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  1. iFanaddic

    Prevent anyone from accessing iCloud Photo library on Apple TV?

    I'm running tvOS 12 Beta 6, since I just moved in with new roommates this month, I've been trying to make sure my personal stuff remains by personal. But I can't seem to be able to find a way to prevent someone to go incognito in my iCloud Photo Library as well as my Photo Stream via the Apple...
  2. C

    Content Blocker for Javascript with Exceptions?

    Does anyone know of a content blocker for iOS that will let me basically block all Javascript in Safari, but carve out exceptions for particular sites? Bonus points if I could also have those sites on the exception list be subject to normal blocking (e.g., two levels, either no Javascript, or...
    • codeman7
    • Thread
    • content blocker javascript privacy tracking
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 11
  3. MacinMan

    Speedtest app issues, can't get past privacy screen

    Hey guys, I just installed the latest speedtest app update on my iphone 7 plus, and iPad Air 2. I am having issues getting the app to work. They've added new privacy controls, and they've added a new screen with a blue padlock on it. I click through the set up instructions, click allow when...
  4. Q

    iPhone 7/Plus iPhone analytics

    Hi all, Some technical advice please. Running iOS 11.3. I’m pretty security conscious and therefore took to disabling location services in my settings for all apps bar find my iPhone and sos. I also uninstalled Maps and other system apps which I rarely used. I don’t have many other apps bar...
    • QuestionEverything
    • Thread
    • analytics hacking ios location privacy tracking vehicle
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: iPhone
  5. H

    How to delete iMessages from iCloud

    I deleted all messages from all devices, including iPhone, iPad and Mac. There are zero messages right now. I deleted Messages folder in Library and let Messages generate new one, just to be sure that they are removed from hard drive. I've deleted all backups that were kept in iCloud for each...
  6. hank moody

    General iCloud Calendar Events - Exposes my private account

    Hi My iCloud account in my iPhone is my private/personal email. I have some business/professional emails in my iPhone too and when i create an event in calendar, a business event, it exposes my personal/private email to the other invitees in that event. Is it possible to avoid this? I dont...
    • hank moody
    • Thread
    • calendar event icloud privacy
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iOS 11
  7. jjhouston

    imessaging security on Macbook Air

    Situation: I have a work macbook but company has a policy of employees using their personal icloud credentials on work computer. I am receiving imessages from my personal cellphone on my macbook over company wifi mostly for the convenience of keeping in touch with family during the day...
    • jjhouston
    • Thread
    • help imessage macbook macbook 13" privacy security
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  8. anthony818N

    What are all these weird names I have never heard of found in my Iphones Analytics?

    When I go into Privacy settings and select to veiw my Analytics, I see a lot of terms or names that are unknown to me. Can someone tell me what these mean? My gf thinks i am doing coding or secret stuff behind her back and i would like to help clear up this for her. For Example: JetsameEvent...
  9. I

    Warner Bros.

    Mortal Kombat, Justice league, The Lego Batman, DC Legends... Privacy policy: "We do not currently take actions to respond to Do Not Track signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. We continue to review new technologies and may adopt a standard once one is...
  10. D

    Location Services Question

    I always have all my location services turned off except find my mac. Among those turned off location services is Setting Time Zone (System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services -> Details -> Setting Time Zone (off ) ) While traveling I always change my time to the current...
    • dialogos
    • Thread
    • location location services privacy time zone
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  11. J

    find my iPhone - spy

    Hi all, I have suspicions my parents are tracking me using find my iPhone. I think they use my iPad, which is using the same Apple ID. Is there a way to find out on my iPhone whether I was actually tracked, when it was, etc, or to get a message when I'm being watched? I know how to switch it...
  12. M

    iPhone Parent Control / Privacy settings for contacts

    Hey guys and girls... glad to be on board! I am looking for a global way (via configuration profile or MDM) to control the privacy settings for the contacts - e.g preventing WhatsApp to use the contacts at all. The user should not be able to enable contact sync for WhatsApp once it is disabled...
    • mikemiller815
    • Thread
    • contacts ios parental control privacy restrictions
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 11
  13. Rubenfer

    Universal A peculiar address book for iOS

    Hi, what do you think about this iOS app that will be available soon on App Store? Description of the app: The Other Contacts (TOC) will allow you to increase your privacy and the privacy of your contacts. TOC creates an independent contact list, completely isolated and inaccessible to...
  14. L

    Is auto-WiFi transmitting my personal email at work?

    Let's say I allow my phone to connect to my office WiFi automatically, and my phone also logs in to my personal Gmail account automatically. Does that mean that, even if I'm not checking personal email at work, if Gmail was open on my phone when I walked in that morning, now every email that...
    • lolkitty808
    • Thread
    • email employer phone privacy wifi work
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iPhone
  15. phillytim

    Any private photos app that lets you access them from other apps?

    Do any of the private photo vault apps allow you to seamlessly access the photos from other apps? Such as: can I use an app like Kik or Snapchat to access photos in the locked vault, without having to download the photos to my Camera Roll first?
  16. Betamagic

    Universal Net Radar 1.2 for iOS released - VPN monitor and more

    Net Radar for iOS is a technical tool to check the correct working of a VPN connection on your iPhone or iPad, and to check the current public IP address and the associated geographical location. Net Radar checks the internet connection on your device internally on two specific VPN aspects, and...
  17. B

    Universal Privault - Secure Your Privacy Behind a Calculator

    Hi everyone, Privault is an iOS universal app that help import and lock your private photos and videos and even voice memos behind a calculator keyboard. Please have a try and give us your advice, thanks. Appstore...
  18. D

    Streaming on Macbook pro

    I have come across this service Popcorn time and have been using it for a while, but after going through the web my major concerns are on how to torrent and use Popcorn which is based on BitTorrent client safely and anonymously. I have been using Popcorn time on my MacBook Pro, so I need a much...
    • davidhen
    • Thread
    • bittorrent macbookpro macos privacy security streaming torrent vpn
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  19. MikeyN

    Taming Sierra for privacy, security, battery life, running cool and general sanity

    The advent of SIP was another step into the walled garden that Apple wants its users to dwell in, doing not much more as pondering how to best spend more money on Apple products. If Sierra would have been a well designed and developed OS then SIP might have been actually a welcome hardening...
    • MikeyN
    • Thread
    • freedom lockdown optimization performance issues privacy processes security sierra
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  20. DingeZ

    Blocking the Google Translate bar

    I really like that Safari in High Sierra can actively block cross-site following, but there is one drawback. The Google Translate bar that keeps reappearing every few days. Of course, the tracking prevention prevents it from remembering that I don't want, but I don't want it at all. Is there a...
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