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The labels reveal what type of data Apple apps collect when you use them

Apple's Developer Transition Kit M1 malware and SSD issues Speaking of M1 Macs, though, an issue for all users -- not just developers -- arose when it started to look as if there might be a problem with their SSD storage. There isn't. But it looked like there might be. Using an app called Smart Monitoring Tools, users were seeing that their SSDs were being written to enormously more than they should. Since SSDs do have a limited lifespan, there were concerns. This wasn't the only M1 specification to be called into question -- though in the next case, nobody believed it for a second. Quite po...

To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, hacks and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Lifehacker Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a fix. Apple recently updated its App Store and iOS privacy policies to force app developers to be more transparent about their data collection practices. As a result, users have a little more insight (and, ideally, control) over what data various companies can track — and how. Even giants like Google. Users can view the information an app tracks in the ne...

One old school Google feature that has not been going away for some reason is Voice Search.

Google today quietly added App Privacy labels to its Gmail app, marking the first of its major apps to receive the privacy details aside from...