Following the recent revelation that Apple’s iCloud Private Relay appears to have been disabled by wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile, T-Mobile offered the following statement to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, in which it stated that iOS 15.2 device settings that default to the feature being toggled off, and that Apple has been contacted. T-Mobile explicitly says […]
You’ve been hankering for the iOS 12.1 update and it’s here. The update, which is available via iTunes or over-the-air, delivers on previously promised features and adds the following fixes and changes: Group FaceTime: – Adds support for video and audio calls with up to 32 participants simultaneously – Encrypted end-to-end so your conversations remain […]
This is why it’s good to snag the updated version of just about everything. A security vulnerability in WhatsApp on iOS and Android could let an attacker crash your smartphone, or even hack into your device. Luckily, the flaw has already been patched.
Mobile security could be about to get that much stronger. The The Mobile Authentication Taskforce, which consists of wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, have released product details for what it calls a “next-generation mobile authentication platform.” The system could be the successor to the current SMS-based authentication method used today. While this method […]
There are consequences for when a wireless carrier installs something that apparently tracks its user base a little too closely with no convenient means of removal. Per Macworld and ProPublica, wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T have been caught up in a privacy firestorm over their use of so-called “permacookies,” a method of tracking what their […]