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You can now access Adobe Creative Cloud via the privacy-preserving Sign in with Apple option
Photoshop maker Adobe today updated the mobile Creative Cloud app for iPhone and iPad with support for the new privacy-preserving Sign in with Apple feature.
A look inside a $10 million cyber lab designed to crack iPhones
Cracking iPhones is a huge business in its own regard, especially as law enforcement agencies across the United States fork over a ton of cash to bypass a device's security.
Apple CEO calls for international tax overhaul, more data privacy
In an interview with Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested that Apple was ready to accept the consequences of global tax reforms and said that Europe's current data privacy laws are a step in the right direction but don't go far enough.
New Apple Transparency Report details government requests for device access
A timely new transparency report from Apple details how many requests it's getting from governments to turn over user data. And perhaps a bit surprisingly, neither the U.S. nor China lead the list of governments requesting data.
iOS 13.3.1 beta 2 addresses location tracking privacy issues with a new toggle
User privacy and security is a major focal point for Apple and the products it sells. But late last month some questions and concerns were brought up regarding the company's newest iPhone models.
iPhone can now be used as a physical 2FA security key for Google services in Chrome
You can now use your iPhone as a physical two-factor authentication security key for logging into Google's first-party services in the Chrome browser on another device.
FBI requesting Apple to unlock iPhones that experts say are already ‘easier to crack’
The Department of Justice and Apple are squaring off again in 2020 over encryption, with both sides reiterating stances they made very public way back in 2015.
Apple denies public request from US Attorney General to unlock Pensacola gunman’s iPhones
Apple's officially denied a request it received Monday from the US Attorney General William Barr to "unlock" a pair of iPhones owned by the Pensacola naval air station shooter, rejecting the characterization that it's failed to provide "substantive assistance" in the investigation.
U.S. Attorney General asks Apple directly to ‘provide access’ to two iPhones used by Pensacola gunman
The United States Attorney General has made a straightforward request of Apple: unlock a pair of iPhones owned by the individual who recently attacked the Pensacola naval air station in the state of Florida.
Apple’s privacy director defends its use of strong hardware encryption
Following the FBI's letter to Apple requesting assistance to extract data from password-protected iPhones used by a suspected mass shooter, the Cupertino tech giant has now dispatched its privacy director to the CES in order to defend its stance on hardware encryption.
The FBI wants Apple to unlock iPhones used by suspected Pensacola naval station shooter
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking help from engineers at Apple to help it unlock two iPhones owned by a gunman suspected of carrying out a shooting attack that took place last month at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.