An Apple developer went through videos from WWDC and noted everything on Security&Privacy

Jul 7, 2014 23:24 GMT  ·  By

Luis Abreu had the guts to watch 7 hours of video from WWDC Developers' sessions and made a comprehensive list of the features Apple will release together with ISO 8 and OS X Yosemite. 

 
As a Designer, Luis' work will "help you understand how you must deal with topics such as Permissions from now on."
 
His page is a long story divided into 17 different categories: Location, Camera, Contacts, Kids, Safari, Keychain and Authentication
HomeKit, HealthKit, CloudKit, Handoff, iTunes Connect, Advertising Identifier, Wi-Fi MAC Address, Notifications, Extensions, Changes to Settings and Privacy Best Practices. 
 
First up – Location. We don't know too much about the new features of iOS 8 and "While in Use" Permission is one of them. Apple allows for an app to upgrade or downgrade the permission type when updated and will display a confirmation prompt. 
 
When it comes to Photo or Video apps, no third party will be allowed to use the camera or gain any data from the hardware until the user specifically approves that. This applies to Contacts, but you'll have even more fine controls over there. An app will be able to pick or share just one contact or filter contacts by email address or other fields. 
 
Keychain has some interesting changes as well. 
 
App Groups allow more flexible sharing of private information between apps from the same developer and also, you can share sensitive info between Apps and Extensions. That means, when you want to post something to a Social Network from within the extension panel you are not required to type your Username and Password all the time. 
 
HomeKit and HealthKit are two examples of added layers of security. You can actually pick and choose what you share with different apps. For example, if you don't want your weight to be shown in any app, you can just disable that in Health Data Sources under the Settings.app. The same applies for the calories you burned or how many Miles you ran today. 
 
Luis Abreu has all the relevant technical explanation on his website and links to more documentation. 
 
Make sure to check his full Article on "iOS 8 Privacy Updates" to understand Apple's work for a better and more secure iOS. 
 
Interesting to mention is that Apple may eye Blackberry customers with these new features just because the iPhone was often described as less secure.