How Google took a page from Apple to secure Android Pay
In case you missed it, Google launched a new mobile payment service at its annual I/O developers conference Thursday. It's called Android Pay. But didn't Google already have a mobile payment service?...
View ArticleApple's security requirements are reportedly holding up HomeKit
Apple launched HomeKit last year to unite your smart home accessories under one framework. But we've only seen a handful of HomeKit-compatible devices on store shelves, and now manufacturers are saying...
View ArticleApple pulls infected apps after malware strikes App Store
Apple's walled garden breached after developers take code shortcut.
View ArticleApple pulls the plug on in-app ad-blockers
The company doesn't want apps installing root certificates on your iPhone for security reasons.
View ArticleApple pulls iOS apps mining your iPhone for private data
The affected apps were using an advertising software kit that sneakily collected your email address and a list of all the apps you used.
View ArticleApple's showdown with the FBI was a long time coming
The San Bernardino case isn't the first time the company has refused to help the government unlock an iPhone.
View ArticleDOJ slams Apple for refusing to help unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
A Friday filing alleges that Apple's refusal to comply with this week's court order is a "marketing strategy."
View ArticleApple is reportedly fighting 12 more iPhone data extraction orders
The company has more than just the San Bernardino court order to contend with.
View ArticleApple's legal strategy: Software is free speech, and Congress should decide
Is code protected by the First Amendment? Apple will argue that it does.
View ArticleObama on encryption: 'It's fetishizing our phones above every other value'
At South by Southwest Interactive, President Obama warned that taking an "absolutist stance" on privacy vs. encryption isn't the right answer.
View ArticleApple vs. FBI: How iOS 8 changed everything
The battle over iPhone encryption began 18 months ago, Bloomberg reports.
View ArticleFBI takes heat for keeping iPhone hack details under wraps
Criticism is mounting as the agency is reportedly trying its iPhone cracking method on more devices.
View ArticleApple has already fixed most of the iOS exploits the CIA used
The company responded to information from a WikiLeaks release of CIA documents that claim the agency has ways to hack iPhones that Apple doesn't know about.
View ArticleWikiLeaks will share CIA hacking tools with Apple, other tech companies
Apple will know exactly what exploits the CIA used to hack its iPhones. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he will share the code with tech companies so they can patch flaws in their devices.
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