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Once the software update is installed -- something most iPhone users do -- even existing apps already on the device will be required to ask and receive consent to track online activities. That’s a shift Facebook fiercely resisted, most prominently in a series of full-page newspaper ads blasting Apple. Until now, Facebook and other apps have been able to automatically conduct their surveillance on iPhones unless users took the time and trouble to go into their settings to prevent it -- a process that few people bother to navigate. “This is an important step toward consumers getting the tra...

Download iOS 14.5 / iPadOS 14.5 Now, Complete Changelog Inside Apr 26, 2021 12:49 EDT You can go ahead and download the full and final version of iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 onto your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. You will also find the complete changelog here. iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 Arrives with Brand New and Tons of Changes, Including the Ability to Bypass Face ID if you are Wearing a Mask With so many betas being seeded to developers and public beta testers, it was only a matter of time the final version of iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 would arrive for the public. It is now here and you can...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. iPhone's new privacy feature arrives iPhone SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones in order to target more advertising at users. The new privacy feature, dubbed “App Tracking Transparency,” rolled out Monday as part of an update to the operating system powering the iPhone and iP...

Share Published 5 hours ago: April 27, 2021 at 6:30 am 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. One iOS 14’s headline features — in that it is making headlines by pissing off advertisers — is “App Tracking Transparency,” a setting that lets users opt out of all tracking, including the data an app collects when you’re not using it (much to the chagrin of advertising platforms lik...

Despite pushback, Apple to enhance app privacy By Sunday Apr 25, 2021 The Apple logo is seen at an Apple Store, as Apple's new 5G iPhone 12 went on sale in Brooklyn, New York, US October 23, 2020. — Reuters/File An update to the software powering millions of iPhones around the world kicks off on Monday. Apple will begin requiring app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so. The move by Apple, which has been in the works for months, has sparked a major rift with Facebook and other tech rivals. With an enhanced privacy feature, an upda...