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Apple dumps ill-conceived plan to scan users’ iCloud photos in renewed privacy push
Apple is said to have dumped its ill-conceieved plan to scan users’ photos stored in iCloud for child sexual abuse material, or CSAM…
Apple brings more services, including iCloud and Apple Music, to Microsoft platforms
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it’s integrating Apple’s iCloud storage service with the Photos app in Windows 11. After…
Apple’s iCloud operator in China warns of paralyzing COVID lockdown
The Chinese Communist Party’s latest quixotic COVID lockdown has virtually paralyzed a city of 6 million in China, forcing Apple…
Apple agrees to pay $14.8 million to iCloud storage subscribers in class action settlement
If you paid for a subscription to iCloud at any point between September 16, 2015 and January 31, 2016, and you had a U.S. mailing address…
Apple’s backdoor surveillance scheme remains delayed, not canceled
Apple updated its “child safety” webpage to remove all references to the controversial backdoor surveillance scheme, ostensibly…
Apple may have terminated its backdoor surveillance scheme; removes all mentions from website
Apple may have quietly terminated its controversial backdoor surveillance scheme which would have scanned users’ photo libraries, ostensibly…
Apple launches ‘Apple Business Essentials’ subscription service aimed at small-business users
Apple today announced Apple Business Essentials, an all-new service that brings together device management, 24/7 Apple Support, and…
After Apple installs iPhone backdoor, Android owners less likely to switch, says survey
After Apple inexplicably threw away iPhone’s privacy advantage by uninstalling a backdoor into iPhone, fewer Android users are considering…
Apple to release iCloud Private Relay as a Public Beta
Rather than a finalized feature, when iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey launch this fall, iCloud Private Relay will be a public beta…
If Apple no longer protects user privacy, why buy an iPhone or an iPad?
Apple has long made privacy central to its marketing pitch for iPhones and iPads, but with the looming installation of a backdoor to scan…
Nearly 100 civil rights groups worldwide call on Apple to abandon CSAM iPhone surveillance
Nearly 100 civil rights groups worldwide have signed an open letter objecting to Apple’s plan to institute iPhone surveillance capabilities…
EFF petition lets users speak out against Apple’s mass surveillance plans
If you’re concerned about Apple’s recent announcement that the next iOS will install a mass surveillance backdoor into every iPhone…
Apple’s iCloud, Health, and Artificial Intelligence teams see significant departures
Apple’s iCloud, Health, and Artificial Intelligence teams are seeing departures, Mark Gurman reports via his “Power On” newsletter for…
Apple warns retail and online employees to be ready for iPhone backdoor questions
Apple has warned retail and online sales staff to be ready to field questions from consumers about the activation of an iPhone backdoor…
Apple’s ill-considered iPhone backdoor has employees speaking out internally
The backlash over Apple’s ill-considered move to activate an iPhone backdoor ostensibly to scan U.S. customers’ phones and computers…
Open letter against Apple’s privacy-invasive content scanning tech gathers thousands of signatures
An open letter dated August 6, 2021 that’s against Apple’s privacy-invasive content scanning technology in which security & privacy experts…
Privacy, Schmivacy. Apple installs backdoors to iPhones
Apple has announced its plans to bring changes to its operating systems that sound like a massive privacy nightmare to security researchers…
Center for Democracy & Technology: Apple’s backdoor scanning of Photos and Messages threaten users’ security and privacy
The reception to Apple’s backdoor scanning of Photos and Messages is clearly not the welcoming one for which Apple execs may have naively…
EFF: Apple’s photos scanning backdoor is a shocking privacy and security about-face
The EFF says: “Apple is planning to build a backdoor into its data storage system and its messaging system.”
Apple will scan Photos and Messages for Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM)
“Expanded Protections for Children” in which Apple explains it will scan Photos and Messages for Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM)…
Apple said to add iOS photo identification feature to detect child pornography
Apple is close to announcing a new photo identification features that will find photos in user’s photo libraries, such as child pornography …
Apple stores over 8 million terabytes of iCloud data on Google servers – report
Apple over the past year it has dramatically increased the amount of Apple iCloud user data it stores in Google’s cloud, a person with direct…
Apple users spent a whopping $1.8 billion on apps and services in 2020’s final week
Apple App Store customers spent an amazing $1.8 billion on digital goods and services over the week between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve…
Apple helps FBI track down man accused of firebombing Seattle police cars
Apple has aided the FBI track down a man accused of firebombing Seattle police cars with Molotov cocktails. A 20-year-old man…
U.S. Senator’s iPhone, iCloud data seized in probe of stock trades
U.S. federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on Wednesday night as part of the Justice Department’s investigation…
Apple Services expand to dozens more countries around the world
Even more customers in countries around the world can enjoy many of Apple’s most popular Services. The App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Music…
How Apple ‘intercepts’ child abuse images in iCloud and email while protecting privacy
We now know how Apple checks and intercepts email and files stored on iCloud when instances of illegal material – such as child abuse images – are detected…
How to save money and work around Apple’s iCloud limits
For what you get, extra iCloud space is well worth Apple’s prices, but it’s still not great when you’re sharing with those on lesser platforms. Save money …
Apple killed iCloud encryption after FBI complained
After the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations, Apple killed iCloud encryption that would have allowed users to fully encrypt backups…
Apple reveals which governments requested the most user data
In their biannual “Apple Transparency Report: Government and Private Party Requests” report, Apple reveals which governments requested the most user data …
Apple is now scanning your iCloud photos to check for child exploitation
Apple is scanning every photo uploaded to the iCloud in order to check for any incidents of child abuse…
Apple rings in new era of Services as App Store sales hit Christmas week record
App Store customers spent a record $1.42 billion between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, a 16 percent increase over last year, and $386 million on New Year’s Day 2020 alone, a 20 percent increase over last year and a new single-day record…
Apple officially launches public bug bounty program with rewards up to $1.5 million
Apple has formally opened its bug bounty program today to all security researchers…
How to sync your iPhone and iPad to your Mac running macOS Catalina without iTunes
With macOS Catalina, syncing with the Finder is similar to syncing with iTunes….
Apple sued by customer demanding over $250,000 for not being refunded for devices that were ‘hacked’
A lawsuit has been filed against Apple by private citizen Dana D. Jackson of Minneapolis, Minnesota…
Apple publishes new beta version of iCloud web portal, now with Reminders
Apple on Thursday updated the beta version of its iCloud web portal, bringing a new background and revamped Reminders app to the site…
Apple hit with lawsuit for storing iCloud data on third-party servers
Apple faces a class-action lawsuit filed in California which accuses the company of false advertising….
Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in Data Transfer Project
Apple will be joining the Data Transfer Project, developing interoperable systems to bring data in and out of iCloud…
NSO Group says it can scrape data from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft cloud services
The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual’s data…
Apple’s iOS 13 Public Beta flaw threatens data loss (warning)
Warning that the current iOS 13 Public Beta is damaging some people’s iCloud data…
Apple tests biometric Face/Touch ID sign-in at iCloud.com
When you visit iCloud in Safari on a device running the latest Apple public betas, you’ll be asked if you wish to sign-in using Touch or Face ID…
