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Apple continues working on privacy improvements in Safari as it seeks to disrupt the data industrial complex. Thinkstock
Apple seems focused on building Safari to become the world’s leading privacy-focused web browser, continuing development of under-the-hood enhancements to protect private lives.
Better privacy by proxy
Beginning with (currently in beta) iOS 14.5, Apple is improving privacy by changing how Safari accesses Google’s Safe Browsing service. The latter warns users when they visit a fraudulent website. (Apple uses the service to drive the Fraudulent Website Warning in
Settings>Safari on iOS or iPadOS devices.)
The Safe Browsing service works by identifying potentially compromised sites from Google’s web index. If it suspects a site is compromised, virtual machines are despatched to see whether the site attempts to compromise them.
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) fired a salvo at
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), saying it hopes the latest European Union draft rules on reigning in powers of tech giants sets limits for the latter, Reuters reported Tuesday.
What Happened: The Mark Zuckerberg-led social media giant reportedly pointed to the draft Digital Markets Act, which targets large companies and is aimed at forcing them to stop favoring their own services on their platforms, in its attack on Apple.
“We hope the DMA will also set boundaries for Apple,” a Facebook spokesman said, adding that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant “controls an entire ecosystem from device to app store and apps,” Reuters reported.
Apple’s nutrition labels for apps will go live today offering users more insight into data collected
The nutrition labels will be self-reported by developers who will answer a set of questions while submitting or updating apps to provide the information. Updated: December 15, 2020 8:52:28 am
Apple first announced Privacy Nutrition Labels at WWDC 2020. (Image credit: Apple)
Apple will Tuesday begin showing a nutrition label-like summary of the privacy practices of apps on their product pages. These will be self-reported by developers as announced at the World Wide Developers Conference in June and will include Apple’s own native apps too.
Users will start seeing this information now on all apps across Apple’s operating systems iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS as Cupertino has made it a mandatory part of the app submission process for all developers.
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