By Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk If you enjoyed this work, you can support us by checking out our apps: Ctrl – The best presentation companion for your Apple Watch Canvas – Draw Together, Wirelessly! tl;dr Facebook has recently stopped generating link previews in Messenger and Instagram for users in Europe to comply with Europe’s ePrivacy […]
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Link Previews: How a Simple Feature Can Have Privacy and Security Risks
By Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk UPDATE (February 5, 2021): Facebook disabled link previews in Europe as the feature doesn’t comply with the regulations in Europe. Facebook Messenger and Instagram will no longer display link previews in chats for users in Europe. If you enjoyed this work, you can support us by checking out our apps: […]
TikTok Vulnerability Enables Hackers to Show Users Fake Videos
By Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk UPDATE (MAY 5, 2020): TikTok rolled updates for iOS and Android in May that fixed this vulnerability. If you enjoyed this work, you can support us by checking out our apps: Ctrl – The best presentation companion for your Apple Watch Canvas – Draw Together, Wirelessly! Videos Video manipulation of […]
Popular iPhone and iPad Apps Snooping on the Pasteboard
By Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk UPDATE (AUGUST 16, 2020): More apps crossed out * UPDATE (JUNE 30, 2020): The list of apps in the original report from March 2020 is NOT an exhaustive list. We examined a sample of popular apps, and listed the ones that exhibited the behavior of excessive clipboard access. Many apps have […]
Precise Location Information Leaking Through System Pasteboard
By Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk UPDATE (JUNE 22, 2020): Apple addressed this vulnerability in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 by showing a notification every time an app reads the clipboard. Disclaimer: We submitted this article and source code to Apple on January 2, 2020. After analyzing the submission, Apple informed us that they don’t […]