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A new version of iPhone operating system, iOS 14, will bring several improvements focused on protecting s' privacy. The emphasis on privacy has become one of the biggest differentiators of Apple in relation to competitors in the technology market, such as Google, Microsoft e Facebook. 4p5i2n
During the annual developer event, WWDC 2020, Apple released a good part of these news and that's why we list six that will change the way applications access personal information stored on your iPhone, and will give more visibility to the privacy practices - or lack of them - of the websites you visit.
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One of the current iOS privacy issues is that in order for the to be able to share a photo in an app such as WhatsApp ou Instagram, he needs to give the app access to the entire photo library, even if he wants to publish only one of the images.
Starting with iOS 14, a new option will be offered to the , Select Photos…, so he can choose just the photos he wants to share, keeping the rest of the library out of reach of the app.
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The situation described above also applies to the list. In a private transport app, for example, to split the cost of the ride with a friend, you need to give the app access to your entire list. This is a feature that doesn't rely on such a broad permission, but iOS (and most operating systems) doesn't give the a way to limit it.
It is good to that, within a , we store sensitive information such as addresses, telephone numbers, emails and even the photo of people with whom we relate and, once shared, this information can be sent to third parties without our knowledge.
In iOS 14, through the bar Quicktype, which is displayed over the standard iPhone keyboard, Apple will offer an alternative to unrestricted access to s.
The moment a starts typing an acquaintance's name within an app, QuickType automatically finds and suggests the appropriate . When the accepts the suggestion, only that is shared with the application and the others remain private.
Approximate location j4t4k
Many apps nowadays request access to s' location to provide “relevant” services, but often these features are not location dependent. exact of a person. For weather applications, for example, it is enough to know the region or city where the is to show the current temperature and the weather forecast.
Thinking about it, in iOS 14, when an app asks for the iPhone's location, a new option will allow the to disable sharing their exact position and send only an approximate location instead. Developers will need to adapt iOS apps to respect this decision.
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O iOS 14 will display a small indicator in the iPhone status bar whenever the camera or microphone is in use by an app. It's a behavior similar to that of laptops, where a light usually indicates when the camera's built-in device is on.
If the is in doubt about which app is using these components, just access the Control Center, and the person responsible will be revealed.
Clipboard access alert y5p3w
Whenever a text, image, link or any content is copied or cut on iOS, it is sent to the clipboard so it can be pasted elsewhere.
Some apps access the iPhone clipboard to provide amenities. For example, banks can read the clipboard for bank slip codes. So, when the enters the bank's app, the code is already pasted and the payment can be made faster.
However, malicious applications can scour the clipboard for sensitive data, such as messages, credit cards and even s, without the being aware that this is happening. Therefore, in iOS 14, the operating system will display an alert when an app accesses the clipboard.
The change is already paying off. Developers testing the beta version of iOS have found that apps like LinkedIn e TikTok constantly access the device's clipboard for no apparent reason. LinkedIn said it was a bug, which will be fixed, while TikTok said the practice was an anti-spam measure to prevent mass postings, but will abandon it.
Privacy reports in Safari 494m1y
Tracking is a technique used to monitor browsing. One of the most common goals is to find out if, after viewing an ad online, you have clicked on, purchased or accessed the r's website. Over time, this information is aggregated to create a profile of your consumption and display more “appealing” ads. However, an increasing number of s, companies, NGOs and governments consider this practice obscure and invasive, due to the extensive data collection involved and the lack of transparency.
O safari is equipped with a tracking prevention feature from the iOS 11, but from the iOS 14 the browser will provide s with a privacy report with all sites accessed in the last 30 days.
The report contains a list of the biggest offenders and allows the to check which websites have had the highest number of trackers blocked and which trackers are most common on the websites visited.
The news presented above will be available in the third quarter 2020 for all iPhones released since 2015. For the curious – and the brave – a trial version will be released to the public later in July.
Sources: Apple [1] [2], Input, MacMagazine, The Verge.
