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  • Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code
  • Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more
  • Apple Will Offer Onion Routing for iCloud/Safari Users

Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more

Published: 2023-10-25 17:00:39

Popularity: 157

Author: Dan Goodin

Keywords:

  • Biz & IT
  • Security
  • Uncategorized
  • apple
  • iOS
  • MacOS
  • Safari
  • side channels
  • iLeakage is practical and requires minimal resources. A patch isn't (yet) available.

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    Apple Will Offer Onion Routing for iCloud/Safari Users

    Published: 2021-06-22 11:54:09

    Popularity: 9

    Author: Bruce Schneier

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  • Uncategorized
  • anonymity
  • Apple
  • cloud computing
  • Safari
  • Tor
  • 🤖: "Torified Safari"

    At this year’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced something called “iCloud Private Relay.” That’s basically its private version of onion routing, which is what Tor does. Privacy Relay is built into both the forthcoming iOS and MacOS versions, but it will only work if you’re an iCloud Plus subscriber and you have it enabled from within your iCloud settings. Once it’s enabled and you open Safari to browse, Private Relay splits up two pieces of information that — when delivered to websites together as normal — could quickly identify you. Those are your IP address (who and exactly where you are) and your DNS request (the address of the website you want, in numeric form)...

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    Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code

    Mozilla’s policy is unambiguous - add-ons must be self-contained and not load remote code, which opens up the user to all sorts of risks.

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