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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:29:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve (successfully<\/a>) upgraded to iOS 13 or just got hold of a new iPhone 11 or 11 Pro, there are new security settings in Apple\u2019s latest operating system you need to learn and use. Here’s what’s important to understand.<\/p>\n There were 26.3 billion robocalls in the U.S. in 2018. It\u2019s a a sickness.<\/p>\n You can stop the contagion thanks to a new in iOS 13 feature that directs incoming calls from unknown numbers (ie. those you don\u2019t have in your Contacts book) to voicemail.\u00a0It\u2019s a useful feature that isn\u2019t enabled by default.<\/p>\n You can enable it in Settings>Phone>toggle Silence Unknown Callers <\/em>to on (Green).<\/p>\n In the future, such calls will be sent to voicemail. Callers you want to hear from will leave a message.<\/p>\n Too many apps demand your location data to work. How many of them provide you with a clear explanation as to why? How many tell you when?<\/p>\n Apple has taken a step to make this form of personal data collection more visible:<\/p>\n \u201cLocation Services controls give users more choices for how they share location data with apps, including a new one-time location option and more information on when apps are using location in the background,\u201d the company says.<\/p>\n When you first install apps, you can now choose how much access to your location you want each of them to have. The options are:<\/p>\n Some apps will claim they can\u2019t work without continuous access. You can decide to replace them with solutions that do the same job for less access.<\/p>\n There are apps that try to get your location data by using Bluetooth. You can review these in Settings>Privacy>Bluetooth<\/em>.<\/p>\n You will also occasionally be treated to a Location Reminder Alert, a map that shows you what data about you an app has been collecting.<\/p>\n There’s more about this here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Apple\u2019s new service was a highlight at WWDC 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n It lets you log into internet services and websites using your Apple ID, rather than any less private services. Because it links with your Apple ID, you can sign in using Touch ID, Face ID or your device passcode. Apple won\u2019t track or profile you as you use this service.<\/p>\n Use is very simple:<\/p>\n The idea is that Apple acts as an information firewall between you and the service you are using, enabling you to limit the spread of your personal details.<\/p>\n Most images save a huge amount of information about themselves.<\/p>\n This is stored in metadata from a standard called EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format). It includes a great deal of detail, such as:<\/p>\n When you share an image \u2013 even by social media \u2013 this information is also shared. In the wrong hands, it can give criminals real insight into where you live, where you go, and what you are doing.<\/p>\n The idea is that your location data is removed from the image you share.<\/p>\n This is not exactly a feature to enable, as it\u2019s on by default, but it’s worth a mention all the same. Apple is on a mission to prevent users from being tracked by sites they access using the Safari browser.<\/p>\n iOS 13 now has cross-site tracking enabled by default. \u201cWebKit will do its best to\u00a0prevent\u00a0all covert tracking, and all cross-site tracking (even when it\u2019s not covert),\u201d the Safari team has said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe treat circumvention of shipping anti-tracking measures with the same seriousness as exploitation of security vulnerabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n Stay secure out there!<\/p>\n Please follow me on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, or join me in the\u00a0AppleHolic\u2019s bar & grill<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Apple Discussions<\/a>\u00a0groups on MeWe.<\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/category\/security\/index.rss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:29:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n