A detailed look at how Facebook and Instagram for iOS open links with a custom in-app browser, letting Meta track every interaction including entering passwords
How the seemingly innocuous “in-app web browsers” on iOS/Android are a really bad thing, and a proposal for how to fix that. With a little web history thrown in. https://www.holovaty.com/... @katebeva...
Apple's claims about respecting privacy aren't fully serious, as the iPhone default doesn't disallow apps from tracking users, instead expecting users to do so
If you haven't seen it yet, watch Apple's Privacy on iPhone | tracked ad. In it a guy named Felix (that's him, above) … Tweets: @hjarche , @dsearls , @itsjeffhiggins , and @jason_kint Tweets: Harold...
Researchers: Zoom sometimes uses encryption keys issued by servers in China, uses a flawed encryption method, and hence is not suited to communicate secrets
but it can be fixed Stephen Warwick / iMore : Today on Zoom: ‘Not suited for secrets’, encryption issues and more Mercury News : Zoombombing: FBI warns video calls are getting hijacked Tweets: Glenn F...