… The inaugural Background Security Improvement was released today with a patch for WebKit. These updates will be supported and enabled on devices running iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1 and macOS 26.1. Details can be reviewed under the Privacy & Security section of the Settings menu.
… In reaction to today's news, Signal said on Bluesky that it is "very happy that today Apple issued a patch and a security advisory." The privacy of your notifications is vulnerable in at least two places, according to the EFF. …
… Internal documents that have surfaced as part of the trial show Meta executives and researchers debating the trade-offs between safety and privacy as it relates to encryption. …
… Additional issues that Hanff calls out includes that this may violate European privacy laws, including GDPR. …
… We will continue to vigorously defend against this overreach, which far exceeds the DMA's original mandate and jeopardizes people's privacy and security."
… Security and privacy updates include automatically identifying and ending calls from spoofed numbers impersonating banks. …
… Android security updates Google As companies like Google continue to nudge us toward using agentic AI systems and expand their capabilities, concerns regarding privacy and security continue to grow. …