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Apple has been at the forefront of fending user privacy and security across its devices. Previously, it launched App Tracking Transparency, which allows users to decide whether an app can track their activity for advertising purposes. Now, with iOS 16.2, Apple has brought out Advanced Data Protection, end-to-end encryption for iCloud, to all users outside of the US.What is Advanced Data Protection on iOS 16.2Advanced-Data Protection for iCloud includes end-to-end encryption for additional categories beyond passwords,…

Photo: GREG BAKER / Contributor (Getty Images)For all of Apple’s talk about how private your iPhone is, the company vacuums up a lot of data about you. iPhones do have a privacy setting that is supposed to turn off that tracking. According to a new report by independent researchers, though, Apple collects extremely detailed information on you with its own apps even when you turn off tracking, an apparent direct contradiction of Apple’s own description of how the privacy protection works.The iPhone Analytics setting…

With the release of iOS 16.1, Apple has updated its App Store policy, asking developers for a 30% cut on "sales of 'boosts' for posts in a social media app." The policy unknowingly or knowingly targets Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram – two apps that let users pay to boost their posts' reach.Meta was certainly not happy when Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency, and now the new rules have made them upset even more. In a statement to Verge, a company spokesperson said, “ Apple continues to evolve its policies…

Facebook users have sued its parent company Meta in the US for allegedly tracking them via an in-app browser on iOS devices despite tough Apple privacy policies in place.The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleged that Meta follows users' online activity by "funneling them into the web browser built into Facebook and injecting JavaScript into the sites they visit".According to a TechCrunch report, that code makes it possible for the company to monitor "every single…

Apple has released iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, macOS Big Sur 11.3, watchOS 7.4, and tvOS 14.5 as the series of new software updates for its devices. Although all these new updates bring a list of features to offer advancements to compatible Apple devices, the most notable and prominent in the series is iOS 14.5. The latest iOS update brings the ability to unlock your iPhone using an Apple Watch while wearing a face mask. The update also carries the option to let users decide whether they want Siri to speak in a female voice or…

Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework, which was claimed to enhance user privacy by limiting data collection, has been found to have some weaknesses that could allow app developers to continue tracking users. An independent study has pointed out major loopholes in the framework, which Apple introduced late last year. The study also details how Privacy Nutrition Labels in the Apple App Store, which were introduced by the Cupertino company last year, might not be accurate for all apps and could be misleading in…