4 posts tagged ‘iOS 14’
WhatsApp v. NSO Group
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Reuters (via Hacker News, Court Listener): U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms’, WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.[…]WhatsApp in 2019 sued NSO seeking an injunction and damages, accusing it of accessing WhatsApp servers without […]
Bodyreader v. Apple
Tim Hardwick: Bloomberg reports that the case – the first of its kind to be heard in Beijing’s intellectual property court – bears similarities to Epic Games’ 2021 lawsuit against Apple. Bodyreader claims Apple unfairly removed their app citing “dishonest” behavior, while also challenging the company’s 30% commission on app purchases and its control over […]
Measuring the Data iOS and Android Send to Apple and Google
Douglas J. Leith (2021 PDF, via John Opdenakker, ArsTechnica) We investigate what data iOS on an iPhone shares with Apple and what data Google Android on a Pixel phone shares with Google. We find that even when minimally configured and the handset is idle both iOS and Google Android share data with Apple/Google on average […]
Apple and Corellium Settlement
Thomas Brewster (MacRumors): After four years of court hearings and plenty of controversy, Apple and cyber startup Corellium are settling a copyright lawsuit. Terms have not been disclosed.The suit was filed in 2019, with Apple claiming that Corellium had illegally replicated iOS by creating software that created virtual versions of iPhones so they could be […]