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"The consensus among cybersecurity experts could not be clearer:

There is no way to provide government access to end-to-end encrypted data without breaking end-to-end encryption, thus putting every user’s security and privacy at risk."

Join the voice of experts in the joint letter to stop the UK's order to break encryption – Sign and share our petition today ⬇️

#encryption #privacy #Apple #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…


Keep our Apple data encrypted

It is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any Apple user has upload to the cloud. Encryption keeps our private information safe and secure.
38 Degrees
#apple #privacy #encryption #cybersecurity #ukpol #ukpolitics

If Apple complies with this, the UK government will gain access to all iCloud data globally. The only way Apple comes out of this with any integrity is to leave the UK market. If they give in to this, every regime in the world will demand the same thing. And that’s before we even get to the fact that there’s no such thing as a “backdoor” for just so-and-so. Either there is a door or there isn’t and if there is, anyone who obtains the key can use it.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#apple #backdoor #UK #encryption #privacy #security #personhood #data #democracy #humanRights #iCloud


UK demands ability to access Apple users’ encrypted data

Expert says government has ‘lit the blue touch paper on a truly enormous fight’ as it challenges firm’s privacy stance
Dan Milmo (The Guardian)
#apple #privacy #encryption #security #uk #HumanRights #democracy #data #personhood #icloud #backdoor

You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device?

If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy".

You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps.

developers.google.com/android/…


Google System APK Transparency

Google for Developers
#android #apple #google #privacy #mobile #phone #androidsystemsafetycore

#apple #AI #canada #mac #appleintelligence #macos15sequoia #buycanadian

This is wild. In the updated Mac User Guide when you click on "learn more" in the Apple Intelligence area of the Settings it says:

"Turn Apple Intelligence on: With macOS 15.3 or later, Apple Intelligence is on by default and integrated across features in your apps. "

then a few lines later…

"Note: Apple Intelligence is currently in beta. Apple Intelligence uses generative models, and outputs may be inaccurate, unexpected, or offensive. Check important information for accuracy."

#Canada #BuyCanadian #AI #AppleIntelligence #mac #Apple #macos15sequoia

A screenshot of the help guide a portion of the text says: Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system built into macOS Sequoia. It combines the power of generative models with an understanding of your personal context to deliver intelligence that’s useful and relevant. Apple Intelligence is designed to understand and create language and images; prioritize and summarize notifications, mail, and messages; and draw from the personal information on your device to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks. And it does all this while protecting your privacy. Availability: Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to English in most regions around the world. For more information, see the Apple Support article Apple Intelligence requirements. Turn Apple Intelligence on: With macOS 15.3 or later, Apple Intelligence is on by default and integrated across features in your apps. If you have an earlier version of macOS 15 (or if you previously turned off Apple Intelligence), choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Apple Intelligence & Siri , then click Get Apple Intelligence. Turn Apple Intelligence off: Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Apple Intelligence & Siri , then click the button next to Apple Intelligence. Note: Apple Intelligence is currently in beta. Apple Intelligence uses generative models, and outputs may be inaccurate, unexpected, or offensive. Check important information for accuracy.
#apple #AI #canada #mac #appleintelligence #macos15sequoia #buycanadian

I would also like to say to Apple. You've had Siri for how many years? You've added many variations to your English speakers. But no Canadian variations.

Perhaps it's just the moment we're in, but I'd like to see a Canadian Western, Canadian Eastern, Canadian Maritime, and Newfoundland Option for Siri.

Thank you very much.
#Canada #BuyCanadian

#AI #AppleIntelligence #mac #Apple #macos15sequoia

A screenshot of the English voice dialogue in Siri shows on the left, American, Australian, British, Indian, Irish, and South African. American is selected and there are 5 voices available on the right
#apple #AI #canada #mac #appleintelligence #macos15sequoia #buycanadian

“ChatGPT Extension”

OH HELLS NO. I'm not going to be a part of that. I draw the line there immediately.

Edit: It appears that this is not on by default. I did not set it up and I turned off the "suggestions”.
#AI #AppleIntelligence #mac #Apple #macos15sequoia

About Siri, Dictation & Privacy... Siri Responses... Extensions ChatGPT Siri and other features can use ChatGPT to help answer your requests.
< > ChatGPT Extension Use ChatGPT ChatGPT can help you write text, create an image, answer questions, and more. OpenAl Terms of Use... Set Up... Siri Setup Prompts Allow Siri to suggest ChatGPT when you make a request that requires it.
A dialog offering to connect to ChatGPT
#apple #AI #mac #appleintelligence #macos15sequoia

You can turn Apple Intelligence off on macOS in the new “Apple Intelligence & Siri” area of System Settings.

