There’s so many note apps, and most of them are great. But not necessarily privacy-friendly. Here’s an alternative
So what do you use for Notes on your device? Apple’s Notes, Evernote, OneNote, Bear, SimpleNote? There’s so many note apps, and most of them are great. But not necessarily privacy-friendly.
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If you want privacy when it comes to your iOS 7 lock screen push notifications, you should check out a new Cydia tweak called Notification Privacy which will mask your lock screen messages just as seen in the screenshots above.
If you want privacy when it comes to your iOS 7 lock screen push notifications, you should check out a new Cydia tweak called Notification Privacy which will mask your lock screen messages just as seen in the screenshots above.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has just released their annual report on which companies help protect your data from the government. The report is ranking the biggest tech companies for who does the best job protecting your data from being rifled through by the Federal Government. Guess what? Apple won’t even tell you nor does they need a warrant for passing on your ( our ) data to the gov.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has just released their annual report on which companies help protect your data from the government. The report is ranking the biggest tech companies for who does the best job protecting your data from being rifled through by the Federal Government. Guess what? Apple won’t even tell you nor does they need a warrant for passing on your ( our ) data to the gov.
After raising concerns about some fuzzy disclosures in Siri’s privacy policy, Wired has been contacted by Trudy Muller – Apple Spokesman – to clarify the issue. This is the first time that Apple has said how long it’s keeping Siri data.
After raising concerns about some fuzzy disclosures in Siri’s privacy policy, Wired has been contacted by Trudy Muller – Apple Spokesman – to clarify the issue. This is the first time that Apple has said how long it’s keeping Siri data.
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Another day and another security flaw has been detailed in iOS. The issue, this time, gives developers easy access to the device-holders camera-roll via the gps functionality.
Another day and another security flaw has been detailed in iOS. The issue, this time, gives developers easy access to the device-holders camera-roll via the gps functionality. The application would ask user permission to detect the current location of the handset and voila, access to the camera roll bug which resides there.
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In a statement issued moments ago, the company said while it has used Carrier IQ’s network diagnostic software in the past, it recently stopped supporting it and plans to remove it from its mobile devices in a future software update. It also denied collecting any personal information.
Apple has finally weighed in on the Carrier IQ debacle according to AllThingsD. In a statement issued moments ago, the company said while it has used Carrier IQ’s network diagnostic software in the past, it recently stopped supporting it and plans to remove it from its mobile devices in a future software update. It also denied collecting any personal information.
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The site lets you upload your location data from your iOS device, securely store it and explore it via a map interface. It is an anonymous, user-contributed database for the personal location data files recorded by iOS devices.
Together with a few colleagues at NYTimes R&D, for the last week Jer Thorp has been working on a project called openpaths.cc. The site lets you upload your location data from your iOS device, securely store it and explore it via a map interface. It is an anonymous, user-contributed database for the personal location data files recorded by iOS devices. You can securely store and manage your personal location data, and grant researchers access to portions of that data as you choose.
Pinch Media, however, is not the only tracking provider: on the iPhone alone there are three other companies: Flurry, Medialets, and Mobclix.Developers integrate these systems for much the same reason people use Google Analytics: to better understand how their customers use their products.
New day, new app in Cydia: PrivaCy. Saurik just released this app in Cydia, and it was created to address concerns about App Store applications which track usage information and even location information for developers to analyze. As always, Saurik, is a good pedagogue and friend of the community and offers an explanation for the app:
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