Ars Technica has a succinct overview of the many privacy-oriented features in the recently-released iOS 14.
Regardless of whether you are actively concerned about privacy or are in the ‘but I like my ads’ camp, it’s worth reading about the actions of a company that has a very clear view on this issue.
As with iOS 13 in 2019, this year’s release also has prominent notices in its built-in apps about Apple’s stance on privacy.
There have been rumours about Apple launching its own search engine in the next iOS. The evidence seems to be how iOS 14 already retrieves information that is displayed in Spotlight searches – that it seems to be using Apple’s own crawlers.
While this would be welcome, I’d like Apple to
- Roll its own privacy-centric encrypted DNS service built into the next iOS.
- Allow device-wide traffic routing via the Tor network.Taking this even further, I’d like it to
- Offer a full-fledged VPN as part of its Apple One subscription bundle
Combined with iOS’ own privacy features, this’d give those that wanted and cared about privacy to get it, even at a price.