iCloud

Researchers find iCloud storing Safari History and Google Search Data for years. Apple moves to solve that problem

February 9, 2017 Dan Uff

Forbes reports that security researchers at Elcomsoft discovered that Apple was retaining an iCloud record that kept deleted web history “by accident.” Using software developed by Elcomsoft only released today, researcher Vladimir Katalov downloaded his own data, and discovered records going back to Nov. 2015. Other information retrievable by the forensics tool on an iCloud-synced iPhone […]

Security Firm: Apple Automatically Uploads your iPhone Call Logs to iCloud

November 17, 2016November 18, 2016 Dan Uff

According to a Russan security firm called Elcomsoft, CEO Vladimir Katalov, told Forbes that any user that has iCloud enabled on their iPhone are having their call-logs automatically uploaded to Apple. The logs are said to include FaceTime calls, and in the case of iOS 10, missed calls from third-party apps like Skype and WhatsApp. iPhone owners can stop […]

Stop using Apple’s iCloud

November 2, 2016 Dan Uff

“Apple’s iCloud has a long and troubled past, but the company keeps pushing it for iPhone and Mac users with every new operating system update,” Thorin Klosowski writes for Lifehacker. “Don’t be fooled. The service is an inconsistent mess and more trouble than it’s worth.” “My main problems have come from three different parts of […]

Apple Mail and iCould Mail adds easy way to Unsubscribe from E-Mail Mailing Lists

September 27, 2016September 25, 2016 Dan Uff

Email ads are not only annoying, they are hard to unsubscribe too. Normally, a user has to open the email, scroll all the way down to the bottom, and click a small Unsubscribe link for the company to take you off of their mailing list. Starting with Mac OS and iCloud, Apple has made it […]