The next update of iOS 15, Apple's operating system for iPhones coming this fall, includes a number of privacy-oriented improvements.
These include new controls on location information that are usually saved when
a photo is taken.
With iOS 15 it will be easier to disable this setting which, if on the one hand it can be useful to remember the place imprinted in an image, on the other it still represents a further piece in the wide ecosystem of the so-called Big Data that everyone carries around.
The Mail app
introduces Privacy Prevention, which allows you to hide your IP address and location when sending an email.
This prevents hackers from intercepting the victim user's unique connection reference, as well as the location from which they are connected.
Apple's work on privacy has also extended to
Siri
.
The commands that are given to the voice assistant will make greater use of the computational capabilities on board the iPhone and iPad, so as to reduce the request for information from the internet.
However, the user's voice asking for something will never be recorded or saved in the cloud.
By switching to the
Safari browser
, this will enjoy an integrated VPN, called Private Relay, with which to mask traffic and hide browsing data, which are inaccessible to Apple itself.
The functionality will be integrated into iCloud +, the version of Apple's cloud services reserved for subscribers, except for those in China, Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda and the Philippines due to restrictions. in those countries.
With iOS 14.5, Apple had already released
App Tracking Transparency
, with which the system asks the user for the green light to track their activities for individual apps, for advertising purposes.