The debate continues. Apple, along with other major technology companies, have formed the privacy-focused Reform Government Surveillance (RGS) coalition as part of an effort to fight government agencies pushing for the addition of encryption backdoors. The RGS offered the following statement on Wednesday: “Recent reports have described new proposals to engineer vulnerabilities into devices and […]
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With Facebook working to regain the trust of its user base, the company is now introducing a new Data Abuse Bounty program that will reward people up to $40,000 if a data abuse breach has been found. The company offered the following comments: We committed to launching this program a few weeks ago as part […]
This is definitely something Apple needs to fix in the next version of iOS 11. A privacy bug currently allows someone to access hidden message notifications on a locked iPhone by asking Siri to read them. As of iOS 11, users can set message notifications to be hidden on the iOS’ Lock screen, wherein you’ll […]
The GrayKey forensic tool has surfaced, albeit it could present privacy and security concerns if obtained and misused by criminals and thieves. GrayKey offers a way for government agencies and members of law enforcement to gain access to an iPhone without sending it off for analysis by security analysts. The tool is marketed as being […]
Over the years, Apple’s Touch ID technology has proven to be a legal gray area whenever law enforcement or border patrol asked you to hand over your iPhone. A new feature may have surfaced in a beta of iOS 11 that essentially functions as a “cop button”, wherein the iPhone owner can set up a […]