All about the latest iPhone location privacy scare

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:05:00 -0800

That story going round that claims iPhone 11 devices are secretly harvesting your location information even though you’ve told them not to do so? You don’t need to worry about it, and here’s why:

What’s the story?  

The tale begins when a security researcher noticed the devices seemed to be sending out location data even when Location Services were switched off on the iPhone.

He thought this was weird, but Apple reassured him that this was “expected behaviour” – and while the company took a little time to figure out what to say about this, it’s answer is convincing, once you know what it means.

What Apple said

The matter relates to iPhone 11’s U1 chip, which brings in an exciting (yet veteran) technology called Ultra Wideband (UWB).

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Apple fires employee after he texts customer’s pic to his own phone

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:29:42 +0000

An “EXTREMELY PERSONAL”, year-old pic, the woman said, that he had to scroll through 5,000 photos to get to. Police are investigating.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/pJ0UYPjeVG8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hai uno dei primi iPhone o iPad? Aggiornalo ora o dovrai trasformalo in un fermacarte

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 05:30:59 +0000

E’ possibile evitargli questo destino aggiornando il dispositivo, ma c’è un dettaglio fondamentale: è necessario fare l’upgrade entro le 12:00 UTC del 3 novembre<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/xM1v2f1ZA2M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Got an early iPhone or iPad? Update now or turn it into a paperweight

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:26:25 +0000

Calling Apple iPhone 5, iPhone 4s or early iPad owners – your device may be about to turn into a vintage technology paperweight.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zgT62q9uedk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Woman ordered to type in iPhone passcode so police can search device

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:41:03 +0000

It’s not a violation of her Fifth Amendment rights, the court said, because it’s a “foregone conclusion” that she knows her phone passcode.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DdWnZ_mEEBY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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El jailbreak Checkm8 y AltStore agrietan el jardín amurallado de Apple

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:33:40 +0000

Jailbreak iPhones se ha vuelto mucho más difícil con cada nueva versión del hardware, pero este fin de semana hemos visto dos nuevos anuncios que permiten instalar aplicaciones en sus teléfonos. Uno de ellos es un jailbreak tradicional, mientras que el otro es una tienda de aplicaciones alternativa que utiliza un vacío en el proceso [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/drUduqN5N6Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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iPhone lockscreen bypass: iOS 13 tricked into showing your contacts

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:43:04 +0000

This time, José Rodríguez came up with a way to trick the iOS 13 beta into showing its address book without the need to unlock the screen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ItkiemPxojs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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