Apple faces iCloud lawsuit after after judge reverses victory

After initially dismissing a proposed class action lawsuit over Apple's allegedly forcing users to use iCloud, a judge has now accepted further evidence and ruled that the case must continue.

William Gallagher 11 months ago 11

U.S. lawmakers & WhatsApp side with Apple against UK demand for iCloud encryption backdoor

WhatsApp and U.S. lawmakers on both sides are rallying behind Apple's stand against the controversial UK demands to weaken encryption across the board.

Amber Neely 1 year ago 2

Crime blotter: Chinese national sentenced in Target iPad scam

Shawn Kemp agrees to a plea deal in iPhone-related shooting, iCloud evidence is used in crypto indictment, and a stolen iPhone ends up in China in this week's Apple Crime Blotter.

Stephen Silver 1 year ago 0

Apple battles UK in hidden high court case over iCloud encryption

Apple has held firm on not granting backdoor access to users' iCloud data, and the UK continues to try to find a way — just not publicly.

Amber Neely 1 year ago 2

Apple finally accepts that 64GB is inadequate for iPhones and iPads

For eight years, Apple has sold iPhones starting at 64GB to hit a price point, but Apple Intelligence has made it accept what we all knew already — 128GB is the real minimum.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 12

Apple goes to court to fight UK demand for iCloud encryption backdoor

Apple is taking the UK government to court over efforts to force the company to weaken iCloud encryption.

Andrew Orr 1 year ago 5

Don't expect cheaper iCloud storage as Apple wins another monopoly lawsuit

Another lawsuit alleging that Apple uses its monopoly powers to force users to pay more for iCloud storage has been dismissed.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 16

Apple turns off data protection in the UK rather than comply with backdoor mandate

Rather than comply with a UK order to make a backdoor into encrypted data, Apple has announced it will no longer offer Advanced Data Protection in that country.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 53

UK secretly orders Apple to let it spy on iPhone users worldwide

The UK government has issued an order to Apple telling it to allow officials full access to any iCloud content belonging to any user across the globe.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 67

Crime blotter: MacBooks stolen from Glendale Apple Stores, UPS robberies, and porch pirates

A man went to the Apple Store to pick up a new MacBook Pro that he had purchased, only to find that someone else had impersonated him and grabbed it. The same thing, it turned out, had happened to someone else at a nearby Apple Store.

Stephen Silver 1 year ago 5

Apple sued over 2022 dropping of CSAM detection features

A victim of childhood sexual abuse is suing Apple over its 2022 dropping of a previously-announced plan to scan images stored in iCloud for child sexual abuse material.

Charles Martin 1 year ago 31

Lawsuit complaining about Apple's free 5GB iCloud plan is dismissed

A potential class-action lawsuit alleging that Apple tricked users into having to pay for iCloud is probably now completely dead, having lost an appeal before the Ninth Circuit.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 15

Apple talks up privacy, yet spies on its own staff, says lawsuit

An Apple employee is suing the company, claiming that it forces staff to give up personal privacy, and demands that it be allowed to use surveillance even when they are at home.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 11

Apple ending iCloud backup support for iOS 8 and earlier on December 18

Owners of iPhones running on iOS 8 and earlier will soon lose the ability to use iCloud device backups, unless they update to iOS 9 or later.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 5

UK group wants $4 billion payout for iCloud users

The UK's "Which?" consumer group and publication is to sue Apple over what it claims is the company's anti-competitive way of locking users into paying for iCloud storage.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 39

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