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Surveillance Report

Apple leaked private data for years! - SR154

Oct 30, 2023
This podcast episode covers various topics such as iPhones leaking MAC addresses, Google's privacy updates, Samsung remotely shutting down phones, data breaches, AI chatbot data, public perception of data privacy, new police drone technology, concerns over privacy, challenges to YouTube's ad-blocking detection, Netherlands consumer group suing Amazon for privacy violations, open source projects, Tor security audit, and Mozilla's privacy creepometer.
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Quick takeaways

  • Apple's privacy feature for hiding iPhones' MAC addresses didn't work properly, posing a security risk.
  • Multiple companies experienced data breaches, exposing millions of users' personal information.

Deep dives

iPhones exposing MAC addresses despite Apple's promises

Apple introduced a privacy feature that was supposed to hide iPhones' MAC addresses, but it was discovered that the feature did not work as advertised. Apple devices continued to display the real MAC addresses, which posed a security risk as they were broadcast to every connected device on the network. Apple released a fix for this issue in the latest iOS update.

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