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Apple gibt nach: "Fortnite" mit Web-Zahlung nun doch im US-App-Store
Hohe Manager von Apple hätten im Gericht antanzen müssen: Nach der Warnung einer Richterin gab Apple nun doch "Fortnite" mit Web-Zahlung in den USA frei.

Make sure you check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US agency overseeing cache of nuclear weapons was breached in SharePoint attack,
--Funding for critical infrastructure cyber threat detection has expired,
--Iranians received Apple spyware warnings,
--OpenAI founder warns of AI fraud crisis,
--Clorox claims IT provider gave hackers employee passwords,
--Feds warn of Interlock ransomware.

US agency overseeing cache of nuclear weapons was breached in SharePoint attack
Funding for critical infrastructure cyber threat detection has expired, Iranians received Apple spyware warnings, OpenAI founder warns of AI fraud crisis, Clorox claims IT provider gave hackers employee passwords, Feds warn of Interlock ransomware, IVF records posted on dark web, much more

»Apple is ruining the open web«
Their reputation among their fans has never been true and, in my opinion, is already partly a dull belief.
🍎 #apple

Apple is ruining the open web · Victor Wynne
Apple is defying the EU’s Digital Markets Act by blocking rival browser engines on iOS, protecting Safari’s immense profits. The result is the company ruining the open web.

Open Web Advocacy: Apple bremst immer noch externe Browser-Engines aus
Apple muss im Rahmen des Digital Market Act eigentlich das iPhone für fremde Browser-Engines öffnen. Das sei aber quasi unmöglich, so Open Web Advocacy.

I’m using the “1 Blocker” extension for iPadOS and iOS to block ads / enhance web browsing privacy:
#MediaLit

‎1Blocker - Ad Blocker
‎1Blocker lets you block obtrusive ads, sneaky trackers, and annoying elements on sites. With 1Blocker, you’re safe online and nothing will distract you from enjoying sites. 1Blocker is very easy to use — just flip a couple of switches to start blocking ads and trackers. The app will automatically r…

Password compromise is no joke;
it leads to account compromise and that leads to, well, the compromise of most everything you hold dear in this technological-centric world.
It’s why Google is telling billions of users to replace their passwords with more secure passkeys.
It’s why the FBI is warning people not to click on links in SMS messages.
It’s why stolen passwords are up for sale, in their millions, on the dark web to anyone with the very little amount of cas…

16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now
Change all your account passwords now — don’t wait: 16 billion credentials are confirmed as having been leaked.

Initially published in April 2010, Steve Jobs' "Thoughts on Flash" is a good reminder that when an ecosystem claims to be "open", you have to be cautious.
Apple's ecosystem is mostly closed, but they are honest about that fact.
While many systems fighting to gain market share claim to be "open", while being little more than APIs subject to use restrictions, which can be closed further at any time.

Saw some wild messaging from Apple in the Software Update app on an old MacBook — in fact the system was *not* up-to-date. Surfaced via a Google Chrome EOL message.
Got them switched over to the latest version of Firefox just fine 👀
The web should be for everyone (and not just on new hardware)

Uniting the World by Dividing it: Federated Maps to Enable Spatial Applications
Sagar Bharadwaj, Srinivasan Seshan, Anthony Rowe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11437

Uniting the World by Dividing it: Federated Maps to Enable Spatial Applications
The emergence of the Spatial Web -- the Web where content is tied to real-world locations has the potential to improve and enable many applications such as augmented reality, navigation, robotics, and more. The Spatial Web is missing a key ingredient that is impeding its growth -- a spatial naming system to resolve real-world locations to names. Today's spatial naming systems are digital maps such as Google and Apple maps. These maps and the location-based services provided on top of these maps…

What a difference a day makes? Times gives Superman 2/5 then gives it 5/5.
(The Times and The Sunday Times are different in terms of editorial, but from a web perspective it looks like they changed their mind.)

heise | Weltweit Web: So gehen Sie im Urlaub mit Apple-Smartphones kostengünstig online
Das Handy im Ausland weckt Unsicherheiten: Was kostet Telefonie, sollte ich mobile Daten deaktivieren und wo genau entstehen Kosten? Unser Ratgeber fürs iPhone.

The Tax Collector
The Tax Collector 🗓️ 5/15/25 • 🕑 56:34 • 📁 54 MB Podcast: Throughline Web player: Episode: Gangsters, banksters, and politicians. Today on the show, how the hunt for Al Capone helped turn the IRS into one of the U.S. government's most powerful tools — and most effective weapons. To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline. Learn more about sponsor message…

"The World Wide Web has changed radically in the many years since its idealistic dawn, when macintouch.com was created, and Apple has, too. There are big issues involved in those changes, but more extreme changes are on the horizon with AI and traitorous power in and around government. "
-- Ric Ford
sad.