[wlug] Re: Safari and iOS users: Your browsing activity is being leaked in real time

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:35:57 +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:

'For the past four months, Apple’s iOS and iPadOS devices and Safari browser have violated one of the Internet’s most sacrosanct security policies. The violation results from a bug that leaks user identities and browsing activity in real time.'

As others have pointed out, this kind of laxness is what happens when you don’t have competition to keep you on your toes. Because Apple doesn’t allow browser apps to use anything other than the built-in Safari engine on its mobile platforms, there is effectively zero competition in this area, notwithstanding the seeming appearance of a choice of third-party browsers.