Sometimes it’s the links we don’t include in the show notes that you’ll be glad about.

Buzzfeed’s Hamza Shaban reports on FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the House Intelligence Committee:

“I do think that whatever the judge’s decision is in California — and I’m sure it will be appealed no matter how it ends up — will be instructive for other courts,” he said. “And there may well be other cases that involve the same kind of phone and the same operating system.”

It is not about this one phone.

This week we make sure it’s very clear that terrorists are bad. In case that was confusing.

Apple:

…we strongly believe the only way to guarantee that such a powerful tool isn’t abused and doesn’t fall into the wrong hands is to never create it.

Also, as Rich Mogull pointed out on Twitter, contrary to what we’re hearing from FBI director Comey, security like this plays a vital role in stopping crime. An insecure smartphone is just a crime waiting to happen.

The harmonica, the melodica, technical difficulties and school lunches, all on this week’s edition of America’s most rewarding dadcast.

Rich Mogull:

Don’t be distracted by the technical details. The model of phone, Do we have a right to security?

This week we talk about Apple’s response to contentions their software is weak. And we talk about orgies.

The arrogant company that never apologizes has apologized and provided a fix.

Oh, I’m sorry, did I say Apple’s closed operating system? I meant GNU C Library’s open source code.

I do not regret the error. There was no error. I did that deliberately. I make a variation on this joke every single time this happens. That’s probably one of the reasons you read this site in the first place. You are to blame just as much as I, for you are an enabler.

On the plus side, the bug’s only been there for eight years. Let us all now praise the infallibility of the “many eyes” philosophy for catching it before it was something truly dangerous like 10 years.

Writing at Macworld, Rich Mogull explains why this matters.