C
Chris Smith
Guest
- Apple quietly added a new iMessage security feature in iOS 14 called BlastDoor.
- BlastDoor is a new sandbox inside iMessage that receives and sanitizes all iMessage content before it’s shown to the user.
- The security feature will prevent attacks via iMessage that might include malicious code for spying on iPhones.
One of the most important apps on any phone, regardless of model or operating system, is the messaging app. The chances are most people use a collection of texting apps to keep in touch with friends and family. These apps have grown to be highly sophisticated over the years, offering a collection of advanced features to improve the chat experience. Whether it’s iMessage on an iPhone, Google Messages on Android, or WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and many others on both platforms, these apps offer essentially the same features. Many protect chats with end-to-end encryption, and most of them support rich texting features, file-sharing, emojis, voice messaging, voice calling, and integration with many other apps.
But because texting is so popular on smartphones, it’s also a great gateway for hackers who come up with all sorts of malicious attacks that can spread via chat apps. And Apple has been quietly tackling that very problem, a new report shows. The company added an amazing new feature to iMessage in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, the kind that we’ll never notice. It’s called BlasstDoor, an apt name for what the feature is supposed to do.
Today's Top Deal
Purell is still so hard to find in stores - but there are deep discounts at Amazon!
Price: $51.90 ($0.54/Fl Oz)
You Save: $23.70 (31%)
Buy Now
Continue reading...
Today's Top Deals
- Use Alexa to control any TV with this Amazon gadget that’s on sale for $19.99
- 10 deals you don’t want to miss on Saturday: Purell cleaning spray, $17 headphones, Ninja Foodi with air fryer, more
Trending Right Now:
- We just learned something about the Moon that’s pretty hard to believe
- NASA is preparing for 7 minutes of absolute terror
- Democrats prepare to ram $1,400 checks through Congress next week
iMessage just got an amazing new feature you didn’t even notice originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 15:03:27 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Via BRG - Boy Genius Report