SECURITY AMONG MANY OTHER
WWDC HIGHLIGHTS
During the conference, Tim Cook also unveiled
Apple’s new user authentication platform, ‘Sign
In with Apple’. This new feature will significantly
reduce the amount of time that people spend
setting up accounts across different websites,
by instead enabling them to log in with the
verified information already collected and
authenticated by Apple.
Developers will be able to add a simple button
to their site or app to allow users or visitors to
simply tap and authenticate their credentials
with Face ID without revealing any new
personal information. People will still have the
option of personalizing the information they
provide and setting up unique user names and
alternative contact details, but the process of
registration will be much quicker, simpler, and
easier to manage over time.
This new single-sign-on platform (SSO) will
mean less sharing of personal data between
multiple developers (Google and Facebook, for
instance), and is another one of Apple’s longer-
term goals that came to fruition at WWDC
- Last year, Tim Cook’s speech at the
International Conference of Data Protection
and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) in
Brussels signaled Apple’s strong focus on
privacy by chastising the way other companies
used personal data.
Finally, a brand new Mac Pro was announced
before the end of WWDC. The most powerful
Mac ever will be released later this fall, and is
designed to look similar to some of Apple’s
much earlier, classic ‘cheese-grater’ models.