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We all love making memories, and a great way to collect those memories is to take a quick snap of a gorgeous landscape, a party in full swing, or a particularly incredible meal. The Apple iPhone now also adds a location to your pictures, meaning it can collate those images together into a location-themed album, or show you all the shots you've taken in a specific location. It's a fun little addition, and it's one that adds a lot of personality to the Photos app. But privacy is also important, and while you may…

Apple iPhone features may be impacted due to encryption rules in Online Safety Bill.Apple has issued a strong warning this week, and it could have significant implications for consumers in the UK. The tech giant has stated that it will remove essential services like iMessage and FaceTime if the end-to-end encryption rules are compromised to create a backdoor access to content.The matter of loosening encryption is part of the new Online Safety Bill in the UK, and companies like Apple, WhatsApp, and Signal have expressed…

Apple's highly anticipated iMessage Contact Key Verification tool, aimed at safeguarding conversations against digital threats, was announced in the second half of 2022. Initially it was projected for a 2023 release, and now, the first beta of iOS 16.6 has finally added the feature. However, it remains inactive for now.The beta version of iOS 16.6 was released by Apple on Friday, showcasing the addition of iMessage Contact Key Verification. But activating the feature currently appears to have no visible effect, leading…

Apple presents itself as a white knight on the subject of privacy, but critics say its own advertising ambitions are built on anti-competitive practices. Apple presents itself as a white knight on the subject of privacy, but critics say its own advertising ambitions are built on anti-competitive practices.Two developers going by the name 'Mysk' claimed last month that Apple was tracking users' every tap on the App Store, with no way of disabling the function. A class action lawsuit was subsequently filed in California,…

Apple at WWDC 2020 keynote on Monday unveiled tvOS 14 as its updated platform for Apple TV devices. The company also announced that it has formed a home alliance in partnership with Amazon and Google — alongside other companies in the smart home market. The alliance is aimed to provide an interoperability standard to developers. Apple has also open sourced HomeKit, of course, to be a part of the new standard and widen the range of supported smart home devices. Separately, Apple also announced new privacy features that are…

Apple on Wednesday kicked off a new ad campaign to promote its key privacy features and eventually convince people to pick an iPhone over the competition. Themed 'Data Auction' where an auctioneer is seen selling data of a user, the ad highlights the fact that how people nowadays are losing their personal data at different stages and through various resources, including emails, messages, and browser history. It portrays Apple's App Tracking Transparency and Mail Privacy Protection as some of the inbuilt features to help…

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…