Apple "privacy-enhancing feature" left users exposed
Never worked for years, Apple just said it did Apple’s privacy-enhancing feature that hid the Wi-Fi address of iPhones and iPads when they joined a ne...
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Never worked for years, Apple just said it did Apple’s privacy-enhancing feature that hid the Wi-Fi address of iPhones and iPads when they joined a ne...
Apple has fixed a years-old vulnerability in its iPhone and iPad software that undermined a privacy feature since it first debuted. Back in 2020, Apple announced a new feature in iOS 14 that would prevent nearby wireless routers and access points from gathering an Apple device's unique MAC address. Tracking MAC addresses can have legitimate uses, like allowing administrators to identify every device connected to their networks, such as unauthorized devices.
Apple has been caught, yet again, hawking a "privacy" feature that does not actually work.
This Safari vulnerability has not been exploited in the wild. Apple offers a mitigation, but the fix needs to be enabled manually.
Three years ago, with the release of iOS 14, Apple introduced a privacy-enhancing feature that hid the Wi-Fi address of iPhones and iPads…