One of the changes with iOS 14 is privacy labels, or "nutrition labels", for apps available in the App Store. These are designed to give users a quick glance at what kind of data is collected/monitored by each app.
Engineers at Apple and Cloudflare, a web infrastructure company providing content delivery network services, announced today that they have collaboratively developed a new internet protocol focused on privacy.
Apple two weeks ago reminded its registered developers to update their apps with new privacy “nutrition labels” in the App Store starting December 8. And now, the Cupertino tech giant has shared precisely all the details it asks developers for this new feature.
Accomplished security researcher Ian Beer, known for releasing a host of iOS exploits used by modern jailbreak tools, dropped a bombshell on Twitter late Wednesday evening after sharing a detailed blog post about a jaw-dropping radio proximity exploit affecting up to and including iOS and iPadOS 13.5.
The blog post summary goes on to explain that the hacker can remotely trigger kernel memory corruption through the execution of arbitrary code. Furthermore, it can force affected iOS and iPadOS devices in radio proximity to reboot with no user interaction needed or put privacy at risk by breaching user data or utilizing cameras and microphones without the user’s knowledge. Scary indeed…
Before Apple launched iOS 14 to the public, it was confirmed (after an initial rumor) that Apple was delaying an important privacy feature.
For a company that appears to tout privacy as much as they do, it’s both astounding and questionable as to why Apple doesn’t permit VPN functionality on its Apple TV platform out of the box. Fascinatingly, VPNs can be installed and used on almost every other Apple device aside from the Apple Watch, including the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and even the Mac.
There’s no question that this silly limitation has brushed some Apple TV users the wrong way. On the other hand, there may be hope for those holding out. In a teaser Tweet shared this Thursday afternoon, Guardian Firewall founder and CEO Will Strafach said that the first VPN (and firewall) for tvOS is in the works and could be released for jailbroken Apple TVs in the future:
Privacy is a growing concern these days as seemingly more and more apps try to harvest our personal data for the sake of monetary gain. What we learn from this is actually quite simple: people generally don’t like being tracked and prefer to enjoy their right to privacy.
Smartphone-centric privacy breaches happen a number of different ways, including location tracking, camera or microphone spying, and/or Photo Library snooping. But the pasteboard, which may sometimes store sensitive information if you do any copying and pasting on your iPhone or iPad, is another thing that often slips under the radar.
One of the core elements of Apple's iOS is privacy and security. However, the company is not against reconsidering some decisions in this regard, at least in part.
Apple this morning shared a new advertisement through its official YouTube channel, and it's about the iPhone, privacy and poking fun at rivals.
iOS 14 continues to make tweaks and improvements to user privacy, but some publishers aren't too happy about the impending changes.
Learn how to adjust location access for widgets on your iPhone and iPad and selectively revoke access to your GPS coordinates for a bit more privacy.
Learn how to review the Privacy Report in Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac to see which websites track your activity while you browse.