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Twitter confirms data breach, contact data for up to 5.4 million user accounts could have been shared

You might want to check your email to see if Twitter believes your account got hacked. Twitter has confirmed that a data breach allowed a hacker to gain access to the contact details of up to 5.4 million accounts. The data – which ties Twitter handles to phone numbers and email addresses – has been […]

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Rumored next-gen Mac mini referred to in Apple Studio Display firmware

Sometimes it’s the firmware that gives away what’s coming down the pipe. According to developer Steve Troughton-Smith, references within the firmware for the latest Apple Studio Display helped support the rumor that Apple may be developing a new Mac mini. A reference to “Macmini10,1” within the Studio Display’s iOS 15.4 firmware points to a Mac […]

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Apple thought to have fix for IndexedDB data leak by this week

It looks like the IndexedDB exploit that allows Safari 15 to leak your Google ID to third parties will soon be fixed. As of last week, Apple distributed Release Candidates of macOS Monterey 12.2 and iOS 15.3 to developers. The Safari data leak is one of the security issues included in the new OS builds. Earlier […]

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Safari bug/exploit discovered that could leak Google account ID information and browsing history

This is why software updates exist and are generally a good thing. A serious Safari bug disclosed in this blog post from FingerprintJS can disclose information about your recent browsing history and even some info of the logged-in Google account. The bug, which was found in Safari IndexedDB implementation on Mac and iOS, allows for a website […]

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Apple walks back iOS 15, watchOS feature that would store a driver’s license or state ID in the Wallet app, sets new launch date to “early 2022”

Apple has updated its website, walking back a touted upcoming feature for iOS 15 and watchOS 8 that will allow you to add your driver’s license or state ID to your iPhone and Apple Watch in participating U.S. states until early 2022. The company had previously stated that the feature would launch in late 2021. […]