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iOS iPhoneAug 27, 2021Aug 27, 2021

Apple’s Find My app helped Weld County deputies in apprehending a fleeing suspect

Apple’s Find My app helped apprehend a fugitive in Weld County. The tracking app led to Weld County sheriff’s deputies made an arrest of 51-year-old Steven Sandoval after they tracked his lost iPhone to the suspect’s pickup truck. Deputies used…

iOS iPhoneAug 27, 2021

Edward Snowden deems Apple’s CSAM detection as an intrusive surveillance system

Rida Imran

Privacy whistleblower, Edward Snowden warns that Apple’s improvident CSAM detection system is a “disaster-in-the-making” that will “permanently redefine what belongs to you, and what belongs to them.” Snowden is an ex-computer intelligence consultant of the National Security Agency (NSA) in…

Chrome iOSAug 26, 2021Aug 27, 2021

Google’s payment to Apple in 2021 might be $15 billion to be the default search engine in iOS

Rida Imran

Based on Apple’s public filings and analysis of Google’s TAC (traffic acquisition costs) payments, Bernstein analyst, Toni Sacconaghi forecasts that Google’s payment to the Cupertino tech giant in FY 2021 will be approximately $15 billion to stay the default search…

iOS iPhoneAug 26, 2021Aug 26, 2021

Apple is testing a new capability to unlock iPhone 13 while wearing a mask – Leaker

Rida Imran

Jon Prosser, an Apple-focused leaker with a good track record claims that Apple is testing Face ID hardware which will be able to unlock iPhone 13, even if users have masks on. His sources have shared images of new prototype…

iOS iPad iPhone MacAug 26, 2021Aug 26, 2021

iCloud subscribers can create custom domains on iCloud+ beta

Rida Imran

Apple will be upgrading its iCloud subscription to iCloud+ this fall. Without any extra charge, the cloud service will offer new premium features like Private Relay, Hide My Email, and expanded HomeKit Secure Video support. In addition, the subscribers will…

iOSAug 25, 2021

Apple and Google are saved by the South Korean axe to end their in-app purchase commissions

Rida Imran

A regulatory bill to curb the dominance of Apple and Google on in-app purchases’ commission is put on hold, for an indefinite time. Yonhap reports that the plenary session for final voting on the bill was “delayed until further notice.”…

iOS Android TwitterAug 25, 2021Aug 25, 2021

Twitter tests a new feature to allow users to easily discover more Spaces

Rida Imran

Twitter announced that it is testing a new feature to help users discover more Spaces on iOS and Android versions of the app. Currently, for some users Spaces which their contacts are listening to will appear on top of their…

Android iOSAug 25, 2021Aug 25, 2021

S.Korean regulators could bar Apple and Google from charging in-app purchases’ commission

Rida Imran

The parliament’s legislation and judiciary committee in South Korea is reported to approve the “Anti-Google law” Act which would stop Apple and Google from charging a commission for in-app purchases via their app stores. After the committee’s approval, the bill…

iOSAug 25, 2021Aug 25, 2021

Man stole 620,000 photos from iCloud accounts in a scheme to obtain nudes

Asma Hussain

The latest case of iCloud hacking comes from a man in Los Angeles County who stole more than 620,000 personal images and videos from thousands of iCloud accounts with the intent to steal and share nudes of young women. La…

iOS iPhoneAug 24, 2021Aug 25, 2021

Pegasus enabled Bahraini government to hack iPhones of nine activists, at home and in exile

Rida Imran

A recent investigation by Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto found that the Bahrain government used Pegasus spyware to hack the iPhones of nine Bahraini activists. The spyware successfully attacked iPhone between June 2020 and February 2021. Pegasus is…