Vratislav Holub In this regular column, every day we look at the most interesting news that revolves around the California company Apple. Here we focus exclusively on the main events and selected (interesting) speculations. So if you are interested in current events and want to be informed about the apple world, definitely spend a few minutes on the following paragraphs.
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The movie Palmer is already on TV+
Through our regular summary from the world of Apple, three days ago we informed you about the arrival of an interesting drama film on the TV+ platform, in which the very famous actor and singer Justin Timberlake played the main role. The movie Palmer premiered today on Apple's streaming service, and the first reviews are starting to appear online. But let's remind ourselves what this title is actually about.
The whole story revolves around a former king of college football named Eddie Palmer, who unfortunately ended up in prison. The plot begins to take place after several years, when he is finally released and the protagonist goes back to his hometown. Immediately after, Eddie becomes close to Say, a loner boy from a troubled family. But everything soon becomes complicated because Eddie starts to catch up with his past. The story thus depicts redemption, acceptance and love. On film databases (imdb.com a csfd.cz) the film is collecting average to slightly above-average reviews so far.
Privacy is one of the biggest issues of the 21st century
Tonight, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection virtual conference, where he talked about Facebook's business model, the upcoming feature to allow cross-app and cross-site tracking that should soon arrive on iOS/iPadOS and the importance of privacy. Cook identified privacy as one of the biggest issues of the current century, and as such should deserve significantly more attention. We can supposedly look at this issue as climate change and take it on an equal footing.
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Although you may object by saying that you have nothing to hide, Tim Cook is rather describing concerns that could arise in a few years. The tech giants could know literally everything about us, which would make us live our lives under the constant surveillance of "Big Brothers." Undoubtedly, the director follows up on the new apple dokument, which was shared yesterday on the occasion of Privacy Day. In it, you can see what these companies learn about a father and daughter who spend the day together at the children's playground.
BlastDoor or the way to protect Messages in iOS 14
In addition to new widgets, an application library, a new Siri environment and other changes, the iOS 14 operating system brought one more great new feature that unfortunately isn't talked about as much anymore. We are talking about a security system called BlastDoor, which takes care of the security of the Messages application. In the past, several cracks have appeared, due to which in some cases it was possible to hack an iPhone through a simple text message. Although Apple has never shared any information about the BlastDoor system, its operation was explained today by security specialist Samuel Groß of Google's Project Zero team.
Simply put, BlastDoor uses a so-called sandbox to ensure maximum security. This in itself is already quite iconic for the iOS operating system and ensures that the application is turned on in a closed, separate environment, thanks to which it does not get access to data from the system itself. And it is the same now with our news. In the model attached above, you can see that every message in which content that could theoretically be dangerous is identified is first verified separately from the system and also from the Messages application.
According to Große, this is almost the best message security solution that Apple could have used in terms of ensuring backward compatibility. So there's no doubt that Messages should be significantly more secure. The Cupertino company reportedly decided to implement this gadget because of the scandal when attackers were able to seize the iPhone of a journalist from Al Jazeera magazine through a text message. If you are interested in more detailed information about how BlastDoor works, you can find all the detailed information from the Project Zero team <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1932/8043/files/200721_ODSTOUPENI_BEZ_UDANI_DUVODU__EN.pdf?v=1595428404" data-gt-href-en="https://en.notsofunnyany.com/">here</a>.
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There are a lot of things that annoy me about Apple. Their decisions about what is best for the user and so on. But this, the fact that they make sure that the user's data is safe, or at least that he knows what is happening with that data, is one of their biggest assets.