Tag: Encryption

Each year during January developers using App Store should submit report on encryption usage in their apps for the past calendar year.

Reports should be emailed to Bureau of Industry and and the ENC Encryption Request Cordinator at crypt-supp8@bis.doc.gov and enc@nsa.gov.

This report must be submitted even if apps only use platform standard encryption components (such as HTTPS connections).

Online tool might be helpful for report generation.

This is unofficial tool
This tool is not created by BIS, NSA or any other government agency. Also, this tool is not provided by any major software vendor.
This site is not affiliated with this tool either.

Tool: BIS Annual Self-Classification Report Generator

There are couple of reports showing issues with macOS 12.2 Monterey, iOS 15.3 and watchOS 8.4.

Users report that macOS 12.2 sometimes might result in battery drain during sleep when Bluetooth connection is on.

And watchOS 8.4 with iOS 15.3 update might result in sync issues with Wallet. Some cards and passes added or removed on iPhone are not synced to Watch automatically.

Also, some reports show issues with current beta versions too. Apple warns macOS Catalina and Big Sur users with FileVault volume with possible issues trying to boot into macOS 12.3. Release notes for the beta now includes the warning.

Apple Support: Installing macOS on a separate APFS volume

Reference:

• Some macOS 12.2 Users Experiencing Bluetooth-Related Battery Drain Issue During Sleep Mode
• Apple Watch Wallet sync issues found following watchOS 8.4, iOS 15.3 update
• Apple Warns macOS Catalina Users About Installing macOS 12.3 Beta on Volume With FileVault Enabled

Apple releases Safari 15.1 beta 1. This beta is also included in macOS 12 Monterey beta 8.

No significant changes are reported, beta seem to be focused on bug fixing.

Not fully released to this beta version, Apple now made iCloud bookmarks end-to-end encrypted (as well as history and iCloud tabs).