‘Apple tracks personal information despite claiming it doesn’t’
Two iOS security researchers have discovered that Apple's claim of protecting iPhone users' privacy is far from true.
A Twitter post by Tommy Mysk and Tala Haj Bakry alleges that Apple tracks users via an identifier referred to as 'Direct Services Identifier' (DSID).
Apple requests analytica... Read more
Apple releases beta of revamped iCloud web app
Apple squeezed yet another release into an already crammed October. The layout of iCloud's beta web app has been redesigned to be more configurable and visually attractive.
It's good enough to justify bookmarking the page, particularly if you regularly use a combination of Apple devices and othe... Read more
‘iCloud backups not encrypted due to pressure from FBI’
Apple apparantly decided, two years ago, not to fully encrypt backups of users' devices. This was allegedly due to pressure from the FBI, who complained, according to sources, that encrypted backups would not benefit their investigations.
Normally, Apple regularly takes a fairly straightforward ... Read more
Israeli NSO Group claims to be able to steal data from iCloud, Google Drive and OneDrive
The Israeli company NSO Group has told its customers that its technology can retrieve data from users of the servers of Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. That's what sources familiar with the sales pitch to The Financial Times say.
The NSO Group is a company that develops spyware for go... Read more
Price comparison of popular cloud storage services
Nowadays, everyone uses files not only on their devices,
but also in the cloud, often spread out over different platforms. To make
things easier, the use of a single cloud service helps. We have compared all
popular cloud storage services, so you know which one is most suitable for you.
Each of... Read more
Apple pays $30 million per month for AWS
Apple has many software services available today with iCloud, Apple Music and the new TV Plus service recently launched in the US. All these cloud services need to be distributed to more than 1.5 billion Apple devices. Apple has turned to AWS for this purpose, with an accompanying hefty contract of ... Read more