Thoughts on “Lockdown Mode”: the feature that stops BLASTPASS

        July 2, 2024

Thoughts on “Lockdown Mode”: the feature that stops BLASTPASS

        I've been using “Lockdown Mode” on my iPhone for almost a year following the BLASTPASS / libwebp vulnerability. Here are my thoughts on the feature:

Lockdown Mode for Apple devices 
Back in September 2023 the libwebp vulnerability (also known as BLASTPASS)
was being actively exploited to target a journalist's mobile device.
After reading the report from Citizen Lab
I learned a...

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Thoughts on “Lockdown Mode”: the feature that stops BLASTPASS

Lockdown Mode for Apple devices

Back in September 2023 the libwebp vulnerability (also known as BLASTPASS) was being actively exploited to target a journalist's mobile device. After reading the report from Citizen Lab I learned a...

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