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UK Demands Access to All Encrypted iCloud Data Worldwide
The UK has officially demanded that Apple grant access to all encrypted user data on iCloud worldwide. This demand came in the form of a secret order issued by UK security officials last month. The request isn’t limited to a specific case or individual but seeks global access to encrypted…
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Over 700 Million iCloud Accounts Compromised in Fresh Attack
A massive breach of Apple cloud storage service has compromised more than 700 million accounts. The fresh attack on iCloud has resulted in the unprecedented leak details from up to 717 million users. As proof, those responsible have publicly posted details of a handful of accounts (which we will not…
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Celebrity Nude Hacker Given Prison Sentence
The 36-year-old hacker responsible for 2014’s notorious celebrity nude hack – dubbed “The Fappening” – has been sentenced to 18 month in prison. Ryan Collins, of Lancaster, Pensylvania, was sentenced after pleading guilty to federal hacking charges, and admitted during the trial to illegally obtaining the passwords of over 100…
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Apple Designing Servers In-House to Prevent Snooping
With the amount of sensitive information stored on their servers, cloud providers take security very seriously. However, many cloud services actually use third-party servers like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure to run their platform. Even for those with their own servers, the hardware is made by and supplied by third-parties. In…
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Apple Reportedly Working on iCloud Security to Lock Out Law Enforcement
Apple is currently facing an uphill battle against the FBI regarding the security of their iPhone devices. In order to reinforce their stance of being unable and unwilling to hand over the keys to personal information to anyone, law enforcement or otherwise, they are reportedly putting into place tighter security…
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Apple Would Have Given Government Data But Someone Changed The Passcode
It seems like every time I look at the news another company has put in their chips on the Apple vs FBI discussion. From being told to allow the FBI access, to finding a way to give them access, Apple made it clear that they want to avoid removing protection on a…
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Apple Waves Goodbye to iPhoto
It’s come to the end of the road for apples iPhoto and Aperture apps, Apple have released a replacement called Photos that provides the functionality of both aperture and iPhoto. iPhoto was released in 2002 and has 10 major version releases, however has had no major development since 2010. Photos has…
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Apple Opens Up iWork Web Apps To People Without Apple Devices for Free
Apple has just made it possible for anyone, even those who don’t own an Apple product, to access iCloud web apps. Previously, only those who owned an iOS device or Mac could use the online versions of Apple’s productivity apps including Pages, Keynote and Numbers. From today, anyone can go…
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OS X 10.10.3 Seeded to Developers – Includes Highly Anticipated ‘Photos’ App
Apple has just seeded the first beta of OS X 10.10.3 to developers, asking them test a number of tweaks and improvements, but most importantly, asking them to test the newly included Photos app – the iPhoto replacement that has apparently been heavily delayed. Photos is set to be the…
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4chan Founder ‘Moot’ Leaves the Site
Founder of 4chan Christopher Poole, better known under the pseudonym ‘Moot’, has said farewell to the site he started 11 years ago. He said his goodbyes in a live broadcast on YouTube, watched by over 400,000 people. ‘Moot’ announced his departure in a front page post on 4chan on Wednesday,…
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‘Hidden Message’ Revealed in iCloud EULA
Terms and Conditions or End User License Agreements have always carried a certain amount of mystery. Largely because of their extraordinary length and mundane context which means nobody ever reads them. Well artist Florence Meunier has ‘revealed’ a hidden message in the EULA for Apple’s iCloud. It’s not nesscarily an ‘Easter…
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E-Mail Startup Acompli Acquired by Microsoft
Startup e-mail app Acompli has been snapped up Microsoft. The moves surprised no one, since news of the deal accidentally leaked last week when a blog draft with the url http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/11/25/microsoft-acquires-acompli/, written by Microsoft Vice President Rajesh Jha, turned up on RSS feeds. Acompli’s free e-mail app, for iOS and…
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Apple Updates iWork for iCloud With New Editing Features
Apple has delivered some updates to iWork for iCloud, its online productivity apps. There are now 8 new languages, including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, German and Arabic and Hebrew for Pages only. Perhaps more interestingly though, there are now 50 new fonts as well as a couple of new editing…
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Apple increasing iCloud Security in light of Celebrity Scandal
An ever-developing story, not long ago many celebrities have had nude photos and videos leaked all over the internet (see above), originating from popular image board website 4chan alongside self proclaimed “front page of the internet” Reddit. Since the release of this information, Apple has claimed there was no ‘leak’ in…
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