Apple and personal data, plus Android issues

by David Harley on October 19, 2018

ZDNet: Apple to US users: Here’s how you can now see what personal data we hold on you – “Apple’s privacy tools now go beyond Europe, so more now get to download the personal data it has collected….he move brings the four countries in line with Europe, where Apple began offering a simpler way to download a copy of user data in May, just before the EU’s strict GDPR privacy legislation came into effect.”

Less positively:

Security Boulevard: Inside Safari Extensions | Malware’s Golden Key to User Data – “A 2-part series looking at the technology behind macOS browser extensions and how malicious add-ons can steal passwords, banking details and other sensitive user data”

And some Google/Android issues:

John E. Dunn for Sophos: Is Google’s Android app unbundling good for security? – “…Google’s licensing compelled device makers to install apps such as Search and Chrome if they wanted to install … the Play Store. In July 2018, the European Commission (EC) concluded this was a ploy to give Google Search a monopoly on Android, fined the company €4.34 billion ($5.1 billion) on anti-trust grounds.”
The Register: Decoding the Google Titan, Titan, and Titan M – that last one is the Pixel 3’s security chip – “Chocolate Factory opens lid, just a little, on secure boot and crypto phone coprocessor”

David Harley