After criticism, Apple says iOS 17.4 won't stop supporting Home Screen web apps in the EU and they will still be built on WebKit and its security architecture
https://appleinsider.com/... Bodil / @bodil@social.treehouse.systems : Sad news today that Apple have decided not to shoot themselves in the foot to spite the EU after all. I was quite looking forwar...
Apple will launch an Android app to detect AirTags that may be in use to track a person and reduces the interval before AirTags sound an alert in such cases
and will offer an Android app later this year cc: @evacide https://www.cnet.com/... @pradeepviswav : @Techmeme @iansherr There should be a single app that can detect and alert users about stalking. In...
Adobe ends support for Flash and will start blocking Flash content from January 12; major browsers will block Flash content from Jan. 1
Flash had to die. It had too many knocks … Caleb Chen / Privacy News Online … : Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 1, 2021 Jenn Gidman / Newser : Adobe Flash Is Officially No More Kevin Col...
EU issues guidelines to make COVID-19 contact tracing apps interoperable and says it will scrutinize Google and Apple's proposed APIs to ensure compatibility
RT World News https://www.rt.com/... @catoletters Add Bill Gates force vaccinations and public will become 100% Corp slaves. NWO rolling out into effect. Stephen Shankland / @stshank : Apple and Googl...
UK's NCSC and US DHS publish a list of 2,500 COVID-19-related threats they are tracking, including malicious websites and email addresses linked to scams
COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal : Hacking Groups Hunt Pandemic Opportunities, Warn U.S., British Officials Dark Reading : Microsoft Releases COVID-19 Sec...
Google temporarily rolls back its SameSite policy in Chrome, to allow stability for essential service websites that may not meet third party cookie requirements
Hello, and welcome to The Edge … Surur / MSPoweruser : Google rolls back SameSite cookie privacy changes in Chrome to “ensure stability for websites … Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : Googl...
FCC will vote on a proposal to allow the entire 6 GHz band to be available for unlicensed use, citing the increase in Wi-Fi demand; vote is set for April 23
here's what that means for you Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : FCC to vote on Apple-backed plan to allow device makers to use 6GHz band Stephanie Burke / Wi-Fi Alliance : Wi-Fi Alliance® commends FCC Chairman...
Firefox starts blocking third-party cookies by default and brings its Lockbox password manager to the desktop, rebranding it as Lockwise
have decided that tracking should be opt in, not opt out: https://blog.mozilla.org/... @dhh : Firefox now blocking tracker cookies by default ❤️. We must come to terms with the fact that Chrome is ins...
Don MacAskill, CEO of Flickr-owner SmugMug, on why the service will end Flickr's free 1TB storage and delete all but the last 1,000 photos from free accounts
Stephen Shankland / CNET : Tweets: @techledes and @stshank Tweets: Connie Guglielmo / @techledes : Less than 3% of Flickr's free users have 1,000+ photos, but that's still millions of people since 10...
Chrome 68, rolling out today, shows a “not secure” warning for any HTTP website; in October the warning's color will change to red
Stephen Shankland / CNET :