2023-06-06 15:15:34
Right following the opening keynote of the WWDC23 finish, a Apple published an article on its website detailing each of the privacy news of your systems. According to the company, they not only demonstrate its efforts in this area, but also reinforce its belief that “privacy is a fundamental human right”.
The first feature to gain special attention was the Safari Private Browsing which, as explained during the event, now locks tabs whenever the user has not interacted with them for a while, preventing someone from snooping through their content. To continue browsing, simply verify with Face ID/Touch ID or enter your iPhone, iPad or Mac passcode.
Private Browsing is also now able to completely block known trackers and automatically removes any tracker added to a URL as the user browses — which also includes links shared on Messages e no Mail, for example. Also, when this mode is enabled, Safari disables any extension that has access to any website and uses the iCloud Private Relay to mask the location of the device.
Em an interview given to Fast CompanyApple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighicommented on the arrival of these innovations and highlighted the pioneering spirit of Safari in this area:
I’m excited regarding the things we’re doing in Safari, because Safari has been a somewhat unprecedented pioneer of private browsing and so many privacy and security features, and this year is just a taste of that. Link protection, fingerprint protections, automatic locking of private browsing windows when you don’t use them for a while… surfing the internet is one of the main threat vectors to privacy. And this is a huge, huge year [de atualizações].
Also, whenever an app asks for permission to access the app’s library Photos, iOS comes to display an alert that gives the user the chance to choose which photos he wants to share with the service or not. This alert now features a new “Limited Access” option and sends reminders from time to time to remind the user to review their preferences.
Apple also introduced new tools for SDKsSoftware development kitsor software development kits.”>1 from third parties to help developers deliver privacy nutritional information (privacy nutrition labels) more accurate in App Store. Developers who want to use APIsApplication programming interfacesor application programming interfaces.”>2 known for tracking user behavior, in turn, will need to justify their choice going forward.
Also, many may have noticed that Apple executives uttered the phrase “artificial intelligence” a handful of times during yesterday’s event. According to Federighi, this seems to have to do with the cautious stance taken by Apple when it comes to generative AI technologies, since they can be used in scams involving social engineering, as in the case of deep fakes:
We want to do everything we can to make sure we signal [ameaças deepfake] in the future: we think do we have a secure connection to the device of the person you think you’re talking to? This kind of thing. But it will be an interesting time.
The feature of Secure Communication, created to protect children who try to send images with sensitive content through Messages, for example, now also covers videos and files sent through AirDrop and can be integrated into third-party apps by their developers. Files sent by adults via AirDrop, Messages or FaceTimein turn, are now protected by a sensitive content warning, with all image processing taking place locally.
Sharing passwords and so-called Passkeys (Passkeys) has also become much easier and safer. As explained by Apple during the WWDC23 opening keynote, it is now possible to share credentials with groups of people using iCloud Passwords (iCloud Keychain), which features end-to-end encryption. According to the company, any change in credentials is shared with all participants in a group automatically, keeping everyone on the same page.
O Lockdown Mode (Block Mode) was another one that received improvements and now has new standards for safer wireless connectivity, manipulation and sharing of media, sandbox and other network security optimizations. As remembered by Federighi, the feature is also available now on Apple Watch.
These are novelties that we often overlook, but which are very important in the daily use of systems, right?
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