But whos going to count all those crosswalks and fire hydrants?
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iOS 16can prove to a websitethat you’re a human and not a spambot or similar.
This means far fewer CAPTCHAs for iOS and Mac users.
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CAPTCHA
CAPTCHAs are a super annoying aspect of the web, and some websites are particularly bad.
But it doesnt have to be this way.
Apple has worked with Google, Cloudflare, and CDN providerFastlytocreate Private Access Tokens.
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Apple provides a Private Access Token to the website youre signing up to, but not any personal data.
Applevia iCloudwill automatically and invisibly verify your machine and Apple ID account.
What Next?
Passwords are one of the biggest examples.
Failure to do any of it right leads to terrible consequences.
Even with a password manager app, its still a lot of delicate busywork.
This is exactly the kind of thing computers are supposed to do.
Both keys can lock data, but only the private key can unlock it.
With this new Automatic Verification, a similar framework is used.
But what other web annoyances could this fix?
“Apple wants its entire ecosystem to be the most secure in the world.
And they are doing a great job in this field,” technology writerSayan Duttatold Lifewire via email.
And how about email?
Email has two main problems.
One is that it’s completely unencrypted, just plain, readable text flying over the web.
The other is you don’t really know who sent it.
Apple wants its entire ecosystem to be the most secure in the world.
And they are doing a great job in this field.
This is your key to security and authentication.
With those kinds of egalitarian, open-minded attitudes, theres not much we couldnt fix.
