Blackout VPN
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Founder of a VPN that refuses to know your name.
Zero telemetry, zero trackers, zero compromise.
WireGuard supremacist... until another protocol can beat it.
Zero telemetry, zero trackers, zero compromise.
WireGuard supremacist... until another protocol can beat it.
Microsoft hands BitLocker recovery keys to law enforcement about 20 times annually when served with warrants. The keys live on Microsoft servers by default, letting federal agents unlock encrypted drives without asking the device owner.
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#microsoft #fbi
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#microsoft #fbi
Microsoft Gives Your BitLocker Keys to the FBI
Microsoft hands over BitLocker recovery keys to law enforcement about 20 times a year. The keys sit on their servers by default.
blackoutvpn.au
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Microsoft hands BitLocker recovery keys to law enforcement about 20 times annually when served with warrants. The keys live on Microsoft servers by default, letting federal agents unlock encrypted drives without asking the device owner.
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#microsoft #fbi
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#microsoft #fbi
Over 30% of exposed Ollama servers are in China with nearly half supporting code execution capabilities.
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#ai #ollama #hacking
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#ai #ollama #hacking
175,000 Open AI Servers Found Online With No Security
SentinelOne and Censys found 175,000 publicly accessible Ollama AI servers with no authentication across 130 countries running outside security controls
blackoutvpn.au
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Over 30% of exposed Ollama servers are in China with nearly half supporting code execution capabilities.
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#ai #ollama #hacking
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#ai #ollama #hacking
Signal Foundation president Meredith Whittaker says AI agents embedded in operating systems are destroying the practical security of end-to-end encryption.
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#ai #signal #agents
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#ai #signal #agents
AI Agents Are Breaking End-to-End Encryption
Signal president says AI agents embedded in operating systems are eroding end-to-end encryption by requiring access to decrypted messages to function.
blackoutvpn.au
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Signal Foundation president Meredith Whittaker says AI agents embedded in operating systems are destroying the practical security of end-to-end encryption.
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#ai #signal #agents
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#ai #signal #agents
Indian government entities were targeted in two cyber campaigns discovered by Zscaler ThreatLabz in September 2025. The campaigns, codenamed Gopher Strike and Sheet Attack, likely originate from a Pakistan-linked threat actor with possible connections to APT36.
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Pakistan-Linked Hackers Target Indian Government With GitHub-Based Malware
Two Pakistan-linked cyber campaigns used fake Adobe updates and GitHub repositories to infiltrate Indian government systems with custom backdoors
blackoutvpn.au
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Indian government entities were targeted in two cyber campaigns discovered by Zscaler ThreatLabz in September 2025. The campaigns, codenamed Gopher Strike and Sheet Attack, likely originate from a Pakistan-linked threat actor with possible connections to APT36.
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The UK House of Lords voted to ban VPN services for anyone under 18. The age verification required puts Britain on the same policy path as China, Russia, and Iran
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#authoritarian #uk #vpn
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#authoritarian #uk #vpn
The UK, Iran, and Russia's Aligned VPN Policies
The House of Lords voted to age-gate VPNs. Here's who else restricts privacy tools and what that infrastructure actually enables
blackoutvpn.au
January 27, 2026 at 6:20 AM
The UK House of Lords voted to ban VPN services for anyone under 18. The age verification required puts Britain on the same policy path as China, Russia, and Iran
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#authoritarian #uk #vpn
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#authoritarian #uk #vpn
The Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill grants An Garda Síochána legal authority to deploy spyware on citizens' devices, intercept encrypted messages before encryption activates, and harvest location data from anyone in a targeted area.
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Ireland Legalizes Police Spyware to Hack Your Phone
Ireland's new bill gives police legal authority to deploy spyware, break encryption, and track your location without your knowledge
blackoutvpn.au
January 24, 2026 at 6:23 AM
The Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill grants An Garda Síochána legal authority to deploy spyware on citizens' devices, intercept encrypted messages before encryption activates, and harvest location data from anyone in a targeted area.