See my previous boost on creating a “mismatch" Siri voice that effectively disables AI across all your connected Apple iCloud devices.
#AI #AppleIntelligence #mac #Apple #macos15sequoia

A screenshot of the Apple Intelligence & Siri dialogue shows it is about 10 options down the list on the left. There is a toggle button at the top of the dialog on the right with “Apple Intelligence”
#apple #AI #mac #appleintelligence #macos15sequoia

#apple #AI #mac #appleintelligence #macos15sequoia

OH WHAT

My Apple Mac AI + @ivory (?) just summarized my post criticizing Apple’s AI.

I CRITICIZE THIS UNAPPROVED SUMMATION OF MY CRITICISM

#mac #apple

A notification says from Ivory says “Chris Alemany Apple Intelligence post criticizes Apple’s shift towards image creation tools.”
#apple #mac @Ivory by Tapbots

ughh... Apple Intelligence is here.

I also remember text to speech being super cool back in the MacOS 8 days.

I am not convinced we've really advanced that far contrary to what some want to say.

And we have definitely pitched the whole "Apple is about the Creative People" out the window in favour of "Image Creation Tools -- based on the unpaid work of millions -- are here.”

#mac #apple

A picture of a information window that popped up after completion of the update. It announces apple intelligence.
A picture of a not notification on the top right corner of my screen says image creation tools are here. Genmoji and image playground are now available for your Mac. With a little multicoloured square icon on the left side.
#apple #mac

#apple #mac

Have you seen Callsheet? It’s an iOS app for movie and tv information. It’s a better version of IMDB. I finally took the time to review it. It’s awesome! Why did I wait so long? Nicely done @caseyliss !!

#ios #movies #tv #app #apple

Screenshot of the Callsheet app by Casey Liss, co-host of the Accidental Tech Podcast. It shows 2 sections - “Pinned Content” and “Popular Movies”.
#apple #app #ios #movies #tv @Casey Liss

Ryan Chenkie:

Developers, please be careful when installing Homebrew. Google is serving sponsored links to a Homebrew site clone that has a cURL command to malware. The URL for this site is one letter different than the official site.


Note: Google allows the ad sponsors to specify an URL that will be displayed on the ad (original brew.sh here), but the click takes you to the malware domain brewe.sh.

#Apple #HomeBrew #Google #MacOS

Fake website "brewe[.]sh" which looks just like the original but distributes malware
Example of Google search result for Homebrew where the first hit is a malware link
#apple #google #MACOS #homebrew

#linux #apple #ios #postmarketos #iphone #MobileLinux #linuxmobile @Nick Chan

#apple #Trump #capitalism #neoliberalism #fascism #timcook

#apple #privacy

Navazuji na včerejší tip.

Tady je porovnání iPhone a různých odnoží Androidu. Většina lidí má "Android" - distribuci plnou šmírovátek od Google obohacenou o bloatware výrobce, který nejen že šmíruje po svém, ale často zavléká bezpečnostní chyby, zabírá místo v úložišti i RAM.

V GrapheneOS mimo jiné vůbec není položka "Reklama" s Mobile Advertising ID.

Zdroj: youtu.be/lb1BbT5fpwA

#soukromí #kybez #Google #Apple #grapheneos

What Is The Most Private Phone?

What is the most private phone and what makes a phone private? That is the question... and we have answers! Please support my work: https://www.patreon.com/t...
YouTube
#apple #google #grapheneos #soukromí #kybez

Máte vy nebo někdo ve vašem okolí (defaultně) aktivní Mobile Advertising ID? Pak počítejte s tím, že jste díky němu sledováni a tato data si může někdo koupit. Využití je mnoho...

#soukromí #kybez - #Google a #Apple v roli pasáků

krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/th…


The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation states. But a…
krebsonsecurity.com
#apple #google #soukromí #kybez

Are you interested how to use Apple notes as an #accessible graphing calculator? Check out this post

nunonuno.micro.blog/2024/11/04…
#accessibility #apple #blind #ios #math #education #tech

Using Apple Notes as an accessible graphing calculator

Starting with the basics Exploring our graphs with VoiceOver How does it relate to other accessible graphing tools? Epilogue Starting with the basics With the release of their latest batch of operating systems Apple made some substantial updates to…
nunonuno.micro.blog
#Accessibility #accessible #apple #blind #ios #tech #education #math

