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Apple plans privacy-focused compromise for ad-tracking in Safari

Ben Lovejoy May 22 2019 - 8:01 am PT

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Ad-tracking in Safari has been one of the trickier issues for Apple to address. On the one hand, Apple wants to protect the privacy of its customers. On the other, it recognizes that many of the websites they visit are funded by ads, and preventing tracking altogether makes free websites less viable.

The company does, though, think it has come up with a win-win for consumers and advertisers alike. Indeed, Apple thinks its solution is so good that it wants the World Wide Web Consortium to make it a new standard for all browsers …

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iPhone Not Secure: What does this message mean in Safari?

Benjamin Mayo Mar 26 2019 - 3:02 am PT

In iOS 12.2 and macOS 10.14.4, you may notice a new warning in the URL bar when browsing the web in Safari. It says the page you are visiting is “Not Secure”. But what does this mean? Are you less secure than you were before?

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Two zero-day Safari exploits found

Two zero-day Safari exploits found, one allowing complete takeover of Mac

Ben Lovejoy Mar 21 2019 - 6:44 am PT

White-hat hackers at a security conference in Vancouver have found two zero-day Safari exploits, one of which allowed them to escalate their privileges to the point that they were able to completely take over the Mac …

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12 Safari for iPhone tips that everyone should know [Video]

Jeff Benjamin Feb 21 2019 - 2:13 pm PT

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Last week we highlighted 10 general iPhone tips that everyone should know. This week, we’re back at it again, this time with a dozen Safari for iPhone tips that should be every iOS user’s repertoire.
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Apple removing ‘Do Not Track’ from Safari as focus shifts to Intelligent Tracking Prevention

Chance Miller Feb 6 2019 - 5:03 pm PT

Amid a decline in adoption by websites, Apple has revealed that it will remove support for “Do Not Track” in Safari 12.1. As detailed in a blog post from DuckDuckGo, Do Not Track’s mission of helping users avoid having their activity tracked has largely failed. Apple, meanwhile, is shifting focus to its new Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature.

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How to turn off Safari website notifications on macOS

Peter Cao Nov 20 2018 - 12:01 am PT

Safari website notifications are great to get up to date news as they are published. However, it can sometime be overwhelming and you might want to turn off Safari website notifications for certain sites.

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New Safari beta allows websites to adapt their theme to complement macOS Mojave in Dark Mode

Benjamin Mayo Oct 24 2018 - 11:21 am PT

The new Safari Technology Preview brings a much-needed feature to the Mac browser. macOS Mojave introduced a new Dark Mode system appearance, which automatically applies to the dock, menu bar, system controls, and third-party apps can update to take full advantage of the new dark theme interface. However, it is currently not possible for websites to know if the user is using the dark appearance.

This is changing soon. The new Safari beta includes support for the ‘prefers-color-scheme’ CSS media query. This will allow websites to adapt automatically to changes in system appearance. So when you are using Mojave in Dark Mode, (updated) websites can automatically use dark themes too.

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Apple joins forces w/ Google, Microsoft & Mozilla to deprecate 20-year-old web security protocol

Chance Miller Oct 16 2018 - 7:09 pm PT

Apple is coming together with Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla to deprecate the use of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 by early 2020. TLS stands for Transport Layer Security and is used to protect web traffic. ArsTechnica was first to report on the agreement, while Apple’s WebKit blog has also detailed the change.

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UK High Court blocks $1.3B class action claim against Google by iPhone users

Ben Lovejoy Oct 8 2018 - 4:05 am PT

The UK High Court has blocked a £1B ($1.3B) class action claim filed against Google on behalf of iPhone users. The lawsuit resulted from the so-called ‘Safari bypass,’ where Google continued to install cookies on iPhones despite this being blocked in the browser settings …

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Opera Touch claims to be the perfect browser for iPhone X/XS owners, for two reasons

Ben Lovejoy Oct 2 2018 - 4:14 am PT

Opera has ported its Opera Touch mobile browser from Android to iOS, and claims that it’s the perfect choice for iPhone X and iPhone XS/Max owners.

The company says ‘zero-step search’ and a Fast Action button make the browser ideal for larger-screened phones without a Home button …

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Apple removes conspiracy sites & other fake news from ‘Siri Suggested Websites’ in Safari

Chance Miller Sep 25 2018 - 3:51 pm PT

A new report from BuzzFeed News highlights how the “Siri Suggested Websites” feature in Safari can surface “debunked conspiracies, shock videos, and false information.” Essentially, when users would type things such as “QAnon” or “Pizzagate” into the Safari search bar, the browser would suggest related “low-quality information.”

