Apple has issued the following developer updates and asks all registered beta testers to update as soon as they can:
Registered beta users need to use the device's respective update app. The times of the upgrades should take anywhere from 20 - 45 Minutes depending on a variety of factors.
The latest hire for Apple's original video efforts is BBC Films' executive producer Joe Oppenheimer, known for projects like "I, Daniel Blake," "Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa," and "My Scientology Movie."
Oppenheimer will work in London, reporting to Apple's European creative director, Jay Hunt, Variety said on Tuesday. Hunt joined Apple just last October, coming to the company with high-profile experience at Channel 4 and BBC One.
While not a household name in the U.S., Oppenheimer did receive an Emmy nomination for "One Life," a BBC Films documentary on the lifecycles of animals, narrated by Daniel Craig.
Oppenheimer's production experience dates back to 2002. He has remained almost constantly active for years, some recent work including "On Chesil Beach" starring Saoirse Ronan, and "Victoria & Abdul" with Judi Dench. His IMDb page lists several ongoing projects with his name attached — among them movies that won't hit screens until 2019.
Apple has its own large slate of original shows coming out that year, possibly as soon as March. Most appear aimed at an American market, such as an adaption of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation," and "Central Park,"from the creator of "Bob's Burgers."
Some could have broader appeal though. Recently Apple picked up "Calls," a show from France's Canal+. The company is working on an English-language co-production, but has also acquired rights to the first season of the French program.
Via: AppleInsider.com
“A new feature in iOS 12 makes it easier for you to handle two-factor authentication (2FA) requests,” Don Reisinger writes for Tom’s Guide. “But the process has provoked the ire of one security researcher who says it could cause real security problems, at least for some European online-banking customers.”
“In iOS 12, already available for beta testing, there’s a new Security Code AutoFill feature. When you receive a one-time passcode (OTP) sent to your phone via SMS for two-factor authentication purposes, the Security Code AutoFill automatically retrieves the number and gives you the option, above the keyboard, to simply tap on the code to populate the required field. A note above the number will say ‘From Messages’ to let you know from which app the number was retrieved,” Reisinger writes. “The idea is to make it easier for you to log into 2FA-enabled accounts and services. Ostensibly, if Apple sends a one-time code to your phone and you see it come in, you won’t need to jump between apps to get the code and log in.”
“This makes sense within an American context,” Reisinger writes, “but it may be dangerous in Europe, where many online banks, especially in German-speaking countries, use an additional security feature.”
Read more in the full article here.
Just over a year after promising to no longer scan user emails in Gmail for personalized ads, Google is allowing outside developers to do just that, a new report says.
According to a Wall Street Journal report published Monday, Google continues to allow outside software developers to "scan the inboxes of millions of Gmail users who signed up for email-based services offering shopping price comparisons, automated travel-itinerary planners or other tools."
Vetted app developers that are part of Google's Gmail program are allowed to read these emails to create new services or app features. Normally, the bulk of emails are scanned electronically by computer software, but in some cases human employees are doing the reading.
For example, Return Path, a firm that skims emails for data of interest to marketers, scanned the inboxes of over 2 million people, leaving 8,000 unredacted emails to be read by its employees. Other marketing companies, as well as app makers, also gained access to Gmail emails.
Google is not alone in its practices, as Microsoft and Verizon's Oath Communications also let partners skim user emails. Oath, which formed out of Verizon's acquisition of Yahoo, says access is considered "on a case-by-case basis" and requires explicit consent from users, policies similar to those employed by Microsoft.
The report, based on interviews with more than 25 current and former employees of app developers and data companies, finds that the practice of reviewing email data has become common in the industry.
Google told the Journal that its own employees only read user emails "in very specific cases where you ask us to and give consent, or where we need to for security purposes, such as investigating a bug or abuse," while Google "lets any user revoke access to apps at any point."
In June of 2017, Google announced that later in that year, the company would begin serving ads based on a user's setting, meaning that consumer Gmail accounts would not be used or scanned for any ads personalization.