#apple #swiftui #uikit

Code Factory und Acapela, alternative Sprachausgaben für NVDA
Wer sich den kostenlosen Screenreader NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) installiert, wird mit der freien Sprachausgabe eSpeak oder den Windows-stimmen leben müssen. Diese sind brauchbar, für längeres Arbeiten allerdings eher weniger geeignet. Sie sind zwar tief in Windows integriert...
merkst.de/code-factory-acapela…
#Android #Apple #Computer #Google #JAWS #Lautsprecher #Microsoft #NVDA #Screenreader #Test #VoiceOver #Windows

Code Factory und Acapela, alternative Sprachausgaben für NVDA

merkst.de
#android #apple #google #Windows #test #screenreader #microsoft #computer #nvda #jaws #voiceover #lautsprecher

Safari’s Private Mode doesn’t mean you are anonymous 🫣 Here’s how you can turn off Apple’s Private Browsing 👉 tuta.com/blog/turn-off-private…

A better solution? Start using a private browser 👉 tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…

#Privatemode #Privatebrowsing #Apple #ios #Browser #Anonymous

How to turn off Private Mode

Best Private Browsers 2024 | Top 10 To Stop Trackers | Tuta

When it comes to most secure browsers Firefox is the best alternative to Chrome on our list - and, no, incognito mode doesn't cut it.
Tuta
#apple #browser #ios #anonymous #privatemode #privatebrowsing

Still wishing we could see them in physical stores worldwide, with versions at affordable prices even if those may be slower. It's a bit sad to support something I know I can't get, although the initiative is a lifesaver and a much needed thing: In a normal world #Purism / #Librem should explode to the popularity of #Apple devices, especially among those that us who understand the harm and danger to ourselves perpetrated under the hoax of safety by the powerful.
#apple #purism #librem

"Bier’s first hit app, TBH, was marketed to teenagers and...it 'requested address book access before actually being able to use the app'. [...] Bier’s reputation for success is built on this growth hacking technique, so I understand why he is upset."
[...]
"Apple’s solution is imperfect. But if it stops the Biers of the world from building apps which ingest wholesale the contact lists of teenagers, I find it difficult to object."

pxlnv.com/blog/growth-hack/

#Apple #Privacy #SocialMedia #Tech

#apple #privacy #socialmedia #tech

For some reason, I rarely advertised the fact that my music is also available on #Apple #Music (as well as on other streaming outlets).
The following tune was recorded with a few outstanding musicians, including @FreakyFwoof, Jason Castingway and others.
Plz follow and spread the word, if you like. Thank you!

music.lnk.to/0HIpjF

#apple #music @Andre Louis

I did some quick research about Apple Inc.'s financials earlier today and figured I might as well post it here before closing those tabs:

Market Capitalization (aka marketcap) is the value of one share of a company multiplied by the number of shares in existence.

Apple's marketcap is currently sitting around 3.358 Trillion USD [1].

For context, this is approximately 183% of the marketcap of Alphabet (Google), which is 1.835 Trillion [2], or roughly 216% the expected 2025 budget of the US military

[3]As of the end of Q2 2024 Apple had 25.565 Billion USD in cash or cash equivalents

[4][1]: companiesmarketcap.com/inr/app…

[2]: companiesmarketcap.com/alphabe…

[3]: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military…

[4]: finbox.com/NASDAQGS:AAPL/explo…

#apple

#apple

#apple #Disabled #AppleVis

Apple gave us a great, #accessible graphing calculator on #iOS and #iPadOS in the form of math notes. Given, for example a quadratic function: y=2x^2 +x +1 it generates a graph which sounds like this. While such simple quadratic equations can be used only in schools I see huge potential in making math more accessible to the #blind. As a math nerd and someone who almost failed a year at school due to accessibility, I am really happy and grateful to #apple for making this accessible to us.
#accessible #apple #blind #ios #ipados

This is gross, and further confirms Apple’s transition from innovation to rent-seeking, but there is a good solution: Stop having an app. Patreon would work just fine as a web site, no?

mas.to/@carnage4life/112950113…

#apple


Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life@mas.to)

Attached: 1 image Apple has informed Patreon that it will be kicked out of the App Store unless it pays the 30% tax for all donations.
mas.to
#apple

#apple

A Brief tour of the End, an accessible fiction podcast directory.
This is a brief tour of The End database, for fiction podcasts, with Apple's screen reader on iOS. I walk through some pages of the website that show how clean markup can make a website very easy to navigate for everyone, not just screen reader users.

The End | Completed Audio Fiction

The End is a directory with over 1,000 completed audio fiction—either at the series or season level—ready for you to listen to and enjoy at your pace.
The End | Completed Audio Fiction
#Accessibility #apple #technology #computers #Screen reader

We’re growing our product team!

