New iPhone Exploit Impacts Hundreds of Millions of Devices, FBI Resumes Buying Location Data, Google's New App Installation Process, and More!
Our top stories this week:
- Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
- FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms
- Should Banksy Remain Anonymous?
- Google details new 24-hour process to install unverified Android apps
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Stop Using These "Private" Messengers
Our latest video about private messengers is now available to the public. In the past we released a video that focused specifically on the shortcomings of SMS. While this video does retread that ground, it also talks about why other messengers don't go far enough.
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This week, Fria wrote about Instagram ending E2EE DM support, a major data breach in the UK, Intel's advancements in homomorphic encryption, and how Pokémon Go used player-submitted data to train AI.
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Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
A new hacking technique, called DarkSword, was revealed by Google, iVerify, and Lookout this week. It works against iOS devices running iOS 18, which is still running on nearly 1/4 of the 1.5 billion iPhones currently on the market, meaning hundreds of millions of devices are at risk. While not a state-sponsored vulnerability, it's already spread to several countries and been seen in use by states and private companies. Experts expect it to continue to spread to other groups.
Andy Greenberg