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Apple Seeds GM Version of iOS and iPadOS 13.5 to Developers With Exposure Notification API, Face ID Mask Updates and More
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If you own a cellphone, you are already being tracked.
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Ugh, I did check for update and it showed. Now that badge on the Watch app is going to bug me until I get home and update. I could turn it off, but nah.
It would be nice if there was an option to allow Face ID to only authenticate the top half of your face (not covered by a face mask). While less secure, it would be super convenient and a fair trade off during these times (assuming this is even possible). I would think the chances of someone else being able to unlock the phone would still be very low. Again, this would only make sense as an option, and the toggle could be hidden deep in Settings so the layperson doesn’t activate it by mistake.
It would be drastically less secure, but I think it’s totally a worthwhile idea. It’s probably better than typing in a short PIN in front of everyone all the time in public.
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If you don’t update your software, you’re missing out on important security fixes. Just don’t enable that new feature if you don’t want to participate.
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Just updated to the iOS 13.5 GM on my iPhone 11 Pro Max. Build number is 17F75.
Also updated to the iPadOS 13.5 GM on my iPad Air 2. Build number is the same 17F75.
And updated my Apple Watch 3 to watchOS 6.2.5. So far, so good.
Also updated to the iPadOS 13.5 GM on my iPad Air 2. Build number is the same 17F75.
And updated my Apple Watch 3 to watchOS 6.2.5. So far, so good.
I wish Apple would post some kind of layman’s terms explanation on how the Bluetooth stuff works. It’s really not much different than how BLE works with the Find My app. It’s pretty cool stuff, and definitely positive from an IT Security standpoint. But, I fear that the way it’s all explained will just confuse people and then not opt in.
Sounds like you need to read up on how the tech actually works. There’s no location data being shared. Please read and understand what it is you’re rebelling against.
Who put a Yoda head on the Face ID icon?
Still no way to link the shared Apple Music/Instagram posts? Or at least add music? Unless this is how it's meant to work. I've been saving the videos and adding the music manually so far.
Just installed and the covid-19 tracking was off by default. I assume it will auto turn itself on if I install a tracking app.
A bit off-topic but how does this Maps stock app tracking your location on iOS work? Any way to disable this location history on iOS? My iPhone doesn’t have the U1 chip (iPhone 8). Thanks
This Covid tracking feature is not even available everywhere. In my area I don't even have the toggle.
I get paranoia. If someone doesn't want to be tracked and not get a cell phone, or use only RAM in a computer or something... hey it's not my cup of tea, but if you don't want that data about you floating about, and you make that decision that's logical and fine. You see these companies, do track you, yes even Apple. Depending on your (or my) moral compass it's either right or wrong, but that is completely irrelevant. What matters is they have hundred of pages of terms and conditions dozens of apps and proprietary kernel level code running in the background on all these devices they can and will do what they want in terms of tracking you.
You know where they aren't going to track you? In an API developed with the competition (For all intents and purposes it may as well be open source), where selling the other one out on lying about privacy would result in the long run in tens of billions of dollars in profit without effort, where you give government agencies access to this platform of sorts. If and when they are tracking you, they will do it without revealing it to their competitors and ALL THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE WORLD.
And you know which toggle button will be the last to stop working on your iPhone? The one that disables the "tracking" app... if an app is openly a "Tracking app" the disable button will work. They didn't get to be trillion dollar companies by being stupid.
Are they tracking you? Yes. Will they continue to track you? Yes. Will they do it through a tracking API available to governments and their biggest rivals, when they can do it in dozens of other apps and millions of other lines of code?
Get real.
You know where they aren't going to track you? In an API developed with the competition (For all intents and purposes it may as well be open source), where selling the other one out on lying about privacy would result in the long run in tens of billions of dollars in profit without effort, where you give government agencies access to this platform of sorts. If and when they are tracking you, they will do it without revealing it to their competitors and ALL THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE WORLD.
And you know which toggle button will be the last to stop working on your iPhone? The one that disables the "tracking" app... if an app is openly a "Tracking app" the disable button will work. They didn't get to be trillion dollar companies by being stupid.
Are they tracking you? Yes. Will they continue to track you? Yes. Will they do it through a tracking API available to governments and their biggest rivals, when they can do it in dozens of other apps and millions of other lines of code?
Get real.
Agreed, but unfortunately this won't work on all - some of these people are just so ignorant and live in their bubbles. Many wouldn't spend a second of their life to really educate themselfes on this topic and rather believe the bs which is spread by conspiracy theorists or other shady sources.
Yikes...
hopefully more states opt in for this.
9to5mac.com
hopefully more states opt in for this.
Which U.S. states are using Apple's Exposure Notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing? - 9to5Mac
Update July 13: Six weeks after the release of this feature for iPhone and Android, zero U.S. states have released apps that support contact tracing. This post will absolutely be updated when contract tracing apps in the U.S. debut, but the update date will only change if new apps are available...