#Apple #Privacy #Security #Politics #iCloud #CloudKit

Some developers have recently questioned their relationship with Apple platform, technology, and company.

Here is my take, looking at it from the angle of (cloud) privacy.

Which side are you on, Apple?

https://jaanus.com/which-side-are-you-on-apple/

Tact 1.11 was published this week.

This update brings you some long overdue tweaks to Tact's visual styling and smaller features to make the app more convenient and comfortable to use, as well as several bug fixes.

Read more: https://justtact.com/blog/design-tweaks

Tact has an updated notifications system for enhanced privacy. We previously operated a custom notification server, but this is now gone. See more on our blog: https://justtact.com/blog/notification-privacy-updates-in-tact

The latest update to Tact brings you some typographic goodies and improvements to the app. More details at https://justtact.com/blog/tact-1-9-zurich-billund-praha. Fresh apps now at the stores. Enjoy!

Redesigned input field and encrypted posting in the latest 1.8 release of Tact. More at https://justtact.com/blog/redesigned-input-field-and-encrypted-posting

Tact 1.7 is now available on App Store.

Better “Load more,” request notification improvements, preparing for end-to-end encrypted messages.

See more: https://justtact.com/blog/tact-1-7

#CloudKit #iCloud #CKReference #CKQuery

I recently encountered some interesting behaviors and errors from CloudKit when I tried to query records and filter the query by CKReference set field.

Here’s a post about that.

https://blog.justtact.com/cloudkit-reference-queries/

Tact 1.6 is now available in App Store for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.

We redesigned the chat list and made other tweaks, changes and fixes.

See what’s new: https://justtact.com/blog/tact-1-6

We recently published Tact 1.5.

It has changes to navigation, improvements to installation process, and other fixes.

See what’s new: https://justtact.com/blog/tact-1-5

#introduction

Tact is a simple chat app for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.

It uses your iCloud account, and stores all chats and messages in iCloud. Tact is great for couples, families, and groups of friends who already know each other in real life.