A new report aims to shed some light on Apple's focus on user privacy and security, and, most importantly, how it differs between public positioning and private talks.
Apple’s public and private talks on privacy appear to be very different
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Facebook reportedly fined $5 billion by FTC due to privacy violations
The Federal Trade Commission in the United States has reportedly leveled a massive fine against Facebook over privacy violations.
Google Assistant voice recordings reviewed by humans can potentially include private conversations
A new report aims to shed light on the fact that Google Assistant, which is one of the most popular digital assistants in the wild, has human reviewers that can potentially listen to personal conversations.
Apple suspends Walkie-Talkie on Apple Watch over an eavesdropping vulnerability
Yesterday, Apple suspended the Walkie-Talkie service for Apple Watch on server end due to an unspecified exploit which could allow someone to eavesdrop on your audio messages.
Apple released a silent macOS update to remove Zoom’s web server
Apple on Wednesday released a silent update to macOS that aims to patch up the web server issue implemented by the video conferencing software Zoom.
Zoom responds to major vulnerability in Mac app that can allow sites to hijack webcam
Late last night, it was reported that a major vulnerability within the Zoom Mac app had been discovered, which basically made it possible for some sites to hijack a computer's webcam.
Apple promotes Face ID in new ‘Nap’ ad [Updated]
Touch ID was one of Apple's major tentpole features for several years. However, ever since the arrival of the iPhone X and its TrueDepth camera system, the company has gone all-in with Face ID.
Chinese border guards are reportedly putting a surveillance app on tourists’ phones
Chinese border guards are reportedly going to extreme lengths to make sure that some individuals crossing into the country have important information extracted from their phones.
Apple’s security chief will talk iOS and macOS security at 2019 Black Hat conference
Apple is sending its Head of Security Engineering and Architecture, Ivan Krstić, to this year's Black Hat security conference, in which he will discuss macOS and iOS security.
An adware firm takes advantage of Mojave’s unpatched Gatekeeper vulnerability
An unpatched vulnerability, discovered in macOS Mojave last month, permits attackers to completely bypass the Gatekeeper security feature. Unfortunately, it's now been exploited by an adware company in what's been called a test in preparation of new Mac malware.
Apple releases AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.8.1
It has been more than a year since Apple discontinued the AirPort router lineup, but the company has just released an important security update anyway.
Luca Todesco achieves tfp0 on developer beta of iOS 13
It was only a week ago that security researcher iBSparkes teased the Cydia package manager running on an iPhone with the first developer beta of iOS 13 installed on it, but as it would seem, that was just the tip of the iceberg.
Apple deployed the second developer beta of iOS 13 just yesterday afternoon, and a new teaser shared just this morning by security researcher and Yalu jailbreak developer Luca Todesco appears to show a working tfp0 exploit running on it: