Facebook issues memo on Apple Enterprise Certificate fiasco as employees vent frustration

Facebook is conducting internal damage control after Apple yanked the social media giant's enterprise developer certificates, a move that effectively disabled internal apps used by thousands of Facebook employees.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 46

Apple has revoked Facebook's enterprise developer certificates after sideload violations [u]

Apple has stopped Facebook from being able to use its internal apps by revoking its enterprise developer certificates, in response to reports the social network ignored guidelines relating to user privacy by distributing apps outside the app store, and paid users to install the spyware.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 66

Facebook pays users to sideload data-gathering VPN in apparent violation of Apple privacy policies [u]

Facebook appears to be once again flouting Apple's developer guidelines regarding user privacy, as a report on Tuesday reveals the social media giant is paying users ages 17 to 35 to install a VPN that aggressively monitors usage habits.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 23

Cambridge Analytica owners fined $27,000 for refusing US data request

The firm best known for harvesting political data ignored a legal order to provide personal information when asked by a US academic. This contravenes UK data protection laws and saw them fined a total of $27,000.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 13

Apple recruits strong Facebook critic to keep up privacy standards

Apple has reportedly hired Sandy Parakilas, an outspoken critic of privacy practices at Facebook, to serve as a product manager on its privacy team.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 4

Three new iPhones and Apple Watch Series 4 — Apple's September 2018 in review

Looking back at Apple's September 2018 in review, Apple set the table for the rest of the year by debuting new iPhones and a new Apple Watch model that were adored — and fired up the decades-old debate if Apple products were too expensive for the company's own good.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 1

Apple reveals macOS Mojave, iOS 12, and watchOS 5 at WWDC — Apple's June 2018 in review

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference dominated much of the month but June also saw awards season — with Apple both giving and receiving trophies.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 0

Apple gets honors, Zuckerberg's hearing, and even Apple Stores now run on renewable energy - Apple's April 2018 in review

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg didn't get to say what he wanted about Apple's past, and Jony Ive wouldn't say much about Apple's future. All this, and more, in Apple's April 2018 in review.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 1

No HomePod, politics, bug extermination and more — Apple's January 2018 in review

Apple was busy in January 2018 with legal cases, Warhol's Apple logo art, Apple Music successes, and working hard to get us the HomePod. AppleInsider revisits the very start of 2018, the year that would see Apple become the most valuable company in the world on paper — for a while.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 0

Washington D.C. government sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal

The attorney general for Washington, D.C. itself announced that the region is suing Facebook for its role in Cambridge Analytica's illicit collection of private data.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 8

Facebook enabled Apple devices to obfuscate data sharing from users, report says [u]

A damning report on Tuesday provides further details on Facebook's shady data sharing practices, already under intense scrutiny for the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, suggesting the social media giant enabled Apple devices to surreptitiously collect information about users without their — or apparently Apple's — knowledge.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 22

Facebook says bug may have briefly exposed photos of 6.8 million app users

Between Sept. 13 and Sept. 25, a bug temporarily exposed more photos than intended to third-party apps that use Facebook logins, the social network acknowledged on Friday.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 19

Justice and governance can be blind, but willful tech ignorance by them is hurting us

Our leaders and politicians don't have to be IT experts but they shouldn't be making decisions on topics they don't even attempt to understand.

William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 48

Tim Cook expects 'inevitable' privacy legislation, values user privacy as an Apple core value

An interview previously recorded with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple Park aired on Sunday night, with the executive telling Axios' Ina Fried and Mike Allen that he sees privacy regulation of tech as an inevitability.

Victor Marks 7 years ago 10

Facebook denies report claiming Zuckerberg ordered execs to go Android-only

Facebook on Thursday issued a denial of several claims in a recent New York Times report, which for instance said that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was so incensed by jabs from Apple CEO Tim Cook that he ordered executives to use Android devices instead of iPhones.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 18

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