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Tag Archives: iOS
Gradient “celebrity matching” photo app sparks privacy fears
The Kardashians love the Gradient app – but they’re being paid to use it, whereas for you it’s the other way round. Is it safe?
Woman ordered to type in iPhone passcode so police can search device
It’s not a violation of her Fifth Amendment rights, the court said, because it’s a “foregone conclusion” that she knows her phone passcode.
Update now! Windows users targeted by iTunes Software Updater zero-day
The flaw is a rare ‘unquoted path class’ described as “so thoroughly documented that you would expect programmers to be well aware…” But that’s not the case.
Signal immediately fixed FaceTime-style eavesdropping bug
Remember the FaceTime bug that allowed a caller to eavesdrop on your phone? Researchers just discovered another – this time in Signal.
O.MG! Evil Lightning cable about to hit mass distribution
This malicious O.MG Lightning cable has come a long way, with extensive work on the kinds of payload it can deliver.
Checkm8 jailbreak and AltStore put cracks in Apple’s walled garden
People are taking different tacks to get around Apple’s tightly controlled phone rules.
iPhone lockscreen bypass: iOS 13 tricked into showing your contacts
This time, José Rodríguez came up with a way to trick the iOS 13 beta into showing its address book without the need to unlock the screen.
Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing
The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users’ most restrictive settings are.
Google & Apple pushed to reveal gun scope app users’ names to feds
It’s a first: The government has never demanded personal data of a single app’s users from Apple & Google.