One of the first found feature changes in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 may be an iMessage verification system that could help prevent government agencies from eavesdropping on the conversations of critics.An example of an alert from iMessage Contact Key VerificationIn December 2022, Apple introduced a number of security protections to help protect the sensitive data of its users in iCloud and iMessage. Months later, in the first beta of iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Apple seems to be preparing to take one of the features live. Read more...

One of the first found feature changes in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 may be an iMessage verification system that could help prevent government agencies from eavesdropping on the conversations of critics.An example of an alert from iMessage Contact Key VerificationIn December 2022, Apple introduced a number of security protections to help protect the sensitive data of its users in iCloud and iMessage. Months later, in the first beta of iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Apple seems to be preparing to take one of the features live. Read more...

One of the first found feature changes in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 may be an iMessage verification system that could help prevent government agencies from eavesdropping on the conversations of critics.An example of an alert from iMessage Contact Key VerificationIn December 2022, Apple introduced a number of security protections to help protect the sensitive data of its users in iCloud and iMessage. Months later, in the first beta of iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Apple seems to be preparing to take one of the features live. Read more...

One of the first found feature changes in iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6 may be an iMessage verification system that could help prevent government agencies from eavesdropping on the conversations of critics.An example of an alert from iMessage Contact Key VerificationIn December 2022, Apple introduced a number of security protections to help protect the sensitive data of its users in iCloud and iMessage. Months later, in the first beta of iOS 16.6 and iPadOS 16.6, Apple seems to be preparing to take one of the features live. Read more...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge So Apple has restricted the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot, The Wall Street Journal reports. ChatGPT has been on the ban list for months, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman adds. It’s not just Apple, but also Samsung and Verizon in the tech world and a who’s who of banks (Bank of America, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan). This is because of the possibility of confidential data escaping; in any event, ChatGPT’s privacy policy explicitly says your prompts can be used to train its models unless you opt out. The fear of leaks isn’t unfounded: in March, a bug in ChatGPT revealed data from other users. Is there a world where…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge So Apple has restricted the use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot, The Wall Street Journal reports. ChatGPT has been on the ban list for months, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman adds. It’s not just Apple, but also Samsung and Verizon in the tech world and a who’s who of banks (Bank of America, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan). This is because of the possibility of confidential data escaping; in any event, ChatGPT’s privacy policy explicitly says your prompts can be used to train its models unless you opt out. The fear of leaks isn’t unfounded: in March, a bug in ChatGPT revealed data from other users. Is there a world where…