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Apple refuses latest government iPhone-unlock request

January 14, 2020 0 Comments Apple, Enterprise Systems Management, mdm, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:30:00 -0800

Apple turned down a request from U.S. Attorney General William Barr this week, saying it will not help unlock two iPhones used by a terrorist suspect last month in the deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.

Barr said the shooter, 21-year-old Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, acted alone when he shot and killed three service members and wounded several others, including two sheriff’s deputies responding to the attack. Alshamrani, a member of the Saudi Air Force and an aviation student at the base, was shot dead on the scene by police.

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El extorsionista de “volcado de datos” de iCloud evita la prisión

January 10, 2020 0 Comments actualidad, Apple, carcel

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:14:30 +0000

El londinense que intentó extorsionar 100.000 $ a Apple amenazando con volcar datos de millones de cuentas de iCloud y luego cerrarlas, ha recibido una sentencia por la que puede evitar ir a la cárcel. Kerem Albayrak, de 22 años, del norte de Londres, terminó declarándose culpable de tres delitos: un cargo de chantaje y […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/x2MRPaj1B_o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple’s scanning iCloud photos for child abuse images

January 9, 2020 0 Comments Apple, ces, child abuse imagery, child porn, consumer electronics show, hashing, icloud, image matching, jane horvath, Law & order, photodna, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:22:36 +0000

It isn’t new, all the tech giants do it, and your privacy’s intact – unless you’re dealing in illegal imagery with telltale hashing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z3fh0bRjivU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI asks Apple to help it unlock iPhones of naval base shooter

January 9, 2020 0 Comments #nobackdoors, Apple, cellebrite, Cryptography, dana boente, FBI, Forensics, iOS, iPhone, iphone cracking, Law & order, Mobile, mobile phone data, mohammed saeed alshamrani, murder, murderers, pensacola, Privacy, saudi royal air force, us naval base

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 11:41:31 +0000

This could signal a renewed war between Apple and law enforcement over breaking encryption.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TYQ-v0iT5FM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple wants privacy laws to protect its users

January 8, 2020 0 Comments Apple, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:54:00 -0800

Your iPhone (like most smartphones) knows when it is picked up, what you do with it, who you call, where you go, who you know – and a bunch more personal information, too.

The snag with your device knowing all this information is that once the data is understood, that information can be shared or even used against you.

Information is power

Jane Horvath, Apple’s senior director for global privacy, appeared at CES 2020 this week to discuss the company’s approach to smartphone security. She stressed the company’s opposition to the creation of software backdoors into devices, and also said:

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Apple’s wants privacy laws to protect its users

January 8, 2020 0 Comments Apple, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:54:00 -0800

Your iPhone (like most smartphones) knows when it is picked up, what you do with it, who you call, where you go, who you know – and a bunch more personal information, too.

Information is power

The snag with your device knowing all this information is that once the data is understood than that information can be shared or even used against you.

Jane Horvath, Apple’s senior director for global privacy, appeared at CES 2012 to discuss the company’s approach to smartphone security.

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Ultra Wideband (UWB) explained (and why it’s in the iPhone 11)

December 31, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Internet of Things, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0800

One of the new chips in this year’s crop of iPhones is the U1; it provides Ultra Wideband (UWB) connectivity that, in conjunction with Internet of Things (IoT) technology, could offer a myriad of new services for enterprises and consumers.

As Apple puts it, UWB technology offers “spatial awareness” – the ability for your phone to recognize its surroundings and the objects in it. Essentially, one iPhone 11 user can point his or her phone at another and transfer a file or photo.

While the technology isn’t new, Apple’s implementation marks the first time UWB has been used in a modern smartphone.

What is Ultra Wideband?

UWB is a short-range, wireless communication protocol that – like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi – uses radio waves. But it differs substantially in that IT operates at a very high frequency. As its name denotes, it also uses a wide spectrum of several GHz. One way to think of it is as a radar that can continuously scan an entire room and precisely lock onto an object like a laser beam to discover its location and communicate data.

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Proposed standard would make warrant canaries machine-readable

December 19, 2019 0 Comments Apple, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, patriot act, Privacy, reddit, security threats, warrant canary

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:20:22 +0000

For years, organisations have been using a common tactic called the warrant canary to warn people that the government has secretly demanded access to their private information. Now, a proposed standard could make this tool easier to use.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/CmOKFRN2Bk4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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