Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (September 08, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for September 08, 2023 :</p>
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NSO group iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit captured in the wild
Summary: Citizen Lab discovered an actively exploited zero-click vulnerability, dubbed BLASTPASS, in iPhones running iOS 16.6, which allowed NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to be delivered without user interaction. Apple has issued an update for its products and assigned two CVEs (CVE-2023-41064 and CVE-2023-41061) to the exploit chain. Users are urged to update their devices and enable Lockdown Mode, which blocks this attack.
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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
Summary: Google has integrated a user-tracking ad platform, the "Privacy Sandbox," into Chrome, despite widespread opposition. The feature tracks web pages visited and generates a list of advertising topics shared with web pages. Google claims it's a step towards a more private web, with plans to eventually turn off third-party tracking cookies. Critics argue that users should have the choice not to be tracked at all. Chrome users can disable the ad platform in the browser's settings.