In a statement to 9to5Mac on Friday, Apple clarified that iPhone users “were never at risk” because of this vulnerability. The company also refuted a report that said a Brazillian food delivery app was accessing user location without permission in iOS 16.2.
Apple says that the Maps vulnerability patched last week “could only be exploited from unsandboxed apps on macOS.” The fix was included in all of Apple’s software updates last week simply because that codebase is shared by iOS and iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS as well.
Apple Inc will seek to convince EU antitrust regulators that it does not block rivals' access to its technology used for mobile wallets at a closed hearing on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said, the last chance for it to do so before possible hefty fines.
“Will India be able to replicate a Shenzhen version?” asked Pathak, referring to China’s manufacturing hub. Building such “hotspots” won’t be easy and would require India to think about issues ranging from logistics and infrastructure to the availability of workers, he added.
Experts told CNN that accessing land in a chaotic democracy like India could be a challenge, while the Chinese Communist Party faces fewer barriers to expropriating real estate quickly for causes it deems important.
So, is this another case where Apple can tout that macOS' security is pretty good, but iOS' security model -- heck, even with Gatekeep turned on to only allow sandboxed apps -- is much better?
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