Jamf has published a report on the most common types of permissions that popular #iOS apps on the App Store — and its recommendations on which ones to avoid. The Apple mobile device management company ...

Our friends at Jamf have published a short guide to iOS app permissions. Based on research analyzing anonymized metadata from nearly 100,000 apps installed by customers of cloud-security firm (and ...

Antivirus software specialist Bitdefender has found that nearly 19% of iOS apps access your address book without your knowledge — or your consent — when you’re using them, and 41% track your location.

iOS apps that build their own social networks on the back of users’ address books may soon become a thing of the past. In iOS 18, Apple is cracking down on the social apps that ask users’ permission ...

Whether you own the latest iPhone or one of the Android smartphones, there's a good chance you use more than a few apps daily. From checking the weather to keeping yourself entertained with a game, ...

In iOS 16 and the upcoming iPadOS 16.1, Apple added an alert when an app tries to read your device’s clipboard, giving users a chance to grant or deny access. It’s a privacy measure, but for apps that ...

With iOS 16, you can protect private photos and notes on your iPhone via Face ID biometric security. Safety Check can summarize all the people, apps, and devices with access to data on your iPhone.

iPhone with iOS 15 logo on the screen close up, new operating system 2021 on apple devices. ROSTOV-ON-DON, RUSSIA - August 15 2021 On Thursday, iOS 15 beta testers who opened Apple’s App Store or ...

Apple is expanding its privacy features with iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 by now requiring apps to ask users for their permission before accessing their clipboard. "Apps need your permission before accessing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. This article is more than 4 years old. It’s nearly time—Apple’s iOS ...