{"id":495937,"date":"2023-06-12T10:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T08:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=495937"},"modified":"2023-06-12T10:21:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T08:21:36","slug":"apple-announces-security-and-privacy-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/495937-apple-announces-security-and-privacy-update.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple announces security and privacy update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple has announced a slew of new security and privacy features<\/a><\/strong> for its platforms, including automatically removing query parameters from links shared in Mail and Messages that are often added to URLs to track browsing activity.<\/p>\n

The company has also added link tracking protection and the ability to lock tabs to Safari Private Browsing.<\/p>\n

“Some websites add extra information to their URLs in order to track users across other websites,” Apple said in a blog post.<\/p>\n

“Now, this information will be removed from the links users share in Messages and Mail, and the links will still work as expected.”<\/p>\n

“This information will also be removed from links in Safari Private Browsing,” it added.<\/p>\n

It said its advanced tracking and fingerprinting protections would secure your browsing against websites that use the latest tracking and identification techniques.<\/p>\n

Browsers like Firefox, Brave, and Arc have offered a form of query parameter stripping for some time now.<\/p>\n

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Those using Safari Private Browsing can now keep their tabs open when they step away from their device, with Apple adding a locking ability to keep your browsing hidden from prying eyes.<\/p>\n

“Private Browsing now locks when not in use, allowing a user to keep tabs open even when stepping away from the device,” Apple said.<\/p>\n

It also expanded on its Lockdown Mode \u2014 an extreme protection feature aimed at those who believe they are at risk of being targeted by spyware and other digital threats.<\/p>\n

“New protections encompass safer wireless connectivity defaults, media handling, media sharing defaults, sandboxing, and network security optimisations,” Apple said.<\/p>\n

“Turning on Lockdown Mode further hardens device defences and strictly limits certain functionalities, sharply reducing the attack surface for those who need additional protections.”<\/p>\n

It announced that Lockdown Mode will be supported in WatchOS too.<\/p>\n

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Now read: South Africa’s largest travel insurer fixes major website security flaws<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple’s latest security update aims to protect users from URL trackers and keep their private browsing hidden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":462601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[605,985,87055,87057,30922],"class_list":["post-495937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-apple","tag-safari","tag-safari-private-browsing","tag-url-trackers","tag-watchos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495957,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495937\/revisions\/495957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}