Data security Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Why Apple's "walled garden" is a good idea

by Steven Sande (Jul 29th, 2010)

Many developers and users of Apple's iOS devices bemoan the "walled garden" of the App Store approval process, but it appears that the company's measures have prevented mass data theft from iPhones, and iPads. At the Black Hat security conference being held in Las Vegas this week, mobile security ...

MobileMe mixup: Address book snafu exposes personal data to strangers?

by Erica Sadun (Oct 12th, 2009)

These contacts, along with their notes, their phone numbers, dates of birth, and other information say a lot about the person whose address book this is, and also about the people who appear in that contact list, with all their personal and professional info. There's one big problem. The screen ...