With the release Tuesday of Apple iPadOS - a dedicated operating system for the iPad, offering tablets a suite of new features - Apple not only helps to position the tablet iPad as a portable competitorbut increases the security on the data during a period of escalating mobile malware threats.

The new operating system, announced for the first time at the company's global developer conference in June, is now available as a free software update for the company. iPad Air 2, the ipad mini, all the iPad pros, the IPad 2017, the 2018 iPad and the iPad Mini 4.

IPadOS and iOS 13 (published on Thursday) come with a host of new data-savvy security features providing more precise control over how often applications can access your location, including ways to prevent applications from scanning nearby Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks to guess your address and a new way to share your photos online without sharing your private metadata. IPad users also benefit from a new privacy layer when they connect to third-party applications.

Here are the iPadOS security features that are worth your time.

Permission checks

Say goodbye by unconsciously letting apps monitor your location by searching through your GPS data. With iPadOS and iOS 13, Apple verifies applications that request perpetual scanning permissions.

Now, when an application requests permission to access your location, three options are available: Allow access to the location when you use the application, allow it once or do not allow it at all. If you choose Allow Once, Apple will check with you the next time you open the app.

The Location Services menu in the Privacy section of the iPadOS Settings application has also become a hub in which you can view a complete list of all privacy settings for your applications and revoke or change the corresponding permissions.

Photo advantages

A practical advantage of the new suite of geodata controls is hidden in your photo controls, where you now have the opportunity to share photos without sharing your location data. If you delete confidential geographic data from a photo while you are still in the Photos application, each image leaves no more trace of data when it goes through social media, e-mail or messages. The photo can always be geotagged in private.

How to do? Easy. Select the image you want to share in the Photos app, tap Options at the top of the screen, and then turn off Location in the section labeled Include.

Snoops Bluetooth, start

The fact that you have disabled the permissions of an application to access your location via GPS does not mean that your location data is 100% secure. This app can always start searching for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals through a separate set of permissions. Once the app has found them, it can quickly analyze your overall location.

Bluetooth is regularly become more of a security vulnerability, as smart home connections exceed security patches. A new option in iPadOS closes a security hole that is less known to most users by allowing you to control which applications can search for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Connect with Apple

iPadOS & # 39; mandatory privacy tool, Connect with Apple, helps Apple tremendously to maintain its reputation for data privacy. The security feature uses your Apple ID, not your email address or your social network credentials, to verify your login information when logging in to your apps, in order to prevent you from signing on. to be followed online.

Want to try a new app or answer a suspicious online questionnaire? Forget the connection with your Facebook credentials or create fake email addresses. Connecting with Apple will create a disposable email address for you via its Hide My Email feature, and will save your inbox the spam attack. Using Connect with Apple also means that your Apple ID is protected with two-factor authentication, one of the best ways to enhance security.

HomeKit Updates

Now that Apple's smart home platform is gaining support for secure routers and encrypted home security cameras, HomeSmart security features developed by iPadOS will be useful for more strict security management in the real world.

At the surface level, this means that you will now be able to decide if your smart lights can communicate with your smart thermostat. But on a deeper level, this means you'll have more granular control over the flow of data in your home. Does your home security system really need to communicate with your wireless printer? Or do you prefer curling it for more privacy now IoT attacks progressively worsen?

The jewel of the crown for home video surveillance users is that HomeKit cameras will soon have encrypted video capabilities and iCloud storage, and all downloaded HomeKit Secure videos will be encrypted. Now that video spying is in the foreground for Apple users, the news does not arrive too soon.

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