Letter From the Editor

What I Learned Going to an Apple Store During the Pandemic

A lesson in temperature checks and data deletion

The Apple Store on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Photo:
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

On Sunday, a man at the Apple Store pointed a temperature scanner at my forehead and pressed a button. It made me think of a tired grocer grabbing shrink-wrapped Tyson chicken from the conveyor belt and registering its bar…