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Working M1 MacBooks from 2020 are being sold as scrap due to Activation Lock
MacBooks that retailed for as much as $3,000 just a couple of years ago are being sold as scrap due to Apple’s Activation Lock security…
Apple launches major security updates around the world
Apple has launched its recent major security updates around the world. The three new tools protect users’ data while it is being stored…
Australian regulator miffed that Apple is not scanning users’ iCloud photos, videos, FaceTime chats
An Australian regulator, accused Apple and Microsoft of failing to preemptively scan users’ iCloud and OneDrive photos, videos, and…
How to set up Advanced Data Protection, end-to-end encryption for your iCloud data
For the highest level of cloud data security, you can turn on Advanced Data Protection. iOS 16.2 or later is required…
French privacy watchdog advisors wants Apple hit with 6 million euro fine
The top adviser to French data protection authority’s sanction body recommended on Monday that Apple should be hit with a 6 million euro…
FBI is ‘deeply concerned’ that they won’t be able to rifle through Apple users’ photos, videos, and other iCloud data
Apple on Wednesday introduced Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, which uses end-to-end encryption to provide Apple’s highest level of…
Facebook’s profits depended on trampling it users’ privacy. Apple put a stop to that. Now what?
For years, Facebook-parent Meta Platform’s profits depended on trampling it users’ privacy, but Apple put a stop to that with its…
Apple’s Federighi: Privacy and advertising can coexist
Apple’s software chief Craig Federighi said advertising and privacy can coexist as the company’s push to give users control of their privacy…
If you value privacy, avoid these five apps
Are the apps you’re using protecting your privacy or are they collecting and sharing a pretty hefty portion of your private information with…
Facebook-parent Meta sued for bypassing Apple privacy rules to track users
Facebook-parent Meta Platform was sued on Wednesday for allegedly building a secret work-around to privacy safeguards that Apple launched…
Apple CEO Cook credits Steve Jobs for prioritizing user privacy
Apple CEO Tim Cook credited Steve Jobs with making privacy a top priority for the company and said he largely still runs the company…
Major global VPN providers shut off servers in India to protest new privacy-destroying government rules
Major global providers of virtual private networks, which let users shield their identities online, are shutting down their servers in India …
Apple’s top privacy executive set to exit company for law firm
Apple’s top privacy executive, Jane Horvath, will be leaving the company soon to work at a law firm, people with knowledge of the matter say…
Australia demands Apple, others share anti-CSAM steps, threatens fines
Australia sent s legal letter to Apple demanding they share their strategies for stamping out Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: The Mac is now a totally different product
Popular Mechanics Ryan D’Agostino sat down with Apple CEO Tim Cook and discussed the Mac in the era of Apple Silicon, your right to…
Apple collects the least user data, Google amasses the most – study
Apple collects the least amount of private user data from its users, with Google, Twitter, Amazon, and Facebook collecting more personal…
Marketers cut back on ad spending after Apple gave users their privacy back
Marketers are cutting back on ad spending due to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy framework that gave users their privacy back…
Apple’s anti-tracking privacy tech has significant impact on digital advertising
Apple’s privacy policy aims to make users of Apple devices more secure and puts users in control of their personal data. This is, naturally…
Apple’s Passkeys poised to free us all from password hell
Apple’s recently announced Passkeys may forever change the way we log in to our online accounts, finally freeing us all from password hell…
Germany examines Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy rules
On Tuesday, Germany’s Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) is looking into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency privacy rules…
Apple CEO Cook urges U.S. lawmakers to pass federal privacy law
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday sent a letter to a group of U.S. lawmakers asking them to pass federal privacy legislation…
Republican Senators propose barring Apple, Google from hosting apps that accept China’s digital yuan
Amid fears the Chinese Communist Party’s digital payment system could allow CHina to spy on Americans, Republican Senators want to bar…
Apple’s new ‘Data Auction’ TV ad drives home the iPhone privacy message
Apple is known for many things, but its commitment to user privacy (excluding last summer’s disaster ) and its (sometimes) iconic ad…
CDC tracked millions of Amercians’ phones to monitor vaccination, lockdown compliance
The CDC used location data from tens of millions of Americans’ phones to track compliance with lockdown and vaccination mandates…
Apple not benefiting from privacy changes that kneecapped Facebook
Apple released a new report on Tuesday which refutes accusations that it profits from App Tracking Transparency privacy framework…
Apple’s App Tracking Transparency works, but there are loopholes, bypasses, and outright violations
Last year, Apple enacted App Tracking Transparency (ATT), a mandatory policy that forbids app makers from tracking user activity across…
Apple’s privacy features will cost Facebook out $12.8 billion this year
Apple’s App Tracking Transparency will cost Meta Platforms subsidiary Facebook $12.8 billion in 2022, research firm Lotame estimates…
Apple CEO Tim Cook warns that proposed antitrust legislation would make iPhones less safe
Cook on Tuesday warned that proposed antitrust legislation in the U.S. and the E.U. would have the consequence of making iPhones less safe…
8.2 million U.S. customers impacted in Cash App data breach
Block — formerly known as Square — has confirmed a data breach involving a former employee who downloaded reports from Cash App that…
Apple and Facebook gave user data to hackers who used forged legal requests
Apple and Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, gave user data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials…
Under proposed EU law Apple would be forced to allow sideloading and third-party app stores
Under proposed legislation recently unveiled by the EU, Apple would be forced to allow users to sideload apps from outside the security of…
Woz: Facebook is my least favorite ‘of all big tech’
Steve “Woz” Wozniak said that he and his wife both recently deactivated their Facebook accounts over data privacy concerns…
Regulators will soon force Apple to loosen its tight grip on the App Store
As regulators from the U.S. to South Korea zero in on Apple’s high-margin apps business, Apple’s App Store may soon be forced to…
Republican lawmakers press Apple and FBI over spyware from Israeli NSO Group
Two Republican lawmakers are pressing Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation about Pegasus spyware made by the NSO Group …
Saudi woman’s single iPhone revealed hacking around the world
A single iPhone, Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathlou’s, helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most…
Google yet again to weakly follow Apple with limited user controls for ad tracking across apps
Alphabet subsidiary Google plans to weakly follow Apple by offering limited user controls for ad tracking across apps that are less robust…
Facebook stock plummets 26%, sheds more than $230 billion in market value in single day
Facebook parent Meta’s stock plunged some 26%, more than $230 billion in market value on Thursday after the company forecast weaker…
Second Israeli spy firm used now-fixed ForcedEntry exploit to break into iPhones
A now-fixed flaw in Apple’s software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhones in 2021 was also abused…
Apple’s user privacy controls damage Facebook’s ad tracking biz
On Wednesday, Facebook owner Meta Platforms posted disastrous quarterly results, blaming privacy safeguards for users from Apple…
Apple’s two-factor authentication autofill feature now blocks SMS phishing attacks
Apple’s two-factor authentication autofill feature makes it easy to enter verification codes sent via SMS, but phishing attackers have begun…
Apple pushes iPhone users to iOS 15, iPad users to iPadOS 15
When Apple first unveiled iOS 15 and iPad OS 15, the company announced that the upgrade wouldn’t be compulsory for people who wanted to stay…
