Apple’s iPhone privacy feature could be banned after phone companies complain it stops them tracking people
2 years, 11 months ago

Apple’s iPhone privacy feature could be banned after phone companies complain it stops them tracking people

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mobile phone operators have urged regulators to ban Apple’s “private relay” feature. The feature, which was introduced in iOS 15 and is in beta as a part of Apple’s iCloud+ subscription, makes it harder for companies to track users’ activities online. "Furthermore, private relay will impair others to innovate and compete in downstream digital markets and may negatively impact operators’ ability to efficiently manage telecommunication networks." While users would have to download and subscribe to a VPN, many users could simply switch it on as part of Apple’s iCloud+ service and obscure a part of the network from its operators.

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5 Tools That Help Apple Make The Internet Safer For iPhone Users
11 months ago

5 Tools That Help Apple Make The Internet Safer For iPhone Users

News 18  

Apple has always proudly talks about focusing on privacy of users which has even irked giants like Meta who have lost the link to make money from people by pushing them personalised ads. As a part of the Safer Internet Day this week, Apple feels the need to highlight some of its efforts that keep iPhone users safe from any …

Apple's New 'Private Relay' Feature Will Not Be Available In China
3 years, 7 months ago

Apple's New 'Private Relay' Feature Will Not Be Available In China

News 18  

Apple on Monday said a new “private relay” feature designed to obscure a user’s Web browsing behaviour from Internet service providers and advertisers will not be available in China for regulatory reasons. Apple’s “private relay” feature first sends Web traffic to a server maintained by Apple, where it is stripped of a piece of information called an IP address. The …

Private Relay, Hide My Email, Blocking Email Pixels: Apple Privacy Strictness Goes Up A Notch
3 years, 7 months ago

Private Relay, Hide My Email, Blocking Email Pixels: Apple Privacy Strictness Goes Up A Notch

News 18  

Apple WWDC 2021 keynote wasn’t all fun and games with then new iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey and more being given their first moments in the limelight. Apple has announced a new Privacy Relay add-on for iCloud+ subscribers, a privacy dashboard and Hide My Email, among other things. Let us start with App Privacy Report, a new dashboard to …

Apple's new app privacy report feature gives more power in hands of users
3 years, 7 months ago

Apple's new app privacy report feature gives more power in hands of users

India Today  

No Apple event is ever complete without a major part dedicated towards privacy features. The Apple Worldwide Developer Conference or WWDC 2021 was no different with the Cupertino-based tech giant announcing the new app privacy report feature which puts more power in the hands of users and allows them to decide how much access third-party apps gets. The announcements come …

Apple publishes new technical details on privacy features
5 years, 2 months ago

Apple publishes new technical details on privacy features

Live Mint  

Apple Inc on Wednesday published four new papers outlining technical details of how some of the privacy features in its most recent operating systems work. They cover Apple's photo app, its Safari web browser, the location-based services on its mobile devices and a new service for signing into third-party apps introduced this year that competes with similar services from Facebook …

Inside Apple’s top secret testing facilities where iPhone defences are forged in temperatures of -40C
5 years, 7 months ago

Inside Apple’s top secret testing facilities where iPhone defences are forged in temperatures of -40C

The Independent  

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