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Google and Apple suspend contractor access to voice recordings

Posted on August 5, 2019 by nocrackingzone

This week, Apple and Google announced that they will limit the way audio recorded by their voice assistants, Siri and Google Assistant, are accessed internally by contractors. Let’s start with Apple. Apple’s privacy hump began a week ago when The Guardian ran a story revealing that contractors “regularly hear” all sorts of things Apple customers […]

Five Eyes nations demand access to encrypted messaging

Posted on August 1, 2019 by nocrackingzone

The alliance wants tech companies to build backdoor access to users’ encrypted data, by force if necessary.

iMessage bug could have allowed attackers to read data from any iPhone

Posted on July 31, 2019 by nocrackingzone

Google’s Project Zero has unveiled details of a bug in Apple’s iMessage that lets attackers read data from an iPhone without any user interaction.

Listening in: Humans hear the private info Siri accidentally records

Posted on July 30, 2019 by nocrackingzone

Apple Watch and HomePod have the highest rate of inadvertent recordings, a whistleblower says.

Apple’s July patchfest fixes bugs in multiple products

Posted on July 24, 2019 by nocrackingzone

Apple released fixes for various products this week, including one for a bug that has been public with proof-of-concept code for two months.

Big password hole in iOS 13 beta spotted by testers

Posted on July 23, 2019 by nocrackingzone

A security clanger has been spotted in the current beta version of iOS 13 which allows anyone to access a user’s stored web and app passwords without having to authenticate.