Because Apple is a manufacturer of gadgets “premium”, iOS-devices have always been a lure for thieves and intruders. But if for many cities and countries, this problem is almost not relevant, then in New York upward trend in burglaries iPhone and iPad every year receives more frightening character.

According to The Wall Street Journal, citing the press release of the Police Department of New York, in 2013 the number of crimes involving the theft gadgets Apple, increased by 18%. In 2012, this figure stood at 13%, so this is clearly not the city becomes safer for iPhone and iPad.

In 8465 out of 47 000 major thefts were implicated iOS-device, so the last strengthened the title of the most attractive gadgets for thieves. Most crimes occur on public transport, where people are so passionate about their smartphones and tablets that completely lose control over their surroundings. In addition, the peak work pickpockets simplified several times – they can get their hands deftly small phone from his jacket pocket and “dissolve” in the general stream.

First steps to prevent theft of Apple products took another former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who not only held discussions with the police , but also called on ordinary citizens to facilitate the investigation. Often victims quickly reconciled to their loss, and for some reason do not wish to participate in her quest.

One of the main tools of search iPhone or iPad in the case of theft is the “Find iPhone”, which displays the location of the device to within a few tens of meters. Also, do not forget about the ability to set a password, and a new feature in iOS Activation Lock 7 smartphone or tablet can not be activated without the data Apple ID of its owner.

In New York for a long time intensified attackers specializing in stealing iPhone (iPad still steal a lot harder). It got to the point that they have learned to recognize the owners of Apple’s gadgets branded white headphones that comes with Nokias.

In Russia, as a rule, law enforcement agencies prefer not to rely on Find My iPhone and engaged in the search for stolen smartphones traditional methods. It so happens that their work did not turn out to be in vain, however, for the use of modern technologies percentage of detection of such crimes could be much higher.

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On Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama met with the heads of technology companies, including Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss questions about state-sanctioned surveillance network users Internet site work and HealthCare.gov. On assurances to Reuters, all two o’clock meeting was entirely devoted to the safety of users and recently disclosed system PRISM.

Disclosure of Edward Snowden Program U.S. National Security Agency to collect information PRISM gave significant opportunity to discuss the legality of such measures. NSA program was used as a means to control and monitor network traffic, phone calls and messages, to prevent terrorist attacks and other acts of extremism. How it was used in fact – is not known. Great popularity after the disclosure began to acquire Tor-network, which are used to anonymize web activity. An increasing number of organizations who have been “listening” to resort to the implementation of its activities in Tor – journalists, major corporations, public and non-governmental organizations. Although confident rumors and unofficial support Tor same NSA.

President Obama said that he “believes in an open and free Internet.” For its part, the heads of major companies have made a statement which expressed their gratitude for the opportunity to discuss their principles and views on the situation directly with the president and hope for a more aggressive deployment of reform in this area.

Particularly worth mentioning is that the European Union Heads of State who were subjected to “tapping”, expressed his indignation at the actions of American intelligence and intends to adopt a law requiring companies to notify the technological nature of their work with the secret services.

At one time, Apple has come up with an official statement where assured its users that received from the NSA requests for access to personal information, and there were about 5000, carefully considered and lawyers have been approved only in the case of a direct threat to a person’s life. On assurances as Andrew Stone, who once worked at Next, it is the death of Steve Jobs gave impetus to cooperation with Apple NSA. While he was alive founder of the company, he did not tolerate any interactions with the NSA, as it were “friends” within the Agency and forgave him a “behavior.”

For those who are really afraid for the safety of their data, recall that IMessages, FaceTime, iCloud Keychain TouchID and are officially safe. The Internet already went publication about the possibility of breaking iMessages (encrypted connection) by wedging in the third transfer correspondent, having the ability to read and modify messages, but you need to have a rather complex technical equipment. Regarding the same iCloud Keychain TouchID and can not survive. 256-bit encryption will protect your passwords and data from theft and TouchID has a separate area in the processor, which is solely responsible for the process of storage and fingerprint recognition.

Perhaps in the future we will reveal new information about these services likely hacking Apple, but there is no reason to worry about your data is not.

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While the U.S. president has been repeatedly recognized that a fan of Steve Jobs and his revolutionary gadgets, yet at the insistence of the security services he had to abandon his iPhone and revert to using BlackBerry . According to Barack Obama , security experts believe Apple phone secure enough to use them to the head of state.

