Secure messenger: Hoccer gives up

Secure messenger: Hoccer gives up

The secure messenger service Hoccer, developed in Germany, has ceased operation. The apps for Android and iOS are therefore without function. The homepage is switched off, only a goodbye message can be seen. The operator cites the personnel and financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, which did not allow the service to continue operating. Among … Read more

Another zero-day vulnerability in iOS: Apps can break out of sandbox

Another zero-day vulnerability in iOS: Apps can break out of sandbox

There is another vulnerability in iOS and iPadOS up to the current version 13.4.1, for which extensive details and an exploit are now publicly available. Apps are able to grant themselves any permissions with a simple method, as the security researcher Siguza explains. This allows iOS programs, for example, to break out of the sandbox … Read more

iOS 14: the new settings for wallpapers, and… widgets for the home screen?

iOS 14: the new settings for wallpapers, and… widgets for the home screen?

iOS 14 would blow a big wind of freshness on the management of wallpapers. A build of the future system contains indications according to which these images would be organized according to what they represent, another logic than currently where the funds are sorted according to their type (Dynamic, Image and Live). Read: iOS 14: … Read more

Apple: The new iPad Pro feels like a notebook *** BILDplus content *** – cell phone

Apple: The new iPad Pro feels like a notebook *** BILDplus content *** – cell phone

– – This week, Apple’s new top tablet comes on the market, the iPad Pro of 2020. For the first time, the company is installing a LiDAR sensor that is supposed to promote apps with augmented reality. In addition, the iPad Pro now works together with trackpads, so that the device suddenly feels like a … Read more

beware of data overconsumption!

beware of data overconsumption!

Be careful if you plan to update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 13.4. The update deployed today retains a bug spotted in the Golden Master which sometimes leads to overconsumption of mobile data. – – – Despite several Beta versions and increasingly rigorous testing phases, Apple would not have succeeded in correcting all the … Read more