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In the rush to market, many connected AI solutions shipped without adequate security. When Anthropic created the MCP open standard, it left security to users. Over a year later, even top-tier MCP servers contain serious vulnerabilities.
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#technology #ai #microsoft
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#technology #ai #microsoft
Popular MCP Servers Harbor Critical Security Flaws
Top MCP servers from Anthropic and Microsoft contain severe SSRF and RCE vulnerabilities affecting over a third of all servers
blackoutvpn.au
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 AM
In the rush to market, many connected AI solutions shipped without adequate security. When Anthropic created the MCP open standard, it left security to users. Over a year later, even top-tier MCP servers contain serious vulnerabilities.
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#technology #ai #microsoft
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#technology #ai #microsoft
WhisperPair turns Fast Pair's convenience into a surveillance tool. Google's Fast Pair protocol was designed for one-tap Bluetooth connections. Researchers just proved it gives hackers one-tap access to hijack your earbuds, and track your location.
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The Flaw that Hijacks your Headphones
Google's Fast Pair protocol lets hackers silently take over millions of wireless earbuds in 15 seconds from 50 feet away
blackoutvpn.au
January 20, 2026 at 2:59 AM
WhisperPair turns Fast Pair's convenience into a surveillance tool. Google's Fast Pair protocol was designed for one-tap Bluetooth connections. Researchers just proved it gives hackers one-tap access to hijack your earbuds, and track your location.
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Ukrainian and German law enforcement identified the alleged leader of Black Basta ransomware as Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov, a 35-year-old Russian national.
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#ransomware #technology #eu
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#ransomware #technology #eu
Black Basta Ransomware Leader on EU Most Wanted List
Russian national Oleg Nefedov, alleged Black Basta ransomware leader, added to EU Most Wanted and INTERPOL Red Notice after leaked chats exposed operations.
blackoutvpn.au
January 19, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Ukrainian and German law enforcement identified the alleged leader of Black Basta ransomware as Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov, a 35-year-old Russian national.
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#ransomware #technology #eu
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#ransomware #technology #eu
Malicious Chrome extensions posing as enterprise productivity tools stole authentication credentials from Workday, NetSuite, and SAP SuccessFactors users.
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#privacy #technology #chrome
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#privacy #technology #chrome
Chrome Extensions Stole Enterprise Credentials From 2,300 Users
Five malicious Chrome extensions masked as HR tools stole authentication cookies from Workday, NetSuite, and SAP users every 60 seconds.
blackoutvpn.au
January 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Malicious Chrome extensions posing as enterprise productivity tools stole authentication credentials from Workday, NetSuite, and SAP SuccessFactors users.
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#privacy #technology #chrome
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#privacy #technology #chrome
The UK government created Pathways, a video game with an extremism meter that tracks children's thoughts. Schools deploy it for kids aged 11-18. The UK is going to hell very quickly.
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#authoritarianism #freespeech #technology
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#authoritarianism #freespeech #technology
UK Teaches Kids Curiosity Is Terrorism
Britain deployed a game in schools that tracks children's thoughts with an extremism meter. Researching immigration gets you flagged for terrorism.
blackoutvpn.au
January 17, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The UK government created Pathways, a video game with an extremism meter that tracks children's thoughts. Schools deploy it for kids aged 11-18. The UK is going to hell very quickly.
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#authoritarianism #freespeech #technology
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#authoritarianism #freespeech #technology
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Companies like Flock Safety “want police to collect as much information on everyone as possible because they make money off that,” EFF’s Dave Maass told New Mexico’s @KOB4. “We continually find people abusing the data.” www.kob.com/new-mexico/...
4 Investigates: The push to regulate New Mexico’s mass surveillance tools
Some lawmakers and advocates would like to see regulations on automated license plate readers appear during this year's legislative session.
www.kob.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Companies like Flock Safety “want police to collect as much information on everyone as possible because they make money off that,” EFF’s Dave Maass told New Mexico’s @KOB4. “We continually find people abusing the data.” www.kob.com/new-mexico/...
Australia knew about 870,000 child abuse reports on X. They fined them $610K. Then AI made deepfakes and suddenly bans are on the table. They don't care about kids. They care about control.
