https://nrkbeta.no/2020/06/05/utviklerne-av-smittestopp-tester-na-teknologi-fra-apple-og-google/
Norske Simula tester Apple og Googles teknologi for kontaktsporing, men det er ikke klart om dagens app Smittestopp vil bli endret eller erstattet.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyz8nw/iphone-ios-ios13-jailbreak-uncover-unc0ver
it works by taking advantage of a vulnerability in iOS that Apple is not aware of, or a so-called zero day.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/20/apple-google-phone-app-trace-coronavirus
Software can be used to develop apps that detect when a user has spent time near another user who later tests positive for the virus
long as users agree to receive the ads first.
The change follows a couple incidents over the past two years in which Apple bent its own rules by sending out push notifications that read a lot like ads. Since other companies’ apps could be banned or have their push notification privileges revoked for that behavior, the moves were criticized as another example of Apple getting away with special treatment because it controls the platform.
More than two years ago, Apple told the FBI that it planned to offer users end-to-end encryption when storing their phone data on iCloud
Under that plan, primarily designed to thwart hackers, Apple would no longer have a key to unlock the encrypted data, meaning it would not be able to turn material over to authorities in a readable form even under court order.
In private talks with Apple soon after, representatives of the FBI’s cyber crime agents and its operational technology division objected to the plan, arguing it would deny them the most effective means for gaining evidence against iPhone-using suspects, the government sources said.
When Apple spoke privately to the FBI about its work on phone security the following year, the end-to-end encryption plan had been dropped
“The goal of the Connected Home over IP project is to simplify development for manufacturers and increase compatibility for consumers.”
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.