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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“It can be used to retrieve with "near perfect accuracy" data from Safari, as well as Firefox, Tor, and Edge on iOS.”

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

iOS, not MacBook. iOS used to only allow reskins of Safari, is it still that way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The report yesterday also included macOS running on M-Series processors.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Their point was that, on macOS, other browsers don’t use the safari engine under the hood like they do on iOS. That commonality is why the article states the exploit works in those browsers on iOS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But iOS, not macOS