{"id":6947,"date":"2024-04-09T07:33:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=6947"},"modified":"2024-04-09T07:33:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:33:17","slug":"privacy-is-virtually-impossible-on-iphones-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/privacy-is-virtually-impossible-on-iphones-experts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Is \u2018Virtually Impossible\u2019 on iPhones, Experts Warn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So much for the hype that Apple respects your privacy. Consequently, I have a post<\/a> with videos on how to improve privacy on Android and IOS with videos. Hopefully, the Linux phones will mature soon and we’ll have more hardware choices to avoid Google and Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/04\/08\/privacy-virtually-impossible-iphones-experts-warn-20606394\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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By Isobel Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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iPhones are some of the most popular devices in the world (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Keeping your data hidden from Apple<\/a> is \u2018virtually impossible\u2019, experts have warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new study suggests that the default apps on an iPhone<\/a>, iPad and MacBook collect your personal data, even when they appear to be disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first study to research the privacy settings of Apple\u2019s default apps, specifically looking at Safari, Siri, Family Sharing, iMessage, FaceTime, Location Services, Find My and Touch ID, to see whether the corporation are living up to their slogan: \u2018Privacy. That\u2019s Apple.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor Janne Lindqvist, head of the computer science department at Aalto University, Finland<\/a>, said: \u2018We focused on apps that are an integral part of the platform and ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018These apps are glued to the platform, and getting rid of them is virtually impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Due to the way the user interface is designed, users don\u2019t know what is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018For example, the user is given the option to enable or not enable Siri, Apple\u2019s virtual assistant. But enabling only refers to whether you use Siri\u2019s voice control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Siri collects data in the background from other apps you use, regardless of your choice, unless you understand how to go into the settings and specifically change that.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apple offers a range of connected devices, but ensuring privacy can be hard (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The team note that protecting your privacy on an Apple device would require expert knowledge and persistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also discovered that the online instructions are not only confusing, but fail to list all the necessary steps or explain what happens to the data collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To test whether the average user can successfully protect their data the scientists set up interviews where participants were asked to try to change their settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They saw that the participants were able to take one or two steps in the right direction, but none succeeded in fully protecting their privacy, and it took them all a long time to find and adjust the settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amel Bourdoucen, a doctoral researcher at Aalto, said: \u2018The online instructions for restricting data access are very complex and confusing, and the steps required are scattered in different places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018There\u2019s no clear direction on whether to go to the app settings, the central settings \u2013 or even both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018It turned out that the participants weren\u2019t able to prevent any of the apps from sharing their data with other applications or the service provider.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers say that they can\u2019t be certain what Apple does with the data collected, but they predict that it is mainly for training the AI behind Siri and providing personalised experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study, to be presented in mid-May at the prestigious CHI conference, details a number of suggestions on how to improve guidelines in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For individual apps, they suggest opting for a third-party service such as trading in Safari for Firefox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metro.co.uk has contacted Apple for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So much for the hype that Apple respects your privacy. Consequently, I have a post with videos on how to improve privacy on Android and IOS with videos. Hopefully, the Linux phones will mature soon and we’ll have more hardware choices to avoid Google and Apple. https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/04\/08\/privacy-virtually-impossible-iphones-experts-warn-20606394\/ By Isobel Williams Keeping your data hidden from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6948,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6947\/revisions\/6948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}