privacy

Privacy remains crucial for Apple with new changes for iOS 14

During its annual World Wide Developer's Conference, Apple continued to hammer home its priority on privacy with several new features across all of its platforms.

Andrew O'Hara | 4 years ago

Zoom backtracks, says end-to-end encryption will be able to all users

Zoom on Wednesday backtracked on an earlier decision and said it would provide end-to-end encryption for all users — even ones on the free tier.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

Facebook tests Face ID authentication for iOS Messenger app

Facebook is quietly testing out a feature for its Messenger app to authenticate users via Face ID or Touch ID, a feature that may help keep accounts secure and private, even if the user lends their iPhone to someone else.

Malcolm Owen | 4 years ago

Apple working on tech to auto blur sensitive images in live video conferences

Apple is researching technology that would identify confidential or sensitive elements in a video frame, and automatically blur or replace them with a static image to protect privacy.

William Gallagher | 4 years ago

Congress plans legislation to regulate contact tracing apps

The U.S. Senate plans to unveil bipartisan legislation Monday to introduce regulations on COVID-19 contact tracing and exposure notification apps.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

Congress pulls surveillance bill that included protections from warrantless browser searches

Legislation that reauthorized key domestic surveillance laws and would have protected Americans from warrantless searches of browsing data has been pulled, following a Tweet from the president.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

House leaders agree to vote on amendment to bar warrantless browser history searches

Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have struck a new deal to protect Americans from warrantless searches of their browsing history.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

Apple, other tech companies condemn warrantless browser searches

A coalition of tech companies, including a group that represents Apple, is calling on Congress to protect user browser history from warrantless searches.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

Irish data protection body questioning Apple over Siri grading practices

A day after the Siri whistleblower lamented that there were no investigations into Apple's Siri quality monitoring, The Irish Data Protection Commission said it is again questioning Apple over the grading practices.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

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Utah declines Apple-Google exposure notification API for app made by social media startup

The state of Utah has rejected the Apple-Google Exposure Notification framework in favor of a less private contact tracing app created by social media startup Twenty.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

UK 'racing' to improve contact tracing privacy without Apple and Google

U.K. National Health Service officials are "racing" to improve its mobile contact tracing amid concerns that the public won't adopt it, and worries that iOS security could hamper its effectiveness.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

CDC contact tracing criteria give nod to Apple-Google approach

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week published a paper outlining key features public health organizations should look for in a COVID-19 contact tracing platform, with the recommendations closely following methodology implemented in Apple and Google's exposure notification system.

AppleInsider Staff | 4 years ago

Senators to introduce COVID-19 contact tracing privacy legislation

A group of Republican senators on Thursday said that they intend to introduce a bill that would regulate how consumer data is used to fight the spread of COVID-19, including by Apple and Google's exposure notification system.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

Cellebrite pitching iPhone hacking tools as a way to stop COVID-19

Multiple smartphone surveillance and data extraction companies, including iPhone hacking firm Cellebrite, are pitching their products to governments as an alternative method of tracking the spread of COVID-19.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

Germany changes stance on Apple-Google contact tracing project

Germany has changed its stance on Apple and Google's work to create a contact tracing system for tracking and managing the spread of COVID-19, supporting a privacy-forward decentralized approach instead of using a centralized system.

Malcolm Owen | 4 years ago

Apple, Google in a 'standoff' with Germany and France over contact tracing privacy

Apple and Google are currently at loggerheads with German and French officials over security technicalities in iOS and questions of how to store contact tracing data.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago

Security experts have concerns about Apple and Google contact tracing

Apple and Google are working on a Bluetooth contact tracing system that could help track and possibly reduce the spread of COVID-19. But security experts that AppleInsider have spoken to express concerns about privacy and execution, which could undermine its effectiveness.

Mike Peterson | 4 years ago