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Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial

The Verge

Next week, Epic Games and Apple will appear in court for a long-anticipated legal battle. Epic argues that Apple unfairly kicked its hit game Fortnite off the App Store last year, exercising an illegal monopoly over the ubiquitous iOS platform. Apple and Epic both filed revised tentative witness lists on April 26th.

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The Zero Click, Zero Day iMessage Attack Against Journalists

SecureWorld News

and could hack the Apple iPhone 11. Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. Citizen Lab says this was due to an apparent Apple related exploit. Spyware attacks becoming harder to detect. Spyware attacks becoming harder to detect.

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Understanding and Recognizing Tech Abuse

SecureWorld News

We normalize the use of surveilling and tracking young people through "parentware" or spyware (software which allows someone to see what someone else is doing on their device) and apps which enable the tracking of someone's location. Google and Apple have these built-in if you have an Android or iPhone. Use good passwords.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

ForAllSecure

And what if that unease was coming from your mobile device. Some of those who bought the spyware were allegedly able to see live locations of the devices, view the targets emails, photos, web browsing history, text messages, video calls, etc. I am a coordinator, the Coalition Against Spyware. In early September 2021.

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How much control should Apple have over your iPhone?

Vox

Some say Apple’s App Store is a monopoly. Apple says it’s just giving customers what they want. Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover what’s happening with Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. We love our mobile apps. Amanda Northrop/Vox. This story is part of a Recode series about Big Tech and antitrust.

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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

The Verge

Among the hacked accounts were President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, the Apple and Uber corporate accounts, and pop star Kanye West. Apple won its court fight against European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager over a record $14.9 The spyware was made by Israel’s NSO Group.

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The vibe shift in Silicon Valley

The Verge

But Apple’s move to crush the market for targeted mobile advertising , coupled with unexpected competition , has put Facebook on the defensive. This genre of tech coverage focused on how to improve the internet, largely through regulations and breaking up big tech companies. Trump-era vibe: Fix the web.

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