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  • Apple details user privacy, security features built into its CSAM scanning system

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    It's just unacceptable to build a spyware into billions of devices – now that criminals are warned, who are they going to catch?

    I will NEVER accept that my data will be scanned on my OWN DEVICES and for sure I won't PAY FOR A DEVICE to spy me.

    iOS 15 and thereby iPhone 13 is now dead for me.
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  • Apple has new App Store rules, business terms, and sideloading conditions for EU developer...

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    Did I read that right?

    - 88% of developers in the EU pay no fees (meaning they’re free Apps).
    - 9% pay 15% (they’re smaller developers under $1 million in revenues).
    - That leaves only 3% of all developers in the EU who pay the full 30%.

    Can someone explain how this helps small developers when only 3% of all developers are paying 30% fees? Seems clear to me that the whiners at the top who make the most money are the ones complaining and these changes will do nothing to help the other 97%.
    The 9% will probably now pay 10% instead of 15%.
    The 3% will now pay 17% instead of 30%.
    MORE IMPORTANT: Apple will not review the content of Apps that come from 3rd part app stores (so the apps need only to comply with the 3rd party app store guideline and the law) so there is no single company that decides which app is "legal" or not!
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  • Head EU antitrust regulator wants Apple to allow alternate app stores

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    That's the right thing, users should be able to choose.
    I don't think it would harm Apple really hard, but it would bring freedom to the platform.
    When Apple allows third party app stores, it could be done with maintaining the iOS security model (only app review is done by another company).
    williamlondonelijahgBeatsdarkvader

  • Apple details user privacy, security features built into its CSAM scanning system

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    robaba said:
    markbyrn said:
    To quote Apple in 2019, "What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone."  If Cook and company are willing to break that promise, it's safe to assume they won't honor their promise to only scan for CSAM.  As much as Apple's biggest defenders try to spin this betrayal as being noble, CSAM is just the proverbial Trojan Horse.   In 2021, Apple's new mantra will be, "You must surrender privacy under the guise of protecting children."
    Sorry, but that’s BS.  They aren’t  run checks on what you keep on your phone, only what you send in an uplink to your iCloud account.  This is in preparation, I believe, for the complete end-to-end encryption of everything that leaves your phone.  This is also not a case where they are scanning and recording the photos on your phone.  They hash all the content and comparing it to hashes of known material.  Surveillance state this is not!
    Apple needs to pull the check from the device, even if it only occurs when uploading to iCloud. I will never accept this kind of spyware on one of my devices!
    If they really believe that this is necessary they should make it part of their cloud infrastructure (would cost them some $$$ to calculate all the hashes)!
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondoncat52baconstangharrywinterdarkvaderbyronl

  • Tim Cook talks the need for privacy and exciting AI, AR

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    I don't believe anything Apple tells about privacy until image scanning (CSAM) on the device is finally declared to be dead. 
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  • Apple rumored to pick and choose which markets will get sideloading in iOS 17

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    twolf2919 said:
    If side loading becomes a reality, I hope Apple insists on putting up a clear warning dialog whenever a user tries to side load an application.  The EU doesn't seem to give a sh1t about the safety/security of naive users who, until this becomes available, relied on Apple to keep them secure from malicious apps.  I can already see the Safari popups inviting users to download a cool free app from lord-knows-where.   A warning that they're about to install an application from a potentially dangerous source should be done for sure.  It would be even nicer if Apple required all apps - side loaded or not - to go through the Apple review process or at least be signed with a valid certificate so there's at least traceability.

    Side loading works great on the Mac as long as you only load software with a valid developer certificate. I expect the same on iOS. If you believe that the App Store protects you from malware you are just wrong. The App Store review process is great to enforce the rules defined by Apple on how apps should behave and on content restrictions, but any well hidden malware would not be detected.
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  • Here we go again - Apple rejects Hey Calendar app from App Store

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    Apple depends on third party software, they should allow this app. This is exactly the behavior that fuels the antitrust investigations! 
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  • How to import your old passwords into the new Apple Passwords

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    I won't use any password manager that puts my data into any cloud in order to synchronize. Using Safe+ synchronization is done via WiFi and data is kept on my devices.
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  • iPhone 16 won't be compelling and Apple will get hurt because of it, says Kuo

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    If the iPhone 16 Pro would get the telephoto camera of the iPhone 15 Pro Max (or even better), I am sure Apple will sell a lot of iPhone 16 Pro.
    libertyandfreegregoriusmwilliamlondonmuthuk_vanalingamTomPMRI

  • Trump says Tim Cook complained to him about the EU

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    I hope this did not happen !
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