(Addison Wilson) This Wednesday, Project Veritas exposed DOJ for secretly spying on journalists’ Apple and Google accounts.
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You’ll Own Nothing and Like It: Apple Is Working on Hardware Subscriptions for iPhones
(Lucas Nolan) Tech giant Apple is working on turning its iPhone and other products into a subscription-based hardware service sharing some similarities with a car lease.
Money for Nothing: Apple Makes Extra $6.5 Billion by Not Including Chargers, Earbuds with iPhones
(Lucas Nolan) Tech giant Apple reportedly made over $6.5 billion in profit by not including chargers and earbuds with its iPhones.
TikTok Can Bypass Apple and Google Security Protections To Access User Data: Report
(Nick Monroe) Technical studies done by cybersecurity experts in late 2020 and early 2021 analyzed the innards of what makes video-sharing app TikTok operate.
Apple Sentences All Employees to Lethal Injection, Says They Have “Four Weeks To Comply” With COVID Booster Mandate
(Ethan Huff) Employees at Apple have less than a month to show the company proof of getting “boosted” for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) or else face potential termination. One of the only large corporations to do so thus far, Apple has decided that getting just the first two Fauci Flu shots is no longer enough for workers to stay “protected.” They must also now get the government-approved boosters or else risk losing their livelihoods. An internal email seen by The Verge reveals that both Apple Store employees and corporate employees have “four weeks to comply” once they become eligible for a booster.
German Anti-Cartel Agency Targets Google, Warns Amazon, Apple and Facebook They Could Be Next
(Jack Davis, The Western Journal) The German government’s antitrust office has announced that Google meets its standard for regulation, a step toward possible action against the Big Tech giant.
Facebook, Google, and Snapchat Are Bypassing Apple’s APP Tracking Transparency and Still Collecting Data on Users
(B.N. Frank) Downloading “free” apps onto devices more often than not allows app providers to collect personal data on users. Of course, companies that manufacture and sell devices tend to collect personal data on users too (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Having access to this data allows companies and providers to analyze users’ habits and preferences so they can market additional products and services to them. They can also sell users’ data to 3rd parties. This practice is sometimes referred to as “Surveillance Capitalism.” As more customers are becoming aware of this, more want to be able to “opt out” of privacy invasive data collection. Companies aren’t necessarily making this easy though. Recently Verizon was exposed for automatically enrolling its customers into a new program that scans users’ browser histories. Facebook, Google, and Snapchat are now also being exposed for continuing to collect data on without users’ knowledge or consent.
In Major Shift, Apple will Sell Parts for Users to Perform Repairs on its Equipment
(Just the News staff) Technology giant Apple this week announced that it is launching a self-repair program for experienced users, a major shift for a company that has famously been antipathetic toward user-led technical undertakings on its products.
Lawsuit: Apple, Google Recording Users Without Their Knowledge
(Ralph Flores) BigTech has long insisted that voice assistance is the next step when it comes to convenience, saying the technology can help people with every little need that pops up. But a new lawsuit challenges that narrative, alleging that voice assistants from Google and Apple listen in on, and even record, conversations — even if they’re not supposed to.
The All-Seeing “i”: Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy
(Edward Snowden) By now you’ve probably heard that Apple plans to push a new and uniquely intrusive surveillance system out to many of the more than one billion iPhones it has sold, which all run the behemoth’s proprietary, take-it-or-leave-it software. This new offensive is tentatively slated to begin with the launch of iOS 15—almost certainly in mid-September—with the devices of its US user-base designated as the initial targets. We’re told that other countries will be spared, but not for long.
Apple Reveals Plans to Spy on Everyone’s iPhones – Here’s How to Check for Spy Software
(Richard Abelson) Apple Computer has unveiled plans to scan iPhones in the USA, AP reports, ostensibly under the guise of searching for for child pornography. The Electronic Frontier Foundation called Apple’s giving up privacy protections “a shocking about-face for users who have relied on the company’s leadership in privacy and security.”
Apple and TSA Team Up to Create Digital ID for Air Travel
Hacker Cracks Apple’s New Gadget, Now Worried What He Found Inside Could Be Used to Spy on Us
Hacker Cracks Apple’s New Gadget, Now Worried What He Found Inside Could Be Used to Spy on Us
(C. Douglas Golden) Keep losing your keys? There’s an Apple device for that: the new AirTags, which can be attached to things you frequently lose so you can find them easily.
At Least 7 Apple Suppliers Are Using Slave Labor in China, Report Reveals
(Cassie B.) A troubling new report shows that several Apple suppliers have been using forced labor in China, a problem that has long plagued the company and many other tech giants. Two human rights groups worked with The Information to identify seven companies supplying services and products to Apple that have supported forced labor programs targeting the country’s Muslim minority population, including Uyghurs living in Xinjiang. Six of the suppliers are believed to participate in work programs that are operated by the Chinese government and are known to offer cover for forced labor.
CEO Of Apple Tim Cook Wants American’s To Vote From Their iPhones
(Anthony T) In an interview with the New York Times, Tim Cook suggested that he would feel very comfortable with voting from an iPhone and even went on to say he dreams of one day of voting from his iPhone.