mobile operating systems
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iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find
Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless others collect data in surprising ways.
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Apple Sends Out $US92 Payments to Users Whose iPhones Were Slowed Down
Over the weekend, Apple users finally began receiving their piece of the ‘batterygate’ settlement in the form of $US92 payments, as first reported by MacRumors. Apple admitted to slowing down old iPhones back in 2017 without notifying users, saying it was part of delivering “the best experience for customers.” Roughly seven years later, iPhone users…
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Your iPhone Is About to Get a Lot Safer Against Theft
Apple’s strategy, if there was one at all, for protecting your phone’s data from theft has been pretty bad all along. If the thief can take a glance at your password before stealing your iPhone, you have handed him your entire digital life. With the iOS 17.3 beta that rolled out yesterday, the company finally…
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Beeper Mini Rules, But It Doesn’t Solve Android’s Messaging Problem
Another app to add to my folder of messaging apps, but this one turned green bubbles into blue… for a while.