Tag: Authentication

First day of WWDC23 was packed with announcements. Here is a list of announcements captured by media.

Optic ID

Apple Vision Pro will have its own biometric authentication based on iris. iOS and iPadOS apps running on headset which use Face ID or Touch ID for authentication will automatically switch to Optic ID for seamless experience.

Siri

Siri now drops "Hey" part of activation phrase. Moreover, you can now do follow-up requests to speed up interaction.

Vision Pro

Apple to provide developers with Development Kit later this year.

Headset will have support for prescription lenses, not all prescriptions will be supported though.

Safari

Safari gains extensive support for web apps in macOS 14 Sonoma. Safari also brings support for spatial computing with <model> tag providing easy way of displaying 3D content alongside with web page.

Health

Follow up notifications to take medications are added. Mental health and vision control features are also built in. Device will now notify users if they're holding device too close to their face.

Various enhancements

• Autocorrect and predictive text were significantly improved in iOS/iPadOS 17.
• iPadOS 17 adds support to external webcams, not just those which are embedded into display.
• AirTags now could be shared between multiple users.
• Used SMS verification codes could be automatically removed.
• App Store Review Guidelines now target fake and "bad" apps.
• Optimized charging comes to more Apple Watch models.
• Developers without paid membership now could install developer betas.
• Stickers in Messages now could be created from photos.
• Video conferencing features with presenter overlay would be available to different applications.
• iOS Photos will recognize pets.

Apple Newsroom: Apple previews new features coming to Apple services this fall

References:

• Apple announces new Optic ID biometrics for user authentication on Apple Vision Pro headset
• Apple says it has fixed iPhone autocorrect with iOS 17
• Siri no longer requires ‘Hey’ command to activate, now has back-to-back requests
• iOS 17 Lets You Share AirTags With Others
• iOS 17 Can Automatically Clean Up Verification Codes That Clog Up Messages App
• Apple to Provide Developers With Vision Pro Development Kits
• Apple Vision Pro Headset Supports Prescription Inserts for Glasses Wearers
• News from WWDC23: WebKit Features in Safari 17 beta
• iOS 17 Introduces Follow-Up Reminders to Take Your Medications
• App Store Review Guideline updates go after fake apps, bad ads
• iOS 17 Tidbits: Enhanced Siri Suggestions, Multiple Timers, Recipe Visual Look Up, and More
• watchOS 10 Extends Optimized Charge Limit to More Apple Watch Models
• Apple Makes Developer Betas Free to Download and Install
• iPadOS 17 Adds Support for Studio Display Webcam and Other External USB Cameras
• You Can Turn Your Photos Into Animated Stickers With iOS 17
• WWDC 2023: New FaceTime Features Coming This Fall
• iOS 17 Photos App Recognizes Your Pets

Apple continues pushing passkey technology through its Developer portal. This time Apple provided:

• Spotlight on: Passkeys – case studies of passkeys usage by notable vendors;
• Q&A with the passkeys team – questions and answers on passkeys adoption;
• Secure your apps and games – guide on passkeys materials available on Apple Developer portal.

Recently Google started supporting passkeys, making passwordless sign in process more mainstream.

Weekend is here, so is another list of great reads.

• Starting with good NSPredicate guide by Natascha Fadeeva – Get started with NSPredicate to filter NSFetchRequest in Core Data;
  
  
• Activities and attachments in the XCTest framework by Majid Jabrayilov covers good practices to make your tests more understandable by other developers;
  
  
• Marco Eidinger covers important topic of debugging of authentication flow – Debugging ASWebAuthenticationSession;
  
  
• Antoine van der Lee explores proper error handling approaches in Swift – The operation couldn’t be completed: solving errors in Swift;
  
  
• From Concept to Code: Strategies for Planning Animations in SwiftUI is truly nice guide by Leonardo Maia Pugliese on animations in SwiftUI;
  
  
• A little bit of pixel hunting from David Smith – Spot the Difference;
  
  
• SwiftUI layout technique is covered in Working with percentages in SwiftUI layout by Ole Begemann;
  
  
• Using foregroundColor(), foregroundStyle() or tint() to set text color in SwiftUI by Natalia Panferova explores several ways of setting element color in SwiftUI;
  
  
• Couple of hints by Jesse Squires – Improving multiplatform SwiftUI code and Xcode Tip: filter to show modified files only;
  
  
• Enabling the Inspection of Web Content in Apps by Patrick Angle provides invaluable help on debugging of web content;
  
  
• And nice guide on attributed strings in iOS 15 and up – AttributedString in iOS 15 by Sarun W.

And that is it for today. See you next week!

Okta, single sign-on provider, recently got hacked. Clients using Okta for authentication are at risk.

After a thorough analysis of these claims, we have concluded that a small percentage of customers — approximately 2.5% — have potentially been impacted and whose data may have been viewed or acted upon. We have identified those customers and are contacting them directly. If you are an Okta customer and were impacted, we have already reached out directly by email. We are sharing this interim update, consistent with our values of customer success, integrity, and transparency.

Okta

Reference:

• Okta security breach may affect Mac and iPhone enterprise setups; vigilance urged
• Okta Statement on Breach by Hackers
• Okta hack may have impacted 366 clients; company says it should have acted faster

Starting August 4 new certificate will be available via publicKeyUrl. Previous certificate will be no longer available. Apps should always request certificate via this property. Caching this certificate will result in an error.