Notices by Simon B. Støvring (simonbs@mastodon.social)

With the release of iOS 17.3, Stolen Device Protection is now generally available. This is one of my favorite new iOS features. You will want to turn on Stolen Device Protection as it provides a great additional security layer for everyone, but particularly for those of us who use iCloud Keychain.

Turn on Stolen Device Protection by opening Settings, selecting Face ID & Passcode, and then choosing Turn On Protection under Stolen Device Protection.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212510

No, Apple, a well thought-out minimalistic pomodoro app from an indie developer is not spam. It provides users with a choice. Stop insulting developers, Apple.

https://breaks.app by @zachwaugh was rejected by Apple as spam because the App Store already contains pomdoro apps with similar concepts. The App Store also contained quite a few journaling apps before you launched your Journal app yesterday, Apple.

https://mastodon.social/@zachwaugh/111568177893170335

A reminder that you can encrypt the content of a push notification before it’s passed to Apple and then use a notification service app extension to decrypt the content before the notification is displayed to the user.

While this doesn’t prevent the government from tracking users through the metadata linked to a push notification, it does, at least, hinder their ability to access the content of the notification. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications/modifying_content_in_newly_delivered_notifications/

Build apps like this.