouldn't keep, so Cap'n Charles brought in another MacNN alumni to stand in as the crew tackles high intrigue and low journalism, from tales of trade secrets heisting to overly-aggressive airline restrictions on the MacBook family, another win for privacy advocates, new repair programs and news of repair option expansions, tracking tech and new gear on the horizon, tariffs taking effect, and the obscure history of Adobe Indesign. All this and more, cadets, so look for Mike's shuttlecraft to return next week with a fresh supply of bleeps, and until then just remember -- the future is flat!