News from Reincubate

I’m thrilled to be announcing the release of Camo today. Camo lets you use the amazing camera in your iPhone or iPad as a webcam, and there's a perpetually free version.

Now's my time to write what I've written every year for the last 12 years: iPhone Backup Extractor is compatible with the first beta versions of the new iOS. We shipped iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.27 last week, adding support for the changes Apple have made to Messages. It's also fully compatible with macOS 11.

Following our analysis in May of UK's NHSX tracking app, the news that the UK is switching to use Apple & Google's Exposure Tracking APIs, and the recent appearance of contact tracing on iPhones, I'm sharing analysis of what's happened since and looking at a couple of popular misconceptions.

I’m excited to be opening up the beta of Reincubate Camo today. Camo lets you use your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch as a pro quality webcam.

Over the course of the last two days, a number of engineers have been reviewing the app to discover whether — and how! — it is able to stay alive. Tonight, we’re sharing just what’s happening on iOS. Let’s step through it.

Digging into the options available for contact tracing apps built without recourse to Apple's iOS 13.5 frameworks

In this post, we look at Houseparty, the risks that come with using it, and what you can do in simple steps to avoid sharing anything that you’d rather keep private.

We conducted research into when users are most active on dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble, Grindr and Hinge, to help you find the best time to get a date. Time is of the essence when it comes to online dating: the quicker you act, the more likely you are to move forward.

We conducted an experiment by examining the phones and Netflix data of 5 avid watchers to see what data was stored. The study reveals the data that Netflix keeps and tracks on user devices, and found that on average, users spend 58 hours watching Netflix on smartphones or tablet.

Online data collection is increasingly insidious and continuous. This article aims to help you protect your data by making you aware of how your data is vulnerable, and we share some tips on what you can do to help keep your data secure.