Are you an #iOS Developer who wants to lead our official #Mastodon iOS #App?

This is a remote full-time position and requires an overlap with the CET timezone.

Ideally:

1. You are a senior iOS Developer comfortable with a mature codebase
2. Proficient in #Swift and #Apple Frameworks (UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine)
3. Prior experience with social media networks is a big plus!

For more info/to apply:
jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/bc91…

#FediHire #GetFediHired #hiring #mastodev


iOS Developer (m/f/d)

We're looking for a full-time remote iOS Developer to work on our official Mastodon iOS app.
jobs.ashbyhq.com
#apple #app #Mastodon #ios #mastodev #hiring #FediHire #getfedihired #swift

I honestly wish the audio games forum was shutting down instead of @AppleVis but on a more serious note, I'd love the site to be given to the community or archived in some way because this is blindness history and there is no other comparable repository of accessible apps for iOS. Can someone, anyone, talk to David and the team and preserve the apps databases, at least? Give the website to the community, don't just shut it down completely because there's a lot of community value. Shut down the forums, but at least keep the repositories and blog posts alive for as long as the domain and host will last. applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess… #Apple #Blind #Accessibility

The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis

Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.
www.applevis.com
#Accessibility #apple #blind @AppleVis

Despite all my experience, I am sometimes tempted to give certain #software vendors a second chance.

And I was curious to see what the new #AppleMaps could do. Unfortunately, my trial only lasted a few seconds, because neither one of my operating systems nor the browser I use for my daily work are supported.

And so I can say: negative prejudices confirmed, I don't need something like this.

#Apple #Firefox #interoperability #Linux

Screenshot when opening the new Apple Maps on my Firefox Browser on Android, stating that their offering is only supported on Safari and/or Chrome based browsers on MacOS or Windows.
#linux #apple #firefox #software #interoperability #applemaps

APPLE OR ANDROID? 🧐

Either way, we've got you covered ✌️

Read our #tips for protecting your #privacy on iPhone and Android here👇

✅Android users: tuta.com/blog/android-settings…
✅iPhone users: tuta.com/blog/iphone-security-…

#apple #android #security #tips #privacytips #securitytips #Tuta #encrypted #Eu

Picture of an iPhone and an Android.

Increase your privacy with these Android security settings.

Don’t share all your data with Google! Improving your privacy settings on Android is quick and easy with this guide.
Tutanota
#android #apple #privacy #security #EU #encrypted #tips #tuta #securitytips #privacytips

Leute, wenn ihr eure Privatsphäre wenigstens ein bisschen schützen wollt, dann benutzt Werbe- und Trackingblocker [3]. Gegen solche Szenarien wie »Databroker Files« [2] kann man sich schon relativ einfach schützen. [1] 👇

[1] kuketz-blog.de/android-werbung…
[2] netzpolitik.org/2024/databroke…
[3] kuketz-blog.de/empfehlungsecke…

#tracking #dsgvo #advertisingid #google #apple #android #ios


Databroker Files: Firma verschleudert 3,6 Milliarden Standorte von Menschen in Deutschland

Datenhändler verbreiten die Standorte von Menschen in Deutschland – teils sogar kostenlos, wie Recherchen von netzpolitik.org und BR zeigen.
netzpolitik.org
#android #apple #google #ios #tracking #DSGVO #AdvertisingID

»Firma verschleudert 3,6 Milliarden Standorte von Menschen in Deutschland«. Seit Jahren erwähne ich in fast jedem Artikel, in dem es um Tracking und Android-Apps geht, dass die Google Advertising-ID ein personenbeziehbares Datum ist. Dies wurde nun erneut eindrucksvoll bewiesen. 👇

Weg aus der Misere: Verwendet googlefreie Systeme wie #GrapheneOS und nutzt Werbe- und Trackingblocker.

netzpolitik.org/2024/databroke…

kuketz-blog.de/empfehlungsecke…

#tracking #dsgvo #advertisingid #google #apple #android #ios


Databroker Files: Firma verschleudert 3,6 Milliarden Standorte von Menschen in Deutschland

Datenhändler verbreiten die Standorte von Menschen in Deutschland – teils sogar kostenlos, wie Recherchen von netzpolitik.org und BR zeigen.
netzpolitik.org
#android #apple #google #ios #tracking #grapheneos #DSGVO #AdvertisingID

#apple #fitness #tracking #garmin #smartwatch #applewatch #sport #Huawei #gps #gadgetbridge #amazfit #huaweihealth #sleeptracking #sleep #herzfrequenz #heartmonitor #spo2

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