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First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing Face ID data to break into bank accounts (www.tomsguide.com)

submitted 9 months ago by willya@lemmyf.uk to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing Face ID data to break into bank accounts

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[–] amzd@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Eh, it’s already possible without sideloading

[–] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's almost impossible without sideloading, requiring heavy social engineering and it is lockable by Apple. Whereas it has the possibility to become common-place with sideloading as it's requested in the lawsuits from Epic and by most of the anti-Apple folks on reddit/lemmy.