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WWDC: Get to know Apple’s 11+ new privacy tools

June 7, 2019 admin apple, iOS, Macs, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 05:22:00 -0700

Apple introduced an array of additional privacy protections at WWDC 2019. Many of these both offer protection and help us better understand how our privacy is undermined.

Why does this matter?

Apple CEO Tim Cook is passionate about the need to protect user privacy and this is by no means a one man mission.

Speaking with Vector, Apple’s VP Software Technology, Bud Tribble stressed the need to educate people into the needs and benefits of privacy, a topic he believes is much more” widely discussed now than before.

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Los sensores de los teléfonos podrían utilizarse como una cookie que no se puede eliminar

June 6, 2019 admin Actualidad, apple, iOS, smartphones

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 13:37:33 +0000

Los investigadores continúan encontrando nuevas formas con las que anunciantes pueden rastrear a los usuarios en sitios web y aplicaciones “identificando” las características únicas de sus dispositivos. Algunos de estos identificadores son bien conocidos, incluidos los números de teléfono y IMEI, o las direcciones Mac de Wi-Fi y Bluetooth, por lo que el acceso a […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/WouE0sMIX1g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Who watches the iOS parental control apps?

May 31, 2019 admin apple, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 07:36:00 -0700

Children are emotional. Protecting them matters. When it comes to technology, do you want developers you don’t know over whom you have no control watching what your children do on their devices?

Apple doesn’t

Apple recently cut developers off from using MDM software to drive third-party parental control solutions.

Developers were upset, and seventeen smaller developers you’ve probably never heard of got together just days before Apple’s WWDC 2019 conference with a well-organized PR campaign and a professional website to demand access to new API’s that let them develop parental control software for iOS.

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Il bug di Twitter che fa trapelare i dati sulla posizione degli utenti iOS

May 31, 2019 admin Attualità, iOS, Mobile, privacy, Twitter

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 06:55:31 +0000

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Il bug di Twitter che fa trapelare i dati sulla posizione degli utenti iOS

May 31, 2019 admin Attualità, iOS, Mobile, privacy, Twitter

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 06:55:31 +0000

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Do Apple devices need anti-virus software?

May 16, 2019 admin apple, iOS, Macs, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 06:03:00 -0700

Apple’s devices are far better defended against malware and viruses than other platforms, but does this mean they don’t need anti-virus software?

No, yes and maybe

I’ve lost track of the number of times Mac users have told me Macs don’t need virus protection because they are inherently more robust against such attacks.

I’ve also lost count of how many security researchers have said that Apple devices are becoming more liable to being attacked as their market share grows.

Both are right. Both are wrong.

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The iPhone user's guide to the WhatsApp hack attack

May 14, 2019 admin apple, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 08:17:00 -0700

Hackers have used a security bug inside WhatsApp to install spyware through an infected WhatsApp voice call, and Apple users are affected.

What you need to do

If you are one of the 1.5 billion people who use WhatsApp you should immediately update both your app and your iOS software to the latest version.

The app update includes fixes that should prevent hackers taking over your iPhone, while future Apple updates will also likely address these flaws.

What is the threat?

Israeli hackers from a company called the NSO Group developed the spyware specifically so they could get into people’s devices.

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No, Google, Apple's privacy is not a luxury item

May 9, 2019 admin Android, apple, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 06:10:00 -0700

Why is privacy a luxury? Possibly because surveillance capitalist firms have subsidized product prices by collecting and trading in the personal data of the people that use their products, enabling them to sell hardware cheap.

The consequences of convenience

The crux of Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s argument against firms such as (obviously including but never named) Apple is that his company offers convenience in exchange for personal secrets, makes its services available for free, and has a “profound commitment” to protecting user privacy.

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