Twitter announced today a new feature that allows customers to provide more details when they report a tweet that contains personal information.
Twitter now lets you be more specific when reporting tweets containing personal info
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LendMyPhone 3 brings a full-fledged guest mode to your jailbroken iOS 13 device
Unlike Apple’s Mac lineup, the company’s iOS devices don’t offer a native ‘guest mode.’ This is a crying shame for anyone who wants to share their device with someone else while keeping the peace of mind that the other person won’t be peering through any personal data.
Fortunately, jailbreakers have long had the option of installing guest mode-centric jailbreak tweaks, and LendMyPhone 3 by iOS developers Luke Muris and Geometric Software offers one of the slickest guest mode interfaces we’ve seen yet.
W3C approves WebAuthn, a new authentication standard for password-free logins
If you suck at remembering or creating strong passwords, you're going to love that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) yesterday approved Web Authentication (WebAuthn), a new authentication standard for password-free logins that's already supported by major browsers.
Add an extra layer of security to your jailbroken iOS 12-16 device with BioProtect XS
Some people worry about their privacy more than others, and if you’re one to implement defenses on your smartphone that would be equivalent to that of a virtual Fort Knox, then you’ll probably take a liking to a jailbreak tweak called BioProtect XS by iOS developer Elias Limneos.
BioProtect was perhaps one of the most popular security tweaks ever devised for the jailbroken platform. BioProtect XS is fundamentally an iOS 12-16-compatible version of the ever-so-popular security tweak that most know and love, and it has been fully-optimized to work with both Touch ID and Face ID.
Prevent specific apps from accessing the internet over Wi-Fi with ConditionalWiFi4
Your iPhone lets you prevent apps from accessing the internet over a cellular connection right out of the box, but the same can’t be said about Wi-Fi. On the other hand, those with jailbroken iOS 12 handsets can finally do something about that with the help of a jailbreak tweak called ConditionalWiFi4 by Andrew Wiik.
As you might’ve discerned already from the tweak’s name, ConditionalWiFi4 lets you choose which apps can access the internet over your iOS device’s Wi-Fi connection. Some examples where this might come in handy include:
IntelligentPass 2 lets you use your iPhone without a passcode in ‘low-risk’ areas
Most people use passcodes to protect their handsets from unwanted users for privacy reasons. Although modern handsets incorporate some form of biometric authentication in place of the passcode, whether that’s Face ID or Touch ID, your device still uses a passcode as a backup for when either of those stops working.
But while your passcode can keep your handset’s data safe in high-risk areas, it’s also true that some places (such as your home) pose little or no risk. That’s why iOS developers Luke Muris and Geometric Software released a new jailbreak tweak dubbed IntelligentPass 2.
Security flaws in both 4G and 5G networks let attackers intercept calls & track locations
New security flaws that have been discovered in both 4G and the upcoming 5G cellular networks make it easy for an attacker to eavesdrop on your phone calls and track your location.
Facebook ends its controversial Research app, pulls Onavo VPN spyware for Android
Following scandalous revelations that it was using the Research and Onavo Protect apps to spy on unsuspecting Apple users, the social network has now ended its unpaid market research programs and removed Onavo VPN for Android from Google's Play store, too.
Facebook promises a prompt fix for WhatsApp’s Face/Touch ID vulnerability
WhatsApp recently brought an optional feature for locking your chats with Face ID or Touch ID, requiring a positive biometric scan to unlock the app, but it can be bypassed through iOS's system-wide Share sheets. Facebook is aware of the problem and has promised a prompt fix.
How gambling and porn apps sneak their way past Apple’s strict App Store review process
It's not just Google and Facebook: some smaller developers are openly abusing Apple's Enterprise Certificate program too by disguising their gambling and pornography apps as legitimate offerings meant for companies that distribute employee-only apps on App Store.
Apple will compensate the kid who spotted the FaceTime bug and invest in his education
Keeping true to its promise, Apple will compensate 14-year-old Grant Thompson who figured out that the sketchy eavesdropping flaw in the group FaceTime feature existed.
Apple has also fixed a previously unidentified Live Photos vulnerability in FaceTime
In addition to resolving the catastrophic eavesdropping issue with group FaceTime, Apple has also uncovered—and fixed!—a vulnerability in the Live Photos feature within FaceTime.