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Facebook wanted to “inflict pain” on Apple after Tim Cook’s privacy comments
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took Apple CEO Tim Cook's privacy comment in the aftermath of the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal personally. As a new report alleges, he told employees that "We need to inflict pain" on Apple in retaliation over the privacy dispute.
Apple makes it easier for people to turn off Activation Lock on their own
Activation Lock is meant to be one of the most important security elements on an iOS device. But, like all security-related things, sometimes it can get in the way. But Apple is launching a new self-serve portal to help.
The government wants Apple to fact-check apps’ privacy labels
The fact that Apple doesn't manually verify the validity of developer-provided privacy label information has prompted Washington politicians to pen an open letter to CEO boss Tim Cook.
How Safari in iOS 14.5 limits which personal data Google sees about you
Safari in iOS and iPadOS 14.5 further limits the risk of information leak by proxying safe-browsing services via Apple servers to prevents user data from being returned to Google.
As Apple readies App Tracking Transparency feature, EU antitrust VP warns Apple to give apps ‘equal treatment’
Apple has a new feature coming soon to iOS, called App Tracking Transparency. It's meant to give more power to the user, letting them choose which apps track them. But at least one VP of a large commission in the European Union wants to make sure Apple treats all apps equally.
iOS 14’s built-in web filter is stymying searches that include the word “Asian”
iOS 14's built-in web content blocker has been found to prevent searches that include the word “Asian,” including such phrases as “Asian food” and “Asian countries”. As a matter of fact, Safari has been found to block all websites that contain the word “asian” in the URL.
Snap and Unity warn investors about Apple’s privacy change coming this spring
After Facebook, Unity Technologies and Snapchat's parent company Snap have now both warned investors of the potential ramifications of Apple’s privacy change coming this spring.
Google may roll out a ‘less stringent’ version of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature
Sometime this spring, Apple is going to (finally) roll out one of the biggest additions to iOS 14: App Tracking Transparency. It's been a long time coming, and it's ruffled some feathers. But now it sounds like Google may be eyeballing a similar feature for Android.
Facebook is testing its own prompt asking users to let the app track them
User privacy won't stop being a big deal any time soon, even with Apple trying new ways to mitigate the impact. But with companies like Facebook out there in the wild, trying their hardest to gobble up all the information they can about people, it's an uphill battle. And now Facebook has a new plan to try and get users on "their side" moving forward.
Do you read the privacy labels before installing an app?
In December of 2020, Apple launched privacy labels for apps in the App Store. The idea is simple enough: show relevant information regarding what an app is doing related to privacy and data to the user. This gives them the power to make a decision, based on that data, before installing the app on their devices.
Many apps in the App Store are showing inaccurate information in privacy labels
Privacy labels for apps available in Apple's App Store are meant provide at-a-glance information to potential customers. A way for them to see what an app's asking for before they download it. However, a new report says that many apps are downright showing false information to those customers.