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The Wiped-and-Sold Edition Saturday, May 18, 2024

iOS 17.5 Bug May Also Resurface Deleted Photos On Wiped, Sold Devices, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

The latest report suggests that the erased and sold iPad is somehow restoring old photos from an Apple ID that is no longer signed in to it. The Reddit user says the photos that are reappearing are from 2017, which is in line with similar reports. The images were initially taken on an iPhone, and so had been synced to the iPad via iCloud Photo Library before the iPad was wiped and sold.

Some iPhone Users Say 'Allow Apps To Request To Track' Toggle Is Suddenly Grayed Out, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

Apple's fine print below the grayed-out toggle says "this setting cannot be changed because a profile is restricting it, or because your Apple ID is being managed, does not meet the minimum age requirements, or is missing age information." However, many affected users say none of these reasons actually apply to them.

On Security

Another Nasty Mac Malware Is Spoofing Legitimate Software To Target macOS Users, by Sead Fadilpašić, TechRadar

Intego’s researchers now say they have found a new variant that was pretending to be Homebrew, a popular macOS software package manager. The attackers set up a fake landing page, seemingly identical to the authentic Homebrew page, which deployed the infostealer.

Apple In EU

Apple Limits Third-party Browser Engine Work To EU Devices, by Thomas Claburn, The Register

It effectively geofences the development team. Browser-makers whose dev teams are located in the US will only be able to work on simulators. While some testing can be done in a simulator, there's no substitute for testing on device – which means developers will have to work within Apple's prescribed geographical boundary.

Notes

Apple Shares 2023 App Store Transparency Report, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Apple today published its second annual App Store Transparency Report, highlighting details like the number of apps that were rejected during the year, the number of customer and developer accounts deactivated, the number of apps removed from the App Store, and more.

Bottom of the Page

This bug of bringing back deleted photos even to devices that have changed Apple IDs, if the reports are true, seems really bad. Not only, it seems, that Apple is not doing its job correctly, it has not being doing its job correctly for quite a long time.

Apple definitely owns all its customers an explanation. I hope the explanation will come soon.

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