Tagg: Apple 81

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50573069

Apple has complied with Russian demands to show the annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russian territory on its apps.

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/10/25/hkmap-live-removed-from-the-app-store/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/09/technology/apple-app-store-competition.html

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/09/06/apple-responds-to-project-zero/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/apple-takes-flak-for-disputing-ios-security-bombshell-dropped-by-google/

Apple statement alienates the security community when the company needs it most.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/31/china-google-iphone-uyghur/

https://www.wired.com/story/ios-attack-watering-hole-project-zero/

the biggest known iPhone hacking incident of all time.

The hackers still made some strangely amateurish mistakes

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj4qw/these-iphone-lightning-cables-will-hack-your-computer

will give an attacker a way to remotely tap into your computer

https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/01/apple-suspends-siri-response-grading-in-response-to-privacy-concerns/

While we conduct a thorough review, we are suspending Siri grading globally. Additionally, as part of a future software update, users will have the ability to choose to participate in grading.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bluetooth-vulnerability-can-be-exploited-to-track-and-id-iphone-smartwatch-microsoft-tablet-users/

A flaw in the Bluetooth communication protocol may expose modern device users to tracking and could leak their ID

can be used to spy on users despite native OS protections that are in place

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-furthers-privacy-lead/

https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/613237/a-robot-apple-picker-is-using-machine-vision-to-harvest-fruit-in-new-zealand/

The machine uses lidar to navigate the rows between the trees, and machine vision to identify which apples are ripe […] It then uses a vacuum to gently “suck” apples off the trees.

https://www.wsj.com/graphics/apple-still-hasnt-fixed-its-macbook-keyboard-problem/

Apple’s third-generation butterfly keyboard was supposed to fix all the previous defects but buyers are still having problems

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gyakgw/the-prototype-dev-fused-iphones-that-hackers-use-to-research-apple-zero-days

Very few people have heard of them, but “dev-fused” iPhones sold on the grey market are one of the most important tools for the best iOS hackers in the world.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xyq8v/how-to-unlock-icloud-stolen-iphone

In a novel melding of physical and cybercrime, hackers, thieves, and even independent repair companies are finding ways to “unlock iCloud” from iPhones.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/googles-also-peddling-a-data-collector-through-apples-back-door/

It looks like Facebook was not the only one abusing Apple’s system for distributing employee-only apps to sidestep the App Store and collect extensive data on users.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps

The shutdown comes in response to news that Facebook has been using Apple’s program for internal app distribution to track teenage customers with a “research” app.

https://ifixit.org/blog/11986/iphones-are-allergic-to-helium/

Like an incredibly tiny grain of sand, the helium molecules are small enough to get inside the device, physically stop the clock, and turn your phone temporarily into a paperweight.

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/01/first-case-law-suspect-unlock-iphone-face-id/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/safari-siri-search-conspiracy-fake-news