Early on Monday, it was reported that Apple's internet browser, Safari, sends some Safe Browsing data to the giant Chinese company Tencent. It was flagged as a potential major issue, especially since the "feature" that makes this happen is turned on by default.
Safari has long sent data to Google Safe Browsing to help protect against phishing scams using its Fraudulent Website Warning feature, but now the iOS edition of the browser has been found to send user data to the Chinese internet giant Tencent as well, according to Reclaim The Net.
Earlier this year it was reported that Apple brought on contractors to listen to Siri recordings, all in an effort to improve the overall quality of Siri and the digital assistant's accuracy.
Targeted advertisements are a nuisance at best, and something else entirely at worst. They have put Facebook and other companies in hot water in the past, especially in how they are implemented, and now Twitter is confirming it hasn't handled things in this regard all that well.
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is often your best bet when you want to browse the internet privately. Not only do most VPNs offer end-to-end encryption for secure data transmission, but they will also cloak your true location from prying eyes.
Many VPN services work in the same way, but Guardian Firewall by Sudo Security Group is a completely different type of VPN that aims to clamp down on user privacy even further by filtering outgoing data transmissions that could potentially expose personal information about you.
iMessage is one of my favorite messaging platforms, but I sometimes wish that it provided more privacy while typing to other people. Case in point, I’m not that fond of how iMessage notifies other users with a live status indicator when I’m typing to them.
If you’re in the same boat and you have a jailbroken handset at your disposal, then I think you’ll enjoy using a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called No Typing Indicator 12 by iOS developer ceadd.
Apple made a lot of changes and upgrades in iOS 13, including efforts to keep iOS users more secure. That means changes to Bluetooth, and now requiring app developers to actually request access to the feature.
After an iOS update with a Siri grading opt-in drops, Apple will continue reviewing computer-generated transcriptions of your Siri audio requests regardless of your opt-in status.
Apple today detailed how it's going to improve privacy protection for customers who use its Siri personal assistant after the company suspended the controversial Siri grading initiative and promised to build a dedicated opt-in switch into a future iOS software update.
Originally introduced in January at CES 2019, the YubiKey 5Ci security key for two-factor physical authentication on iPhone, iPad, Mac and more is now available for $70.
A major vulnerability discovered in the Bluetooth wireless protocol, officially acknowledged by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), has been patched by Apple in the latest iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS updates to the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV devices.
Not all Lightning cables are created equal. In fact, the security researcher known as MG has managed to create a special cable that looks like Apple's official Lightning cable with one crucial difference: it gives an attacker a way to remotely tap into your computer.