Monthly Archives: July 2022

Storage firm Drobo has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Longstanding Thunderbolt and network-attached storage company Drobo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late June, and will hold its first creditors meeting on July 17.First formed as Data Robotics in 2005, Drobo manufactured solutions for remote and network storage. Parent company StarCentric filed bankrupcy papers with the California Northern Bankruptcy Court (San Jose) on June 20, 2022.According to …

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How to view which apps are accessing your location data in iOS 15

By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Take control of your data by identifying which apps are tracking your location and learning how to restrict or revoke their access to your location data.A surprising amount of apps use your location — even apps that may not have any real reason to do so. Some of these apps likely gather your location data and sell it to data brokers, who then sell it again to interested parties.That’s why it’s a smart idea to occasionally take a trip through your app list and see which apps have access to your location data. From there, you can choose how those apps access your data and restrict their access altogether. …

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UK pushing for on-device scanning for child abuse materials

By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Britain’s government is proposing legislation that would require WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Apple’s Messages to adopt automatic scanning for child sexual abuse material.Also known in the UK as child sexual abuse and exploitation content (CSAE), the proposal from controversial Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to amend the country’s digital safety legislation.It follows …

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