#apple
#Safari on #iOS features device #tracking
source: https://mastodon.social/@mysk/112340023465073147
#Apple recently introduced a new URI scheme so that #iOS users in the #EU can install marketplace apps from the browser. #Safari handles the scheme insecurely leaving users exposed to tracking.
#surveillance #politics #europe #software #security #privacy #news #problem #fail #smartphone #warning
If Apple starts sending all my fucking search, messages, photos, files, etc. data to Google or OpenAI I'm done with them. They are my compromise platform because I hate adding to the Google/Facebook style data reseller big tech data lakes. I honestly don't know what the alternative will be at that point besides having to hobble my experience with /e/os, LineageOS, whatever, self hosting services, etc. and try to figure out a work around for banking apps. Motherfuckers! This is so enraging. I have a feeling I better start getting my ducks in a row to depart their ecosystem sooner rather than later. #rant #apple #ai #enshitification #BigTechShouldNotExist https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/26/apple-open-ai-ios-18-talks/
#Congo questions #Apple over #knowledge of #conflict #minerals in its supply chain
source: https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphones-congo-blood-minerals-b1f20aa7bd3a3f4f8cf7fcde19c6f053
A group of international lawyers representing Congo said Thursday that they sent letters to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and its French subsidiary this week, raising concerns about human rights violations involving the minerals extracted from mines in the country’s troubled east that might end up being used in the company’s products.
#SupplyChain #HumanRights #Economy #business #iphone #smartphone #technology #trade #TimCook justice #crime #news
not a #sundaygimp, but a #sunday-photo-edit #photo-edit #photo-manipulation #mywork #myphoto #bildbearbeitung #apple
deconstructed apple...
Il est plus difficile que prévu d'empêcher Apple d'accéder à vos données.
Les applications par défaut collectent des données même lorsqu'elles sont désactivées.
Étude après étude, il a été démontré que les applications tierces facultatives portaient atteinte à la vie privée des utilisateurs. Pour la première fois, des chercheurs de l'université d'Aalto ont étudié les paramètres de confidentialité des applications par défaut d'Apple, celles qui sont pratiquement inévitables sur un nouvel appareil.
Ils ont étudié huit applications : Safari, Siri, Partage familial, iMessage, FaceTime, Services de localisation, Find My et Touch ID.
"Nous nous sommes concentrés sur les applications qui font partie intégrante de la plateforme et de l'écosystème. Ces applications sont collées à la plateforme et il est pratiquement impossible de s'en débarrasser", explique Janne Lindqvist, professeur associé et directeur du département d'informatique d'Aalto.
How #Apple plans to #update new iPhones without opening them
But what if you could update the device while it's still in the box? That's the latest plan cooked up by Apple, which is close to rolling out a system that will let Apple Stores wirelessly update new iPhones while they're still in their boxes. The new system is called "Presto."
NSA & CIA thank you for the possibility to install Trojans via update.
Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected
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New study shows that the default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off.
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Setup process after a user has first purchased a new device. The different stages often contain hidden information that is not evident to the user. Image: Amel Bourdoucen.
‘Privacy. That's Apple,’ the slogan proclaims. New research from Aalto University begs to differ. (...)
The researchers studied eight apps: Safari, Siri, Family Sharing, iMessage, FaceTime, Location Services, Find My and Touch ID. They collected all publicly available privacy-related information on these apps, from technical documentation to privacy policies and user manuals.
The fragility of the privacy protections surprised even the researchers.
‘Due to the way the user interface is designed, users don’t know what is going on. (...)
In practice, protecting privacy on an Apple device requires persistent and expert clicking on each app individually. Apple's help falls short.
‘The online instructions for restricting data access are very complex and confusing, and the steps required are scattered in different places. There’s no clear direction on whether to go to the app settings, the central settings – or even both,’ says Amel Bourdoucen, a doctoral researcher at Aalto.
In addition, the instructions didn’t list all the necessary steps or explain how collected data is processed. (...)
Tags: #apple #iphone #privacy #privacy_settings #data #data_mining #surveillance #safari #siri #family_sharing #imessage #facetime #location_services #find_my #touch_id