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#democracy #technology #childsafety
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#democracy #technology #childsafety
Child Abuse Was Tolerated. Deepfakes Aren't.
Australia fined X $610K for 870,000 child abuse reports. Grok's deepfakes got ban threats in 72 hours. Control, not safety.
blackoutvpn.au
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Australia knew about 870,000 child abuse reports on X. They fined them $610K. Then AI made deepfakes and suddenly bans are on the table. They don't care about kids. They care about control.
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#democracy #technology #childsafety
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#democracy #technology #childsafety
Italy just fined Apple €98.6 million for forcing apps to ask your permission before tracking you across the web. Regulators effectively punished Apple for making user consent mandatory.
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#privacy #technology
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#privacy #technology
Italy fines Apple €98.6M over ATT bias
Italy fined Apple €98.6M for ATT rules that hit third party apps harder while exposing how regulators treat ad tracking as the default
blackoutvpn.au
December 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Italy just fined Apple €98.6 million for forcing apps to ask your permission before tracking you across the web. Regulators effectively punished Apple for making user consent mandatory.
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#privacy #technology
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#privacy #technology
Amazon blocked 1,800 North Korean operatives from infiltrating its workforce.
No malware. No phishing.
Just resumes and remote interviews.
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#technology #northkorea #cybersecurity
No malware. No phishing.
Just resumes and remote interviews.
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#technology #northkorea #cybersecurity
Remote Hiring Is a National Security Risk
Amazon blocked 1,800 North Korean operatives as remote hiring and digital identity collapse into a national security risk
blackoutvpn.au
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Amazon blocked 1,800 North Korean operatives from infiltrating its workforce.
No malware. No phishing.
Just resumes and remote interviews.
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#technology #northkorea #cybersecurity
No malware. No phishing.
Just resumes and remote interviews.
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#technology #northkorea #cybersecurity
One Amazon Ring employee accessed thousands of video recordings from over 80 women's bedrooms. Hackers terrorised children. Footage was unencrypted and security was non-existent.
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#technology #humanrights #hacking
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#technology #humanrights #hacking
Ring Cameras Host Peep Shows with Subscription Fees
In 2023 the FTC said Ring let employees spy on customers and ignored basic security, enabling camera takeovers
blackoutvpn.au
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
One Amazon Ring employee accessed thousands of video recordings from over 80 women's bedrooms. Hackers terrorised children. Footage was unencrypted and security was non-existent.
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#technology #humanrights #hacking
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#technology #humanrights #hacking
The Victorian Government is exploiting a terrorist attack to push anti-democratic laws that restrict speech, suppress protests, and force platforms to identify users. This is no way to fight terror.
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#freespeech #privacy
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#freespeech #privacy
Victoria Uses Terror to Expand State Power
After a terror attack, Victoria fast-tracks speech laws, protest bans, and platform liability that undermine democratic norms
blackoutvpn.au
December 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Victorian Government is exploiting a terrorist attack to push anti-democratic laws that restrict speech, suppress protests, and force platforms to identify users. This is no way to fight terror.
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#freespeech #privacy
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#freespeech #privacy
Child predators got exactly what they hunt for. Live footage of unattended children, archived and indexed by commercial search engines. Our third piece on Flock's atrocities.
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#technology #childsafety #ai #humanrights
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#technology #childsafety #ai #humanrights
Flock Safety Exposes Children to Creeps
Flock Safety left dozens of AI cameras streaming playgrounds and isolated adults to the open internet with zero protection
blackoutvpn.au
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Child predators got exactly what they hunt for. Live footage of unattended children, archived and indexed by commercial search engines. Our third piece on Flock's atrocities.
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#technology #childsafety #ai #humanrights
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#technology #childsafety #ai #humanrights
AI browsers are unsafe by design.
Vendors admit prompt injection may never be solved.
These browsers read untrusted content and can act on it.
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#privacy #technology #infosec
Vendors admit prompt injection may never be solved.
These browsers read untrusted content and can act on it.
