Security News > 2021 > June > WWDC 2021: Apple adds new privacy features to iCloud, Siri, Mail and more
Apple is once again demonstrating that it's all in on privacy with new user-protecting features for Mail, Siri, iCloud and additional app-tracking metrics.
While there wasn't a single hardware announcement, as was hoped and predicted, the software announcements that Apple made at WWDC 2021 were extensive and are likely to be well-received by iPhone, iPad and Mac users, and privacy stands out as a central theme.
As for specific announcements regarding privacy in Apple's ecosystem, new features are coming to the Mail app, Siri, app tracking and a new iCloud+ plan of which a VPN-like privacy feature is only one part.
New privacy features in the Mail app, Settings app and Siri.
Apple's iCloud is getting a total revamp of its subscription service, but iCloud subscribers don't need to worry: iCloud+, the new moniker for premium iCloud plans, won't include any pricing changes.
A new recovery contact list allows iCloud users to select friends to add to a list of people who can be sent one-time codes in case a user is locked out of their account, and a new Digital Legacy program will allow users to specify people to give access to an iCloud account in the event of the user's death.
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