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Apple may be censoring iCloud email, “filter” cited

This seems a bit unsavory. Per a lengthy post over on Reddit, a user under the handle of “Unagi33” has given a detailed description as to how Apple may be censoring their iCloud email. The story goes through the user’s transition from Gmail to iCloud-based email, initial problems the user experienced and a description as […]

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iDict brute-force security tool for hacking iCloud account passwords becomes available on GitHub

This may be worth keeping an eye on if you’re concerned about iCloud security. Per 9to5Mac, a new tool submitted to developer web site GitHub claims to be able to perform password dictionary attacks on any iCloud account, seemingly able to evade detection from Apple’s rate-limiting security that is supposed to prevent such dictionary attacks […]

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Sources cite “deep organizational issues” as reason for slow iCloud development

This could be the reason you’re not seeing iCloud develop as quickly as it could be. Per 9to5Mac, The Information has published a report that claims “deep organizational issues” within Apple are holding up iCloud development and complicating products. The cloud-based service, which helps keep data in sync between iPhones, iPads, iPods and Macs, reportedly […]

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Apple quietly updates iWork for iCloud, adds 50 new font types, support for new languages, other changes

It wasn’t the biggest update in the universe, but it might prove helpful. According to MacRumors and German blog Macerkopf, Apple on Friday updated iWork for iCloud with support for up to eight new languages and more than 50 new fonts. The changes were added to the cloud-based versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

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Security researcher finds unsaved files are automatically saved into iCloud

This may not be what Apple intended to have happen with iCloud. And there may be a patch coming for it posthaste. According to Slate, security researcher Jeffrey Paul recently noticed that Apple’s default autosave is storing in-progress files—the ones you haven’t explicitly saved yet—in the cloud, not on your hard drive. Unless you decided […]