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Apple fails to fix fake website vulnerability in Safari three months after notification [Video]

Ben Lovejoy Sep 12 2018 - 5:27 am PT

A security researcher who found a security hole in Safari says that Apple has still not fixed it, more than three months after he informed the company. The same vulnerability was present in Microsoft’s Edge browser, but the company issued a patch a month ago …

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iOS dominates Android in the US as Safari leads mobile browser use

Michael Potuck Aug 6 2018 - 9:32 am PT

Analytics firm Mixpanel is out today with new data on mobile device OS market share and mobile browsing use in the US. Notably, Apple has almost double the user base on iOS compared to Android, which also translates to Safari being the most popular mobile browser.

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Apple ships Safari Technology Preview 58 w/ favicons & Safari 12 features for High Sierra & Mojave

Chance Miller Jun 6 2018 - 11:40 am PT

As WWDC continues, Apple today has released Safari Technology Preview 58. This is the experimental browser that the company first introduced in 2016 as a way for developers to test upcoming Safari features.

Today’s Preview 58 is available on macOS 10.14 Mojave, as well as macOS High Sierra, and includes Safari 12 enhancements…

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Safari hack allows control of Touch Bar; remote desktop bug provides inadvertent admin access

Ben Lovejoy Mar 15 2018 - 5:37 am PT

A security researcher has successfully exploited a Safari vulnerability to take control of the Touch Bar on a MacBook Pro. Samuel Groß demonstrated the exploit at the first day of this year’s Pwn2Own ethical hacking conference …

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Utility that allows favicons in Safari’s tab bar updated with new fixes and features

Jeff Benjamin Jan 15 2018 - 9:40 am PT

Daniel Alm’s Faviconographer utility, a handy Safari-centric tool that allows favicons in the browser’s tab bar, has received its first update. Version 1.1 of Faviconographer brings several improvements and bug fixes to the table.
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Apple ships Safari Technology Preview 47 with Spectre vulnerability mitigations

Zac Hall Jan 10 2018 - 10:36 am PT

Apple has updated Safari Technology Preview, its developer browser for experimental web features, with mitigations for the Spectre vulnerability disclosed earlier this month. Version 47 can be found in the Mac App Store or online for Safari Technology Preview users.

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PSA: Here’s a really quick and easy way to search your Safari tabs and history …

Ben Lovejoy Dec 6 2017 - 4:45 am PT

If you’ve ever been in the situation of knowing that you have the info you need in one of your gazzilion open Safari tabs, or you know that you saw it on a webpage recently but can’t remember which, there’s a couple of really easy shortcuts for searching …

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How to add favicons to Safari tabs and bookmarks bar on Mac [Video]

Jeff Benjamin Oct 23 2017 - 12:20 pm PT

I love Safari, but one of the things that always tempts me to go back to Google Chrome is the lack of favicons in the tabs bar. It sounds like such a simple thing, but when you have several tabs open at the same time, having to rely on text to differentiate one tab from another proves to be quite difficult.
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Safari 11 now available for macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan

Michael Potuck Sep 19 2017 - 12:08 pm PT

Apple has released Safari 11 today alongside iOS 11, watchOS 4, tvOS 11, and more.

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Opinion: With one High Sierra feature, Apple isn’t protecting privacy, it’s taking away choice

Ben Lovejoy Sep 15 2017 - 8:11 am PT

One of the things I like about Apple is the company’s strong commitment to privacy. By making its money from hardware and chargeable services, it doesn’t need to rely much on advertising, and it can therefore afford to take a strong stand on the issue.

Indeed, the legal tussle with the FBI over the San Bernardino shooting was probably one of the best pieces of PR for the company. It demonstrated that Apple felt so strongly about protecting the privacy of its customers that it was willing to take on the might of the U.S. government.

Taking on the advertising industry is likely even better PR, but while I generally applaud Apple’s attitude, I think in one particular case, it is actually taking things too far: Intelligent Tracking Prevention in High Sierra …

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Spotify’s web player no longer works on Safari on the Mac due to apparent security concern

Ben Lovejoy Sep 11 2017 - 5:56 am PT

Spotify’s web player no longer supports Safari. Attempting to use the web player leads to the above message, prompting Mac users to use the desktop app instead …

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Safari in iOS 11 converts Google’s AMP links back to the original URLs

Ben Lovejoy Aug 24 2017 - 4:08 am PT

Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) may have been sold to users on the basis of faster-loading webpages, but the company’s underlying motivation is to lock publishers into Google’s ad network. For users, it makes it harder to see which site you’re being taken to, and trickier to share links to specific pages.

Apple is now addressing the second issue in iOS 11 by having Safari convert AMP links back into the original URLs when shared …

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Apple updates Safari Extensions webpage with focus on Mac App Store

Michael Potuck Aug 21 2017 - 3:05 pm PT

Along with releasing beta updates for iOS, macOS, and tvOS today, Apple has updated its Safari Extensions webpage. The redesign includes a prominent link to the extensions available in the Mac App Store, and also features the ability to install extensions from the webpage with a single click.

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