033 - The New Normal: $10,000 From Apple Pay & a Tax for Working From Home

This week on Logging In, Techie and Kali dig into two stories that sound almost unbelievable. First, a security vulnerability involving Visa and Apple Pay raises the possibility of someone triggering a transaction of up to $10,000 through an iPhone—even while the phone is locked. The conversation turns to transit features, convenience versus security, and just how much trust we put into the devices sitting in our pockets.

Then Kali brings a different kind of surprise: a California rental listing that reportedly included an additional $200-a-month fee for tenants who work from home. Is working remotely now something landlords can charge extra for? And where does a fee end and a “work-from-home tax” begin?

Plus, Techie and Kali look at schools experimenting with a decidedly low-tech solution: taking away screens and bringing back paper, pencils, handwriting, and physical books—with some surprising results.

From Apple Pay to remote work to classrooms going analog, Episode 033 asks whether technology is making life easier—or whether we're starting to pay for convenience in ways we never expected.

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