[liberationtech] Recent iOS privacy checks

[Keira Cran]

I would caution on being too optimistic about Apple software in
general: every once in a while a design decision completely
surprises me as to  what security guarantees it  provides.

A case in is Apple's ability to remotely reset the EFI password
on your macbook.

[1]https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/48610996391670169
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Let's hope this doesn't spark a surge of people rushing to the
nearest istore.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014, at 02:15 AM, Amin Sabeti wrote:

Thanks for sharing the blog link.



On 8 July 2014 09:25, Cody Tarrant <[2]cody at xsmail.com> wrote:

Dear all,



As a newcomer to iOS, I was pleasantly surprised to see such a

fine-grained check, to see if the user will allow sharing
location.



[3]http://mine.sent.as/ios8-perm-screenshot.jpg



Looking further, I came across an excellent blog post
discussing all

these permissions in iOS8 here:



[4]http://lmjabreu.com/post/ios-8-privacy-updates/



This should put to rest any doubt, that users would not want to
wield

fairly fine-grained control over their privacy, and that such
control

cannot be provided without great difficulty to the user.

References

1. https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/486109963916701696
2. mailto:cody at xsmail.com
3. http://mine.sent.as/ios8-perm-screenshot.jpg
4. http://lmjabreu.com/post/ios-8-privacy-updates/
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