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Apple highlights App Store protections, says it blocked $1.5B in fraud in 2020In a new feature, Apple is highlighting some of the ways that it says protects developers and users, and claims that it stopped more than $1.5 billio…
... , and monitoring developer accounts for abuse. For example, Apple says it ... . When it comes to account abuse or fraud, Apple says it ... million customer accounts due to abuse or fraud. It also blocked ... -
Craig Federighi blasts Mac security to prop up iOS App Store<a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/craig-federighi">Craig Federighi</a>, Apple's head of software engineering, said that the Mac is not current…
... it "an area of significant abuse." The Apple executive added that ... -
Spotify legal chief doubles down on 'unfair' Apple App Store bullying claimsSpotify Chief Legal Officer Horacio Gutierrez has continued to attack Apple, calling it "disingenuous" about the economics of the <a href="https://ap…
... was before their anti-competitive abuse started." On the commission fee ... -
European consumer lobbying group backs EU's Apple Music antitrust caseThe European Commission is to allow a consumer group to contribute to its continuing antitrust investigation into <a href="https://appleinsider.com/i…
... Union. That specifically prohibits the abuse of a dominant market position ... -
Apple, Mozilla, Google, Microsoft form group to standardize browser plug-insThe new WebExtensions Community Group will try to forge a common architecture for future web extensions, and is inviting developers to join the effor…
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Google hit with $268 million fine, will change how it advertises in FranceGoogle is going to change how it works with other companies regarding its online advertising business, as part of a settlement with France's competit…
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Apple's Chinese wind power partner linked to Uyghur forced labor programsA wind farm company in China that has partnered with Apple has allegedly been linked to the use of forced labor of Uyghurs from the Xinjiang region, …
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Russia votes to force U.S. tech giants to open local officesMajor tech companies like Apple must open offices in Russia by January 2022, lawmakers in the country have decided, in what could be a move to crack …
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Apple begins crackdown on leakers from ChinaKnown leakers Kang and Duan Rui both say that Apple has sent letters demanding that they stop revealing details of future products, and warning of le…
... be seen as "infringement and abuse of commercial information." No one ... -
Thief used burner iPhones and Apple Pay to purchase luxury goods, Bitcoin, and diamond-enc...Using stolen credit cards and <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-pay">Apple Pay</a>, one identity thief was able to purchase more than $6…
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Tim Cook attends 'Ted Lasso' season premiereApple CEO Tim Cook joined the stars of hit <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/Apple-TV-Plus">Apple TV+</a> comedy "Ted Lasso," at the show's sp…
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iMessage, Apple Music used by Pegasus to attack journalist iPhonesAmnesty International has detailed evidence showing some of the ways NSO's Pegasus spyware tool infiltrated the iPhones of journalists and activists,…
... issues were still available for abuse. In one attack, it was ... -
NSO Group CEO says law-abiding citizens have 'nothing to be afraid of'The CEO of NSO Group, whose spyware tools have reportedly been used to target journalists and activists, says that people who aren't criminals should…
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Apple expanding child safety features across iMessage, Siri, iCloud PhotosApple is releasing a suite of features across its platforms aimed at protecting children online, including a system that can detect child abuse mater…
... system that can detect child abuse material in iCloud while ... the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). The official ... being circulated in child sexual abuse material. At the National ... Apple maintains that surveillance and abuse of the systems was ... -
Internal Apple memo addresses public concern over new child protection featuresAn internal memo from Apple reportedly addresses concerns around CSAM and Photo scanning features, aims to uphold its commitment to user privacy whil…
... lived through the most unimaginable abuse and victimizations will be stronger ... -
What you need to know: Apple's iCloud Photos and Messages child safety initiativesIn the time since Apple announced its child safety iCloud Photos image assessment and Messages notifications, there haven't been any changes, but the…
... the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). It included features ... governments to clamp down on abuse. Although Apple's system ... Apple scanned iCloud for child abuse images. Apple has found ... start to prevent such authoritative abuse from occurring in the ... -
Apple off the hook for $308.5 patent infringement, after scheme discoveredA federal judge has handed Apple a win, ruling to toss a $308.5 million patent infringement verdict because of an underlying scheme to extract more m…
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WhatsApp latest to pile on Apple over Child Safety toolsWhatsApp chief Will Cathcart on Friday dinged Apple's plan to roll out new Child Safety features that scan user photos to find offending images, the …
... plan to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is a step ... well intentioned, could lead to abuse by governments or nefarious parties ... -
Open letter asks Apple not to implement Child Safety measuresAn open letter making the rounds online asks Apple to halt plans to roll out new Child Safety tools designed to combat child sexual abuse material, w…
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Apple's child safety initiative & leaked Thunderbolt 5 specs -- This Week in AppleIn the latest "This Week in Apple," we discuss Apple's new child safety initiative including CSAM detection in photos, leaked specs for Thunderbolt 5…
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Epic Games CEO slams Apple 'government spyware'Tim Sweeney, the chief of Epic Games, has attacked Apple over its <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/icloud">iCloud</a> Photos and messages chi…
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New FAQ says Apple will refuse pressure to expand child safety tools beyond CSAMApple has published a response to privacy criticisms of its new <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/iCloud">iCloud</a> Photos feature of scannin…
... feature of scanning for child abuse images, saying it "will refuse ... the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)." "Since we announced ... -
Apple preparing iOS 14.8 release as iOS 15 launch nearsApple appears to be readying a major point release for <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/ios-14">iOS 14</a> ahead of an expected iOS 15 launch…
... " user photos for child sexual abuse material, has proven controversial, with ... -
Apple 'poisoned the well' for client-side CSAM scanning, says former Facebook security chi...Alex Stamos, former Facebook security chief, says Apple's approach to CSAM scanning and iMessage exploitation may have caused more harm than good for…
... families as a result of abuse and sexual exploitation during his ... result, their options for preventing abuse are limited. What I would ... -
Apple's child safety initiatives explained with Jason Aten on the AppleInsider PodcastOn this special episode of the AppleInsider Podcast, guest Jason Aten joins us for a detailed explanation of Apple's new Child Safety initiatives, in…
... the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online. These tools ... and organizations for victims of abuse, and those who may be ... , but it's child sexual abuse material. And so this is ... that is known to be abuse material. That they know is ... -
Apple privacy head explains privacy protections of CSAM detection systemApple's privacy chief Erik Neuenschwander has detailed some of the projections built into the company's CSAM scanning system that prevent it from bei…
... to prevent government overreach and abuse. For one, the system only ... -
Apple drops lawsuit against virtualization firm CorelliumApple on Tuesday settled a copyright infringement lawsuit leveled against Corellium, an iOS-focused software virtualization firm that markets its war…
... 's recently announced child sexual abuse material tools, arguing that potential ... -
Senate lawmakers introduce bill targeting Apple App Store, Google PlayA bipartisan group of US senators has introduced a bill meant to curb the market power of online app stores like the Apple <a href="https://appleinsi…
... parties. "I found this predatory abuse of Apple and Google so ... -
Apple employees express concern over new child safety toolsApple employees are voicing concern over the company's new child safety features set to debut with <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/ios-15">i…
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'iPhone 13' pro video, 14-inch MacBook Pro and privacy in CSAM detection on the AppleInsid...On the AppleInsider Podcast, production begins on the mini-LED 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, "<a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/iPhone-13">…
... head of Privacy details child abuse detection and Messages safety features ...