“At the moment, for security reasons I am not allowed to have around the iPhone, – Obama said, responding to questions from students at the White House.

At the same time his daughter Sasha and Malia are actively using the iPhone and the president said, “spend much time with them.” Despite a ban on the use of iPhone, Obama still has at its disposal iPad, with which scans the headlines and travels over the Internet.

Apparently, the American president does not want to repeat the fate of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose phone was once unceremoniously listened U.S. intelligence agencies. Or worry Obama called sensational claims former employee U.S. National Security Agency Edward Snowden about the infamous program for spying on users PRISM .

On materials Wall Street Jornal

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When Apple introduced the iPhone 5s with built-in fingerprint reader Touch ID , it caused panic among the advocates of the protection of personal data and the conspiracy theorists. Although the Cupertino argue that biometric information is stored locally users, some observers believe that this is not true. Recently, the chorus joined the doubters hacker community Anonymous, which claims that the results of the scan safely deposited on the servers of the infamous U.S. National Security Agency.

“Anonymus” posted on the YouTube video, which are divided into sensational details of AuthenTec, which Apple bought it because of developments related to the fingerprint readers. Hackers claim that the company is closely linked with U.S. intelligence agencies, namely the NSA.

Of course, the virtual shadow state without the government should not be regarded as a source of reliable information. However, if you are particularly sensitive about protecting their personal information, we advise you to refrain from using the function iPhone, which has the potential to make you even more vulnerable to espionage intelligence.

According to the materials TechnoBuffalo.com

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Google has for some reason decided to drastically reduce the cost of its flagship Nexus smartphone in the online store Play Store. Now in the U.S. 8 GB version devaysa can be purchased for $ 199 (formerly $ 299), so the machine immediately fell by a third.

Became cheaper and more interesting version with 16 GB of internal memory. It can now be purchased for only $ 249 (discount of $ 100 or 28%). In addition, the smartphone, the assurance of Google, will become cheaper in other countries, including the UK, Spain, Germany, Korea and Canada. Size of the discount on the unit there will be at least 25%.

One can only imagine what caused such a dramatic reduction in the cost. After all, in this smart phone with the top (even on the present level) performance and extremely low cost for them was always a steady demand.

Probably in the near future we are waiting the announcement of Nexus 5 , which will occupy the former price niche Nexus 4 (299/349 dollars), and so the older generation is getting cheaper. Although it is highly likely that in the coming announcement of Apple iPhone 5S , and especially plastic iPhone 5C , start of sales which are expected on September 20. With the new price of Nexus 4 will look next to them is very profitable. 

Recall that the Google phone is equipped with 4.7-inch LCD-display True HD IPS + technology Zerogap Touch and a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (quad-core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz and Adreno 320 graphics), 2 GB RAM and 8/16 GB of internal memory, support for memory cards in the smartphone not. There are two cameras – 8-megapixel primary and a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera.

Capacity of non-removable battery – 2100 mAh (11.9 hours of talk time and 564.5 hours in standby mode), with the ability to wirelessly charge. Other characteristics of Nexus 4 modules include 3G (HSPA + 42 Mbit / s), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, A-GPS and NFC. Dimensions of the device – 133,9 x 68,7 x 9,1 mm, weight – 139 grams. Powered Smartphone from LG and Google’s OS Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean.

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As you guessed, it is a scandalous PRISM program , under which the Office of Homeland Security has received from Apple and other companies sensitive information about users. About the program became known due to the fact that the fugitive intelligence officer Edward Snowden gave the documents to reporters.

Group plans to send President Barack Obama a letter, a copy of which was at the disposal of the publication AllThingsD. In a letter of call for the president and several members of Congress to produce a clear list of the types of information that intelligence agencies have the right to request.

Companies also want to reserve the right to publicly talk about each prompt to maximize the transparency of the process. We are talking about the number of requests for data from the security services, the number of people whose data is requested, and the number of accounts and devices.

From this we can conclude that Apple does not recognize its share of guilt in the scandal with PRISM, since acted under duress, and refers to it negatively . We will see to what will the initiative of IT-giants.

According to the materials AllThingsD.com

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