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#privacy #technology #infosec
AI Browsers Are Unsafe by Design
AI browsers remain inherently unsafe because prompt injection cannot be solved and access amplifies failure
blackoutvpn.au
December 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
AI browsers are unsafe by design.
Vendors admit prompt injection may never be solved.
These browsers read untrusted content and can act on it.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/ai-brow...
#privacy #technology #infosec
Vendors admit prompt injection may never be solved.
These browsers read untrusted content and can act on it.
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#privacy #technology #infosec
South Korea turns SIM cards into biometric checkpoints.
After years of data breaches, identity is already for sale.
The fix is facial verification, centralised at telecoms with a bad security record.
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#Privacy #Technology #HumanRights
After years of data breaches, identity is already for sale.
The fix is facial verification, centralised at telecoms with a bad security record.
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#Privacy #Technology #HumanRights
South Korea Turns SIMs Into Biometric Checkpoints
South Korea mandates facial verification for SIM cards, centralising biometric risk after years of mass data breaches
blackoutvpn.au
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
South Korea turns SIM cards into biometric checkpoints.
After years of data breaches, identity is already for sale.
The fix is facial verification, centralised at telecoms with a bad security record.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/south-k...
#Privacy #Technology #HumanRights
After years of data breaches, identity is already for sale.
The fix is facial verification, centralised at telecoms with a bad security record.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/south-k...
#Privacy #Technology #HumanRights
Technology changed childhood faster than brains can adapt.
This post explains the neuroscience in plain terms, why content labels miss the point, and how network-level controls reduce harm without surveillance.
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#parenting #technology #ScreenTime
This post explains the neuroscience in plain terms, why content labels miss the point, and how network-level controls reduce harm without surveillance.
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#parenting #technology #ScreenTime
Technology Is Outpacing Childhood
Modern devices reach children before their brains are ready, reshaping attention and behaviour long before self regulation develops
blackoutvpn.au
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Technology changed childhood faster than brains can adapt.
This post explains the neuroscience in plain terms, why content labels miss the point, and how network-level controls reduce harm without surveillance.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/technol...
#parenting #technology #ScreenTime
This post explains the neuroscience in plain terms, why content labels miss the point, and how network-level controls reduce harm without surveillance.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/technol...
#parenting #technology #ScreenTime
Two threat campaigns. One week. Same lesson.
A China-linked zero-day exploited Cisco AsyncOS email appliances.
Then a brute-force VPN flood hit exposed edge infrastructure.
Edge systems are still the soft underbelly.
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#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Privacy
A China-linked zero-day exploited Cisco AsyncOS email appliances.
Then a brute-force VPN flood hit exposed edge infrastructure.
Edge systems are still the soft underbelly.
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#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Privacy
How Two Threat Campaigns Targeted Cisco in December
Two unrelated attacks hit Cisco systems days apart, exposing zero-day risk and persistent VPN credential failures
blackoutvpn.au
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Two threat campaigns. One week. Same lesson.
A China-linked zero-day exploited Cisco AsyncOS email appliances.
Then a brute-force VPN flood hit exposed edge infrastructure.
Edge systems are still the soft underbelly.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/cisco-t...
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Privacy
A China-linked zero-day exploited Cisco AsyncOS email appliances.
Then a brute-force VPN flood hit exposed edge infrastructure.
Edge systems are still the soft underbelly.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/cisco-t...
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Privacy
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Stand Up for Freedom: Pardon the Innocent Coders Jailed for Building Privacy Tools!
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December 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Prosecutors ignored regulators who said no crime existed, hid evidence, threatened 25 years, then jailed two open-source devs for writing code that protected Bitcoin privacy. The US government are the real criminals.
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#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai
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#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai
Feds Ratfuck Innocent Samourai Wallet Founders
US prosecutors crushed Samourai Wallet developers despite regulators saying their software was legal
blackoutvpn.au
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Prosecutors ignored regulators who said no crime existed, hid evidence, threatened 25 years, then jailed two open-source devs for writing code that protected Bitcoin privacy. The US government are the real criminals.
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#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai
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#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai
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Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.
Apple becomes a debt collector with its new developer agreement | TechCrunch
Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.