/newsroom/taxonomy/term/6902/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-apple-users-can-say-no-being-tracked-new-software-update-330714 <p>Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.</p> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:09:36 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261899 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/apple-vows-resist-fbi-demand-crack-iphone-259132 <p>"Tech giant Apple and the FBI appeared headed for a deepening confrontation Wednesday after the company’s chief pledged to fight federal demands to help mine data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in San Bernardino." (<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-wants-apple-to-help-unlock-iphone-used-by-san-bernardino-shooter/2016/02/16/69b903ee-d4d9-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html"><em>The Washington Post</em></a>)</p> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:47:30 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25314 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/streaming-taylor-swift-vs-apple-253662 <p> Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:36:37 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24272 at /newsroom