Passkey: Which popular apps and services offer the new feature?
Apple announced support for passkeys across its platforms in 2022, and many major apps and services have adopted the feature. Here's who uses the security feature.
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Evan Selleck
Apple grabs its chance to tell users about push notification privacy
A senator's open letter making it public that iPhone push notifications can be used to track users has let Apple publish a warning about the topic.
William Gallagher
Apple working on privacy tech to make shoulder-surfing iPhone screens harder
Bright screens with high resolution and a wide field of view just make it easier for others to see what you're working on — but Apple is working on new screen technology for iPhone and Macs to make that a lot harder.
How to use Safari Private Browsing in macOS Sonoma
Once more, Apple's updates to security in Safari are small, yet useful. Here's what's new in macOS Sonoma, and what Private Browsing can do.
How to set a unique search engine for private browsing in iOS 17
Apple has very quietly added another layer of privacy for Safari in iOS 17 that basically lets you avoid using Google when you are in private browsing.
Apple releases report on geofence warrants and data requests
Apple released a report on Friday detailing government requests for customer data, specifically geofence warrants and how frequently the company has been asked to reveal data on its customer base.
Amber Neely
'Fake Airplane Mode' makes iPhone look offline to user, while an attacker stays connected
Security threats can crop up at any time, even on the iPhone, and now Jamf Threat Labs has demonstrated that even if you think Airplane Mode is on, you might be getting duped.
A cheap Bluetooth transmitter can spoof some iPhone notifications
At Def Con 2023, some attendees were shown in real-time how a relatively cheap device leveraging Bluetooth flaws can force bogus notifications and potentially get the user to surrender sensitive data.
Google proposes a new tracking superpower in Chrome
Google might not be completely ready to give up website cookies just yet, but the company is certainly investigating alternatives like a user-tracking ad platform built into one of the most popular web browsers available.
Andrew Orr
Wesley Hilliard
Malcolm Owen
