Top 10 Privacy and Security Features Apple Announced at WWDC 2021

Apple on Monday announced a number of privacy and security-centric features to its upcoming versions of iOS and macOS at its all-online Worldwide Developers Conference. Here is a quick look at some of the big-ticket changes that are expected to debut later this fall: 1 — Decouple Security Patches...

Apple Pushes Back Against Ad Tracking in Safari and iOS 14

At WWDC, the company detailed a litany of privacy-friendly improvements to its software...

Social Media Privacy Dominates Apple iOS 12, macOS Launches

Social media privacy is top of mind for Apple on the heels of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy. On Monday, Apple released the latest versions of its desktop and mobile operating systems at the Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC, which addresses a bevy of security and privacy concern...

All New Privacy and Security Features Coming in macOS 10.14 Mojave

At Worldwide Developer Conference 2018 on Monday, Apple announced the next version of its macOS operating system, and it's called Mojave. Besides introducing new features and improvements of macOS 10.14 Mojave—like Dark Mode, Group FaceTime, Dynamic Desktop, and Finder—at WWDC, Apple also reveale...

Apple Delays App Transport Security Deadline

Apple backtracked on its plan to enforce a year-end deadline that would of required developers to move apps to an HTTPS-only model in an effort to thwart eavesdropping on insecure, plaintext HTTP connections. On Wednesday Apple said a requirement for developers to adopt App Transport Security wou...

Apple announces Encryption-focused New File System for macOS Sierra

Apple announced one huge change at WWDC 2016: The company is replacing the HFS+ file system on MacOS, iOS, tvOS and WatchOS with a new file system. The company has introduced its brand new file system called The Apple File System — or APFS for short — for iOS, OS X, tvOS, and WatchOS, making...

Apple Mac OS X 10.11 'El Capitan' Update unveiled at WWDC 2015

After Google made its Android users happy by unveiling new features in Google I/O developer conference last month, it’s now time for Apple fans…WWDC 2015 event is upon us. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is going on in San Francisco and the company has many new surprises for its users. On...