Apple Privacy Survey: iOS users agree with Apple’s Latest Privacy Update…but 74% would rather be tracked than pay for sites & apps https://www.sellcell.com/blog/apple-privacy-survey/
More than half App Store privacy labels false in small-scale Washington Post spot checks https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/29/app-store-privacy-labels/
Apple’s Tim Cook criticizes social media practices, intensifying Facebook conflict https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-facebook/apples-tim-cook-criticizes-social-media-practices-intensifying-facebook-conflict-idUSKBN29X2NB
Apple’s next iOS 14 beta will begin forcing developers to ask for permission to track you https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/28/22253366/apple-app-tracking-transparency-opt-in-requirement-beta-launch
Italy consumer association sues Apple for planned iPhone obsolescence https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-apple-class-action-idUSKBN29U1BB
There’s Still No Sign of Privacy Labels for Most Google iOS Apps https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/20/google-ios-apps-still-no-privacy-labels/
Big Tech’s Year of Big PoliticalSpending https://themarkup.org/2020-in-review/2020/12/24/big-techs-year-of-big-political-spending
macOS Big Sur 11.2 beta 2 removes filter that lets Apple apps bypass third-party firewalls https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/13/macos-big-sur-11-2-beta-2-removes-filter-that-lets-apple-apps-bypass-third-party-firewalls/
Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/facebook-declared-war-on-apple-it-just-may-signal-end-of-facebook.html
Dozens of journalists’ iPhones hacked with NSO ‘zero-click’ spyware, says Citizen Lab https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/20/citizen-lab-iphone-nso-group/
iPhones vulnerable to hacking tool for months, researchers say https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/20/iphones-vulnerable-to-hacking-tool-for-months-researchers-say
Google, Apple, and others show large language models trained on public data expose personal information https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/16/google-apple-and-others-show-large-language-models-trained-on-public-data-expose-personal-information/
Facebook’s Laughable Campaign Against Apple Is Really Against Users and Small Businesses https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/facebooks-laughable-campaign-against-apple-really-against-users-and-small
Facebook Criticising Apple’s iOS 14 Privacy Changes is a Hypocrisy https://thebigtech.substack.com/p/facebook-criticising-apples-ios-14
Tech giants will block Kazakhstan’s web surveillance efforts again https://www.engadget.com/tech-giants-browsers-block-kazakhstan-web-surveillance-080031499.html
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