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iMessage insecurities

2013-10-18 23:14:07.7805+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Hackers demonstrate how Apple's iMessage surveillance flaw lets them not only read messages, but intercept and change them. Apple attempted some ass-covering:

However, in a statement to AllThingsD, Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller said: "iMessage is not architected to allow Apple to read messages. The research discussed theoretical vulnerabilities that would require Apple to re-engineer the iMessage system to exploit it, and Apple has no plans or intentions to do so."

but apparently there are demonstrations actively exploiting those "theoretical vulnerabilities".

Here's Quarkslab's page on the Apple iMessage exploit

[ related topics: Apple Computer Video ]

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