The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 12 (Reuters) – A backlash over Apple’s move to … Read more
I was doing some reading today about a major tech company planning to implement a new system for automatically detecting and reporting CSAM in users’ photos. Overall, the system as described in their 12-page technical summary seems to be designed … Read more
These efforts will evolve and expand over time. – Apple I am broke “non-liquid” right now. Normally, that sentence doesn’t have geopolitical ramifications on the creation of hybrid private-public surveillance state. But in my case it does. It started rather … Read more
Apple has announced impending changes to its operating systems that include new “protections for children” features in iCloud and iMessage. If you’ve spent any time following the Crypto Wars, you know what this means: Apple is planning to build a … Read more
Apple’s “iCloud Private Relay” breaks risk based authentication (RIBA). You should get rid of your RIBA process and start towards the passwordless journey. Wed Jul 07 2021◆ Florian Forster IMO = In My Opinion is a blog format where a … Read more
I was very excited at this year’s WWDC when Apple announced DocC, their new “Documentation Compiler” tool that generates documentation from comments in your source code. Unfortunately, it’s not going to work for the majority of open source authors. A … Read more
[Cryptography] Apple’s iCloud+ “VPN” Jerry Leichter leichter at lrw.com Mon Jun 14 07:58:25 EDT 2021 Apple recently announced a new service that will become available with the next versions of MacOS and iOS, as long as you have a paid … Read more
The Gates to Hell: Apples Notarizing At WWDC 2018, Apple introduced a new “security” feature to macOS called Notarizing. This announcement did concern and puzzle me a lot. Didn’t we already have the super safe and amazing “codesigning”, which was … Read more
TAIPEI — The next generation of Mac processors designed by Apple entered mass production this month, sources familiar with the matter told Nikkei Asia, bringing the U.S. tech giant one step closer to its goal of replacing Intel-designed central processing … Read more
Over the past few years, Apple seems increasingly willing to cooperate with authoritarian governments, uninterested in protecting its own users, and unwilling to actually standup for human rights in broad terms, as often portrayed by its marketing department or direct … Read more