Apple ios 15.2 update#

Next year, I hope to see Apple begin to assertively reject developers who do not keep to the spirit of app privacy from the App Store.įor enterprise users, this visibility into app behavior may make the difference between some popular collaboration and communication services being approved for use on company hardware, or not. It seems likely that many users will be surprised at what they find out, which I hope means those apps that fail to live up to the spirit of App privacy on iOS devices will be quickly discovered and their apps deleted or replaced with more privacy-respecting services. This empowers every iPhone user with insight into what their apps are doing. It also means those apps that continue to abuse customer trust by attempting to evade your privacy settings become a little more obvious. It also shows you network activity, which may enable you to spot apps sending data when you don’t want them to do so.

Apple ios 15.2 update#

That privacy thingĪnother important enhancement in this update is the App Privacy Report, which will shed a bright light on apps that are not respecting your privacy settings.Įnabled in Settings>Privacy>toggle App Privacy Report to on, this shows you what apps are using what resources on your device, including your microphone and camera. It is also worth noting that the software update follows Apple’s recent decision to take NSO Group to court. These and other nasties are all repaired now. A maliciously crafted audio file running on all Apple platforms that could lead to disclosure of user information.A flaw across iPhones, iPads, Macs, and WatchOS that enabled a maliciously crafted audio or image file to execute arbitrary code.A bug that lets Macs running Monterey be tracked by the Bluetooth MAC address.