Hands-on with iOS 16's Lockdown Mode, which aims to protect against highly targeted attacks by disabling link previews in messages, limiting FaceTime, and more
journalists, activists, and human rights defenders — against zero-click government spyware. https://techcrunch.com/... Kevin Collier / @kevincollier : This is to protect against NSO et. al, but I wonder why most of these features aren't default. Why exactly do we want to let unknown contacts FaceTime us? Isn't it nice to only let known numbers easily message you, given how inundated we all are with spam? https://techcrunch.com/... Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill : Huh: “we didn't find using our iPhone in Lockdown Mode to be overly prohibitive or frustrating as thought” https://twitter.com/... Rachel Tobac / @racheltobac : Beyond stoked to play with Lockdown Mode! Huge for elevated threat models — like those being harassed or in the public eye (journalist, activists), etc. https://twitter.com/... @msuiche : Does anyone know if there are security researchers who broke this already? Given how long it takes for vulnerabilities to be fixed and disclosed, how relevant is such a feature when we have no visibility on if/how many bug submissions Apple received for this? https://twitter.com/...
New: I tried out Apple's new “extreme” iOS 16 security feature called Lockdown Mode, which aims to protect at-risk users — journalists, activists, and human rights defenders — against zero-click government spyware. https://techcrunch.com/...
This is to protect against NSO et. al, but I wonder why most of these features aren't default. Why exactly do we want to let unknown contacts FaceTime us? Isn't it nice to only let known numbers easily message you, given how inundated we all are with spam? https://techcrunch.com/…
Beyond stoked to play with Lockdown Mode! Huge for elevated threat models — like those being harassed or in the public eye (journalist, activists), etc. https://twitter.com/...
Does anyone know if there are security researchers who broke this already? Given how long it takes for vulnerabilities to be fixed and disclosed, how relevant is such a feature when we have no visibility on if/how many bug submissions Apple received for this? https://twitter.com/…